http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Design your own iPod super dock (Part 1) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Feb 6th 2008 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 18th 2006 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 18th 2006 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Feb 6th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
But hey, cool writeup! Too bad I have a shuffle...
-Taylor]]>Apr 18th 2006 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://stereophonik.com/gutterslide/IP-BUS_Hack/

Works flawlessly!

I did spend all day soldering those connections though!

BTW- You can remove the pins! just use a gentle touch and (preferably) rubber coated needle nose pliers. I had to resolder many of my connection because the pins themselves kept breaking.]]>Apr 18th 2006 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 18th 2006 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
Timmay]]>Apr 18th 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
Always need more money to buy more tools.]]>Apr 19th 2006 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 19th 2006 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 19th 2006 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.cadsoft.de/. We had to use the Eagle Board Layout software for my senior project. It is an ok app it just has a lot of odd quirks that take a little time to get used to.]]>Apr 19th 2006 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www99.shopping.com/xPO-CELLBOOST_CELLBOOST_Instant_Power_for_your_iPod_or_iPod_Mini they only cost about 8 bucks in radioshack, or riteaid, can they be disected and reuse the connector?.
good thing that you guys came out with the pin layout.
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I dont think that this "CELLBOOST" for the iPod will have all the pins you will want for a full blown dock connector.

Just order a bunch of them off of RIDAX, use what you can, and sell the extras for profit :)]]>Apr 19th 2006 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/to remotely control the ipod would more likely be through the connection next to the headphone jack, which is only a 4-pin out, so it shouldn't be hard to figure out]]>Apr 20th 2006 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/check out my forum
http://www.rush2112.net/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=7

its IPOD Dock talk only...no other ipod junk

also, u have to join to see the pictures
but what i did was design a cable and had it made in china... i got lucky i met the right person, normally they want 1000 pieces, i got 100

i also designed a pc interface, and wrote a nice ipod explorer software... all there is my forum

i have all the commands in the software, its to aid with microcontroller development, which i already did a IPOD to Sony XES interface :)

Still to this date the IPODLINUX wikki is backwards
correct dock pinout is on my forum
and more details there


mitch
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jeht: You can remote control the iPod through either the headphone jack/remote connector (on pre-nano versions) or the dock connector.
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mitch]]>Apr 20th 2006 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
mark: The female connectors will not fit in the male covers.
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but the only thing I've managed to do so far is make the ipod screen go black. Is it as simple as soldering one wire to ground the other to the a power input or is there a step I'm missing? I tried many different combinations of the grounds and power inputs listed while hooked up to a power supply, and none of the combos make the little guy charge. I have an old 10GB ipod. Any suggestions?]]>Sep 11th 2006 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
I use a 15w weller iron with a .5mm (or so) tip that I beveled with my dremel tool for an even finer point.

Will]]>Sep 12th 2006 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Aug 29th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
1. When plugging it in, I got a warning that the iPod won't charge on it.
2. Some of the remote control buttons don't work, although the iPod will play through the dock speakers.

Apparently, Bose didn't follow Apple's recommendations and used FireWire pins (19 and 20?) to charge the iPod and they should have used the USB pins (23 and 16?). Bose will fix the dock ($99) or replace it ($179).

I found a pinout (below), and was wondering if there is a hack to bypass this problem, at least for the charging problem. The pinout has notes that seem to imply you can jumper between pins using resistors to get the correct voltage. I also thought you might be able to jump pin 18 (nominally 3.3 VDC, but apparently 5 VDC on some accessories) to pin 23 (this might work but not deliver sufficient power).

I haven't put a voltmeter onto the SoundDock yet to see what' s coming out of each pin.

http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Apple_iPod_-_iPhone_dock

I had previously been to http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2006/06/add_aux_input_t.html and thought he had some good ideas. Ithought I'd go back, but Google claims there may be malware on the site (Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!), so I'm holding off.

Any thoughts?]]>Oct 31st 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Dec 4th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/Apr 9th 2007 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/how-to-design-your-own-ipod-super-dock-part-1/
Does anyone have any idea how to connect the connector (which pins) so that I can use my car's 12v battery to charge the ipod and also which pins for left, right and screen so I can connect this to my aux input on my car radio.

Many thanks in advance

Matt
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