[Noisebridge-discuss] Andriod / Arduino hacking anyone? -- Sunday, 3pm, at Noisebridge‏‏

[Dr. Jesus]

2011/6/3 Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>:
> A couple of weeks ago Google announced the ability for Android to connect
> with Arduino to be used as a cheap, easy-to-use hardware development
> platform. Google then created ADK (Android Development Kit, based on
> Arduino), which is not cheap -- but they gave a bunch away for free at the
> Maker Faire last weekend.
> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html
> and
> http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/05/10/google-launches-android-open-accessory-development-kit-based-on-arduino/
>
>
> Since most of us are relatively clueless on how to hack Android phones, or
> how to connect them to Arduino to do cool things, a bunch of us are getting
> together next Sunday to put our collective heads together to see how to make
> it all work on our Android phones.
>
>
> It is likely that a Google employee and Android developer (or two) will be
> joining us to help out. Maybe there will even be an ADK (or more) to be
> given away.

Will there be Android hardware compatible with the ADK to develop on?

The docs say that the ADK is only compatible with Android devices
running Android 3.1 or 2.3.4, which are kind of rare right now .
Android 3.1 is so new that no hardware vendor has even shipped an
officially supported build yet.  In fact, I'm typing this at an event
to promote the launch of the first Android 3.1 device, but the launch
hasn't actually happened yet.  The vast majority of phones you can get
at the store run 2.2.

I wanted to use my phone to display ADC output from an Arduino
recently, and I just used a Bluetooth to TTL serial adapter like this
one:

http://www.mdfly.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_47&products_id=769

They work fine for connecting an Arduino (or really, anything with a
TTL UART) to all my other dev hardware with Bluetooth, Android or not.
 They cost $10-15 each.  The one disadvantage is that you can't power
the target hardware from the Android hardware's USB port.  Other than
that, it seems to be a better and cheaper fit for my development than
what the ADK is offering.