iPod Breakout Dock

By C.K. Sample, III

No, it's not a device that turns your iPod into a break-dancing robot. *sigh* One can dream...

On Black Friday, panocamera.com decided to build an iPod Breakout Dock: "I needed a quick way to test signal interactions with a microcontroller and an iPod, so for about $50 and an afternoon of soldering, I threw together an iPod dock/breakout box. Ingredients include a small breadboard, and a $15 cheapie usb charger cable, which when stripped of its plastic housing luckily has all 30 dock connector pins ready to solder."

There's several pictures and a discussion of all the parts used, but the post is lacking a detailed how-to or translation of what use a device that tests signal interactions between a microcontroller and an iPod could be, but neat nonetheless. Check it out.

[via MAKE] 

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