blackball Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Has anyone done anything to make a display and possibly some basic input/output for the pineapple? I'm thinking that it might be possible to use an Arduino microcontroller to interface some basic IO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dioxin Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 What would be the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Wouldn't your cellphone work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dioxin Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I didn't mean to shoot the project down, but from what you have described thus far there are considerably easier alternatives. Lets assume that you connect via ethernet using some ssh jiggery pokery, you have options of laptop, netbook, desktop, smallest would possibly something RaspberryPi like + small screen. Lets assume that you connect via WiFi, then you can add to the above list phones and tablets. If you mean to directly connect to the Pineapple Board then the technical details are perhaps beyond the now how of us humble forums user. Either way, to merely display the information available wouldnt achieve much. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeryth Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have succeeded in building a handheld hacking device with a display out of a fonera (pineapple router). In the end it's not very practical, considering you could do the same with a small laptop, but it's a lot of fun to build one. Check out my results: http://emerythacks.blogspot.com/2010/08/wifon-fonera-powered-handheld-wifi.html (old version with a monochorme character screen) http://emerythacks.blogspot.com/2011/04/wifon-20.html (newer version with a color LCD and a touchscreen) In both cases it consists of the pineapple router talking via the serial port to a microcontroller driving the display and collecting input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackball Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I like the thought of using a smartphone, since it wouldn't require a mod. My thought for a use-case would be to do some simple "mode changes" on the fly for the pineapple. In addition, seeing the target environment in a small, possibly integrated, display seemed like a useful addition to have an all-in-one device. I'm guessing that all that could be done with a smartphone, but I was concerned with adding concurrent connections to the one wireless interface available on the pineapple. Phones/tablets are easily your best solution. There is not need for a display on the pineapple. Let's assume for a moment you have a pineapple running in a hotspot, hidden in like a lamp or something... You don't want to walk up and check a display. You want to connect to it remotely so no suspicion is drawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackball Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Very cool! That's exactly what I was considering. I'll have to see if my hardware hacking skills are up to the task. I have succeeded in building a handheld hacking device with a display out of a fonera (pineapple router). In the end it's not very practical, considering you could do the same with a small laptop, but it's a lot of fun to build one. Check out my results: http://emerythacks.blogspot.com/2010/08/wifon-fonera-powered-handheld-wifi.html (old version with a monochorme character screen) http://emerythacks.blogspot.com/2011/04/wifon-20.html (newer version with a color LCD and a touchscreen) In both cases it consists of the pineapple router talking via the serial port to a microcontroller driving the display and collecting input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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