2009-03-22
Skins....
OK, I'm probably far too old to be watching this show (Hell, it's on at 10pm, so who the hell is it's target audience???) but this weeks episode (19/3) was a great one. A true evolution for a couple of characters.
New Projects
Right, new project news. I've got an ipod (so who hasn't?) and I'm looking at the USB Apple Accessory Protocol. There's quite a bit of info out there on the serial interface, and seeing as I have an Alpine digital car head unit, all the info is going through the USB connections, and feeding data back from the ipod to the head unit for decoding there.
The Alpine head unit comes with its own USB to iPod dock connector cable. The thing will only work with this cable, and based on the info from the iPod Linux website, it must be appearing as an Accessory, based on the electrical connections of the cable. The head unit then puts it into Advanced iPod Remote (AiR) mode, as the iPod reports that it's "OK to disconnect", complete with Alpine logo. The same effect also happens with my Philips remote dock unit, but this connects out using the conventional video and audio outputs of the dock connector.
Using the Alpine dock-usb cable on the PC, the iPod stays with the standard iPod UI, and appears on the computer as the usual removable disk drive. The PC also installs some new drivers (Ok, this is Vista, and as I've said before, don't flame me - it came pre-installed) USB Human Interface Device, iPod, and USB Composite Device. I now have access to some generic USB interface source code, so will be experimenting and will report as I find out new info.
The Alpine head unit comes with its own USB to iPod dock connector cable. The thing will only work with this cable, and based on the info from the iPod Linux website, it must be appearing as an Accessory, based on the electrical connections of the cable. The head unit then puts it into Advanced iPod Remote (AiR) mode, as the iPod reports that it's "OK to disconnect", complete with Alpine logo. The same effect also happens with my Philips remote dock unit, but this connects out using the conventional video and audio outputs of the dock connector.
Using the Alpine dock-usb cable on the PC, the iPod stays with the standard iPod UI, and appears on the computer as the usual removable disk drive. The PC also installs some new drivers (Ok, this is Vista, and as I've said before, don't flame me - it came pre-installed) USB Human Interface Device, iPod, and USB Composite Device. I now have access to some generic USB interface source code, so will be experimenting and will report as I find out new info.
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