So i just came across googles mobile terminal and a few terminal programs on the itunes store that supposedly emulates zterm. Has anyone tried to talk to the arduino with there iphones serial or BT port yet? i would assume the bluetooth would be easy if we can figure out it's TTY address. I could see serial being difficult to do because of the FTDI drivers.
Arduino team where is our arduino terminal program for the iphone =) the code should be portable from the mac version right?
from what I understand, the iphone api only exposes 802.11 connectivity. So the pat answer is teach your arduino to talk 802.11.
I have seen an iphone microphone recording hack, so it may be possible to get data from an arduino to an iphone in that manner, though I don't know what will happen during a voice call.
Acutally i know that using an iphone sdk you can program custom hardware just like with the ipod. Belkin is currently working on a gaming pad that plugs in via the dock connector. As for bluetooth I know it's available as a port to address once again by using the SDK. I guess I should have posted this on the Apple developer board instead but I figured that there would be ADC members on here besides me and that would make it easier. I was really looking for sample code to make my life easier.
I don't think bluetooth or usb are available currently, everybody wants it but the apple doesn't make it available to just anyone.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7766812
Do let me know if you find something to the contrary, but I just researched this like a month ago.
here is the information on the bluetooth framework.
/Developer/Platforms/Aspen.platform/Developer/SDKs/Aspen1.2.sdk/System/Library/
http://wikee.iphwn.org/howto:using_sdk_with_toolchain_headers
Ok, you have to hack it and ignore the SDK agreement, and I'm sure apple is catching up with the xcode hack too.
Point is I think Apple made a bad decision in trying to keep the usb and bluetooth connectivity all to themselves.
hard coding the app shouldn't be that hard to do but the big question is can the bluetooth arduino pair with an iphone?