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ljcrabs:
Is it possible to use the dock connector with custom hardware? The reason i'm asking is because I got an idea to solder the end of an ipod cable to a NES controller for use with ROMS.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: ljcrabs on June 03, 2007, 10:20:52 AM ---Is it possible to use the dock connector with custom hardware?

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If you design the hardware properly, sure.  The dock cable has USB, line out, a serial port, etc.


--- Quote from: ljcrabs on June 03, 2007, 10:20:52 AM ---The reason i'm asking is because I got an idea to solder the end of an ipod cable to a NES controller for use with ROMS.

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Theres no support for USB or serial on the ipod yet, so you won't be able to do this unless you get those working first.

ljcrabs:
With a dock-connected hardware, is it the ipod software or hardware that handles commands, eg mute/next track etc? i.e. do ipod remotes work on rockbox?

Bunch of stuff about it:
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Dock_Connector
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Apple_Accessory_Protocol
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Serial_Port
http://www.ipodlinux.org/Remote

Flid:
At a guess... Apple hardware handles the initial "talk" between iPod & the connected accessory, and then Apple software decides what to do with the information. As far as I am aware, no progress has been made on how to access serial information transmitted through the dock port.

Also....
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodAccessories

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