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

[Dr. Jesus]

2011/6/5 Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>:
>> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:11:33 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Andriod / Arduino hacking anyone? -- Sunday, 3pm, at
>> Noisebridge‏‏
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>>
>> 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.
>
> 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)?

It connects to your computer or Android device using Bluetooth, and
the serial side plugs into whatever has the TTL serial port -- in my
case, the Arduino.

> Info like this is some of what I'm hoping to get together when we put our
> collective heads together tomorrow.
>
> I'm told that the latest Cyanogen is good for ADK.  And I'm hoping that is
> the case.
>
> 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.
>
> Mitch.
>
>