iPhone Accelerometer Question

[BCRay]

Would it be possible to use the tilt/accelerometer sensors in an iPhone to control something wirelessly? I'm thinking something like a model aircraft. So basically replace the joystick controller with an iPhone and use it to fly the craft.

If you think this could be done I'd appreciate being pointed to a source for more information.

Thanks

Ray

[TrickyNekro]

Yes.... if you can right a program for Iphone to extract the raw data or even calculated data with a supported protocol
like bluetooth..... definitely yes....
But.... the question here is how to do this.... well personally..... I got no idea at all......

[SmAsH]

there are people who have written programs similar to this with the iphone...
check out www.hackaday.com as it may have some on there. i remember seeing a turret somewhere that was iphone controlled...

[Weird Fishes]

Unless you jailbreak your iphone, you'll have to pay $99 and write the programs in Cocoa Touch (based on Objective-C), but yes, it's possible.

[Admin]

http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=10059.0

[Pratheek]

It is possible to use the iPhone's accelerometer to control your aircraft.

You can use Apple's iPhone SDK to write a program for the iPhone to get readings from the accelerometer and transmit it to your aircraft through whatever wireless link you use.

To know more about the SDK visit - http://developer.apple.com/iphone/
Look for tutorials in their website or try googling.