For several years, I have been a user of various smart-phones of different makes and models. Once I used my first smart-phone, I was truly hooked by the “life style”. Soon, I was left with little desire to return to a “normal” phone that “just made calls”. I am always finding new applications that remind me a smart-phone is more like a small computer that is capable of making phone calls, than just a fancy phone.
When I entered the world of the *duinos, I remember the question “Can I hook up my Arduino to my phone?” entering somewhere in the back of my mind. There it sat, in the deep recesses of the mind…. until recently.
Ideally, I would like the ability to plug in or sync an Arduino and run the Arduino IDE on a mobile phone. I have little desire to replace my computer and keyboard for a phone as my main environment. Although, I would like the ability to use the phone as a “field unit”. Perhaps using it to edit, tweak, or update versions of a sketch without the need of a PC or laptop.
I have no idea if this is at all possible… but in the course of searching the internet for answers I have found some interesting projects with *duino’s and mobile phones!
This example is neat, but… the blue-tooth Arduino can be pricey and I’m really looking for a way to physical connect the arduino over USB… so we keep searching…
This example caught my eye and interest! (Possibly due to the nature of owning an iPhone…) So, I decided to poke around and see if I could find more info on the process. Most of what I found was in Japanese or broken links.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tabletlet/20080328/ The site where the video originated and the Google translation http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fd.hatena.ne.jp%2Ftabletlet%2F20080328%2F&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0=
http://novi.10.dtiblog.com/blog-entry-213.html Another site in Japanese with a bit more info on establishing the serial communications and the Google translation http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnovi.10.dtiblog.com%2Fblog-entry-213.html&sl=ja&tl=en&history_state0=
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1207058161 A post in the Arduino.cc forums about connecting Arduino to iPod/iPhone serial.
http://devdot.wikispaces.com/Iphone+Serial+Port+Tutorial Info about iPod/iPhone serial communications.
http://pinouts.ru/Devices/ipod_pinout.shtml iPod/iPhone connector pin-out.
And of course, a few sources for iPod connectors and breakout boards: