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From: martin_05 on 19 Dec 2009 22:26
....lot's of questions today...

Yet another project that requires connecting to these devices via the
serial port available through the interface connector. In searching
the 'net I've seen cables sold for nearly $40. I've also seen raw
connectors. What I'd like to find is a source with good pricing for
quantities in the hundreds per purchase.

I also saw something about Apple having some sort of a licensing
requirement to interface to these devices in any way at all. Is this
true? There was a recent online article that described a proprietary
Apple-licensed chip that hardware manufacturers have to buy in order
to be able to build such things as docking stations, etc. The article
seemed to indicate that you can't even buy connectors if you don't
sign a contract with Apple.

Thanks,

-Martin

From: Adrian C on 20 Dec 2009 10:40
martin_05 wrote:
> ...lot's of questions today...
>
> Yet another project that requires connecting to these devices via the
> serial port available through the interface connector. In searching
> the 'net I've seen cables sold for nearly $40. I've also seen raw
> connectors. What I'd like to find is a source with good pricing for
> quantities in the hundreds per purchase.

Have a look around here.
http://www.chargeconverter.com/shop/connector.htm

> I also saw something about Apple having some sort of a licensing
> requirement to interface to these devices in any way at all. Is this
> true? There was a recent online article that described a proprietary
> Apple-licensed chip that hardware manufacturers have to buy in order
> to be able to build such things as docking stations, etc. The article
> seemed to indicate that you can't even buy connectors if you don't
> sign a contract with Apple.

To date the ID chip has been necessary in docking stations (for video
output) and lately headphones (the new shuffle). However, there is a lot
of other stuff that works fine without.

Best research that one at the horse's mouth. There is a lot of
conflicting info about the capabilities of the iPhone out in internet
land - and Apple keep changing the abilities with new firmware releases.
They were pretty positive about third party hardware developers on the
last keynote video. (BTW, it's well worth tracking down all the keynote
video's from the inception of the iPhone and watching them ...)

--
Adrian C
From: miso on 20 Dec 2009 13:45
On Dec 19, 7:26 pm, martin_05 <martin...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
> ...lot's of questions today...
>
> Yet another project that requires connecting to these devices via the
> serial port available through the interface connector.  In searching
> the 'net I've seen cables sold for nearly $40.  I've also seen raw
> connectors.  What I'd like to find is a source with good pricing for
> quantities in the hundreds per purchase.
>
> I also saw something about Apple having some sort of a licensing
> requirement to interface to these devices in any way at all.  Is this
> true?  There was a recent online article that described a proprietary
> Apple-licensed chip that hardware manufacturers have to buy in order
> to be able to build such things as docking stations, etc.  The article
> seemed to indicate that you can't even buy connectors if you don't
> sign a contract with Apple.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Martin

The last time I looked through Sparkfun, they had connector for the
iphone.

Of course I say if Apple is the answer, it must be a funny question.
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