A funny test board for the 2nd generation iPod Touch

Spotted on Reddit, a somewhat strange item: a Fixture Development Board for the 2nd generation iPod Touch.

The exact functionality isn’t very clear, but it seems to be a development board without a screen. We can see a mini USB port, a barrel power connector, a 30-pin dock connector, and a DE-9 (serial) port. You can also spot the SoC, but it appears there is no NAND (flash memory). In the messages, it’s mentioned that iTunes partially recognizes the device.

You can see the SoC


iTunes detects it (I rotated the image)