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> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:11:33 -0700<BR>> Subject: Re: Andriod / Arduino hacking anyone? -- Sunday, 3pm, at Noisebridgeþþ<BR>> From: drj@v.gg<BR>> To: maltman23@hotmail.com<BR>> CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net; liliakai@gmail.com; jake@spaz.org; rubin@starset.net; michael@michaelshiloh.com; tfullhart@google.com; rolfvw@gmail.com; waltsfo@gmail.com; rikke.c.rasmussen@gmail.com; tamayo@gmail.com; ydewit@gmail.com; froggytoad@gmail.com; neurofog@gmail.com; ion.simon.c@gmail.com; ian@mckellar.org; robwasab@gmail.com<BR>> <BR>> 2011/6/3 Mitch Altman <maltman23@hotmail.com>:<BR>> > A couple of weeks ago Google announced the ability for Android to connect<BR>> > with Arduino to be used as a cheap, easy-to-use hardware development<BR>> > platform. Google then created ADK (Android Development Kit, based on<BR>> > Arduino), which is not cheap -- but they gave a bunch away for free at the<BR>> > Maker Faire last weekend.<BR>> > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html<BR>> > and<BR>> > http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/05/10/google-launches-android-open-accessory-development-kit-based-on-arduino/<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Since most of us are relatively clueless on how to hack Android phones, or<BR>> > how to connect them to Arduino to do cool things, a bunch of us are getting<BR>> > together next Sunday to put our collective heads together to see how to make<BR>> > it all work on our Android phones.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > It is likely that a Google employee and Android developer (or two) will be<BR>> > joining us to help out. Maybe there will even be an ADK (or more) to be<BR>> > given away.<BR>> <BR>> Will there be Android hardware compatible with the ADK to develop on?<BR>> <BR>> The docs say that the ADK is only compatible with Android devices<BR>> running Android 3.1 or 2.3.4, which are kind of rare right now .<BR>> Android 3.1 is so new that no hardware vendor has even shipped an<BR>> officially supported build yet. In fact, I'm typing this at an event<BR>> to promote the launch of the first Android 3.1 device, but the launch<BR>> hasn't actually happened yet. The vast majority of phones you can get<BR>> at the store run 2.2.<BR>> <BR>> I wanted to use my phone to display ADC output from an Arduino<BR>> recently, and I just used a Bluetooth to TTL serial adapter like this<BR>> one:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.mdfly.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_47&products_id=769<BR>> <BR>> They work fine for connecting an Arduino (or really, anything with a<BR>> TTL UART) to all my other dev hardware with Bluetooth, Android or not.<BR>> They cost $10-15 each. The one disadvantage is that you can't power<BR>> the target hardware from the Android hardware's USB port. Other than<BR>> that, it seems to be a better and cheaper fit for my development than<BR>> what the ADK is offering.<BR><BR>
I'm not sure I understand this Bluetooth-TTL transceiver. Does it connect to your computer via an FTDI cable, and then your computer can communicate with a Bluetooth device (such as a phone)?<BR>
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Info like this is some of what I'm hoping to get together when we put our collective heads together tomorrow.<BR>
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I'm told that the latest Cyanogen is good for ADK. And I'm hoping that is the case.<BR>
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Robby has also gotten his Android to work with a regular Arduino, rather that with ADK. I'd like to see how that works, too.<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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