The shield may use either Bluetooth or WLAN for communicating with the outside world.
It is also used for trying to run btstack ( http://code.google.com/p/btstack/ ) on the Arduino.
Please just click on the photos for more details.
Can be done via I2C.
Work in progress - more information to follow.
I’m stepping forward with the process - can flash individual software on the remote now.
There is more info in the Flickr photo stream.
As part of attaching a full graphic LCD display via USB / DisplayLink - I made some experiments with an ASCII only version, aka
SlugTerm.
The FTDI USB245BM provides parallel output to its data lines and is e.g. supported by the lib-ftdi library on Debian.
The photos have notes on Flickr.
Using 0.3 mm insulated copper wire. I solder to the wire tips at approx. 400 degree Celsius first (that burns the insulation) and at 310 degree Celsius finally.
Not too fast though - needs some patience. Again and again I feel like I need to start working with Eagle / PCBs more often.
Started this - in order to present content that was formerly on e.g. www.iptel-now.de and might otherwise disappear.