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Offline BCRayTopic starter

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iPhone Accelerometer Question
« on: June 13, 2009, 01:26:21 PM »
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
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Re: iPhone Accelerometer Question
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 02:04:13 PM »
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...... :P
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Re: iPhone Accelerometer Question
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2009, 04:44:33 PM »
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...
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Re: iPhone Accelerometer Question
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2009, 05:38:57 PM »
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.
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Re: iPhone Accelerometer Question
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 07:40:40 AM »
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Re: iPhone Accelerometer Question
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2010, 08:10:29 AM »
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.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2010, 08:13:54 AM by Pratheek »
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