Maker Shed has a deal on its new Arduino development kit for iOS. It's $79.99.



Exclusively in the Maker Shed, the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS makes interfacing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the real world easy! This bundle is known to work with Arduino and includes the Redpark Serial Cable for iOS, P4 Serial Breakout, and our Mintronics: Survival Pack. This is the development kit for the iPhone and iPad we have been waiting for!

The Redpark Serial Cable for iOS is the first and only cable approved by Apple for connecting your iOS device to almost anything using serial communication! With this cable, you can open up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and let your imagination run wild! Use external sensors in your iOS apps! Talk to an Arduino with your iPhone! The possibilities are unlimited!

(P4 Serial Breakout Board requires some soldering.)

Features:



• Enables development of iOS apps for private use in homes, schools and offices



• Connects iOS devices to RS-232 serial devices.



• Designed for use with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (fourth generation), iPad 2 and iPad.



• Used in conjunction with the Redpark Serial Cable SDK and sample code. Together these tools enable you to write iOS apps that communicate with serial devices.



• One meter long cable.



• Male DB-9 connector.



• Supports communication at speeds up to 57.6 Kbps.



• Requires iOS 4.3.x or later.



• Mintronics Survival Pack.



• P4 RS232 to TTL board.