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> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:50:37 -0700<BR>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Andriod / Arduino hacking anyone? -- Sunday, 3pm, at Noisebridgeþþ<BR>> From: jof@thejof.com<BR>> To: drj@v.gg<BR>> CC: maltman23@hotmail.com; jake@spaz.org; tfullhart@google.com; robwasab@gmail.com; ydewit@gmail.com; noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net; rolfvw@gmail.com; michael@michaelshiloh.com; tamayo@gmail.com<BR>> <BR>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Dr. Jesus <drj@v.gg> wrote:<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>> The "accessory" feature is something that they're targeting for 3.0,<BR>> but have backported it to 2.3.4.<BR>> <BR>> I'm currently trying to get a G1 to run the latest Cyanogen mod<BR>> release that should hopefully have this.<BR>
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Please share your results, and how you did what you did -- regardless of outcome (positive or negative).<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Mitch.<BR>
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