Witticism with the iPhone measuring device
Posted in campaign spectator, macrumors, light sensors, iphe, straw poll, natis, measuring device, ibrickr, smackbook, accelerometer, iphone, illustrati, video recording, reverse engineering, stimulant, binge, encrypt, hack, balls, game on 02/21/2009 03:39 am by
Note (9/12): here is an exercise in the iBrickr PXL confidant known as 'Balls' which links course to this page. I have zero to do with that app; it was created by Grudgnor concluded at the MacRumors forum.
Those United Nations agency have followed this communicate will know that I like to like to play with odd stimulant methods (see my earliest posts on , ambient light sensors, and the SmackBook).
As it turns out, the iPhone has a built-in LIS302DL, a petite 3-neck bone measuring device. Spell some have unsuccessful to use it from within the Campaign spectator (the Tilt game detects changes to the dimension of the spectator page; it is basically old as a 1-bit stimulant tactical manoeuvre), its possibility is still somewhat untapped.
After a rather prolonged binge of reverse-engineering (I had barely moved ARM construction before this), I finally figured out how to access the raw collection from the measuring device itself, as can be seen in the video recording preceding. Source encrypt will be posted as soon as possible is posted here. (update: no, it is possibility to access the measuring device directly done UIKit without this hack -- however, you'll be secured to the alternative illustration rate, which is too slow for no of the witticism stuff)
Straw poll: What would you like to see on the iPhone?
In the show, these blocks, roughly 1.5"x1.5", can be programmed to do thing. They can as a machine that spit out answers when you put book and operation signs in some order and a color mixer where you "flow" color blocks into a mixing block. There's even a melodic computer hardware, where you can set up blocks to change patterns, or tap instrument and effects blocks to the sequence to add new sounds on top.