Summary of Easily control your iPod using Arduino
This project enables controlling an iPod via Arduino using serial commands, providing the schematic, code, and additional information. It uses a voltage divider to match Arduino's 5V serial to the iPod's 3.3V logic. The setup includes push buttons and a detection cable to identify when the iPod is connected. The Arduino communicates with the iPod through specific pins, and the project is powered by USB, battery, or wall power supply.
Parts used in the Easily control your iPod with Arduino project:
- 5x 1K ohm resistors
- 2x 1M ohm resistors
- 1x 12K ohm resistor
- 1x 1.5K ohm resistor
- 4x normally opened push buttons
- Wire
- Protoboard (optional)
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Arduino Uno or similar
- Recycled iPod Dock or PodBreakout
Easily control your iPod with Arduino using serial commands. This instructable includes the schematic, the code and some extra info; everything you need to make this work.
USB,battery or wall power supply powered.
Step 1: What you need
Parts:
5x 1K ohm resistors
2x 1M ohm resistors
1x 12K ohm resistors
1x 1.5K ohm resistors
4x normaly opened push buttons
wire
protoboard (optional)
3.5mm audio jack
Arduino Uno or similar http://arduino.cc/
recycled iPod Dock or PodBreakout ( you can buy it here http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8295)
Step 2: Schematic
In the protoboard.
Arduino serial is 5v while iPod logic level is 3.3v. Because of it we need to add a voltage divider.
The two 1M ohm resistors are required to make a 500k to select the device.
The dectect cable is conected to iPod TX pin and use to let the arduino know when an ipod is conected.
Step 3: Code info
Basic comunication protocol. Dont worry, everything is in the code file.
My sources:
http://web.student.tuwien.ac.at/~e0026607/ipod_remote/ipod_ap_new.html
http://www.adriangame.co.uk/ipod-acc-pro.html
http://pinouts.ru/Devices/ipod_pinout.shtml
Step 4: Download the program
Here is the arduino code:
/*
By Daniel Solis
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
You are able to modify this code as well as the hardware. If you
have a better code or make any changes that improve the performa
nce please share them
Analog pin 4: ipod TX(to detect ipod)
Analog pin 0: button detection
Digital pin 1: arduino TX
*/
3.5mm audio jack
Arduino Uno
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