[Noisebridge-discuss] G1 serial interface incantation

[Lamont Lucas]

This might be of interest:

http://macpod.net/misc/android_robot/android_robot.php

essentially, it looks like the author wanted to use his android to 
remotely control a robot, tried breaking out the serial or USB-on-the-go 
interface but failed.  So he decided the next best thing was a one-way 
analog connection via the audio headset, where he relays commands via 
DTMF to his arduino.  And there's no reason you couldn't have two way 
audio communication.

One of the comments mentions:

"The 11-pin extended USB connector does have a TTL level serial port 
(Linux sees it as /dev/ttyMSM2 -- you'll need to build a kernel with the 
H2W driver and FIQ serial debugger disabled for it to be usable). 
Alternatively there's bluetooth. All of this does require some hacking 
below the application layer, but hey, that's why we released the source 
code. Have fun!"



Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> Encapsulated within <f08ddf990903161711q1d0f2c3n4761151dbe452e4a at mail.gmail.com> on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 05:11:42PM -0700, William Heath <wgheath at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] G1 serial interface incantation
>> From: William Heath <wgheath at gmail.com>
>> Cc: NoiseBridge Discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>>
>> So it sounds like we still don't have enough info to even construct such a
>> cable?
>>     
>
> Call me optimistic, but I think it can be done - especially if Jake has
> had luck rigging up an RS232-USB dongle. The pins and functionality is
> all there, they just need to be electrically connected in the right way.
>
> I'm eyeing the Phone->USB-A cable that came with mine and wondering if
> they actually connected to all the pins in the cable or if it's just
> USB data/power...
>
> --j
>
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