Is any hardware Simulator available under MFI(Made for iPod)

I have to develop a application that will communicate with some external device.I开发者_Go百科 would be writing the communication protocol for hardware also .As I know external hardware should be MFI compatible.But can we get some hardware simulator for Mac/Windows through which we can do a communication with iPod/iPhone/iPad.

I am thinking of acquiring the MFI license for testing the app in actual device, if this goes well .

You have to join the MFI program first. Without MFI you don't have access to the documentation and most important to the authentication chip you will need to communicate with the external hardware.