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[frankus]

Also check out the Southern Stars SkyWire. Apparently it's a true RS-232 I/O cable that plugs into the dock connector. They use it to drive telescopes, but apparently it's not limited to that.

http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html

I've gotten as far as opening an input and output stream with it, but I haven't had time to dig up an RS-232 device to try talking back and forth.

[acgourley → frankus]

Unless you have a jailbroken device, arbitrary apps you write won't be able to access that stream.

[frankus → acgourley]

You can use the EAAccessory framework to talk to it. Just use the protocol string "com.southernstars.sw9a".

What I'm not sure of is what sorts of apps they'll let into the app store that repurpose the cable.

EDIT: Here's my test code thus far:

https://github.com/frankus/SkyWireTest

[acgourley → frankus]

Apps using that won't pass certification, but you're right you can use your own provisioned apps.

[sudont → acgourley]

For a researcher who's both familiar and happy with Cocoa, I assume jailbreaking wouldn't be a big hurdle.

Hell, GNUStep was created just to port a single application!

[gonzo → frankus]

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