Re: Adventures in Android ADK Development: Hardware

[Anthony Perritano]

I would be interested too. Maybe we can start a EduCoder hacking group.
-Tony

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 16:42, Matt Ratto <matt....@utoronto.ca> wrote:

I have two usb host controllers the poor mans version but same functionality. Would toronto people be interested in a hack together on them?

On Jun 20, 2011 10:17 AM, "Armin Krauss" <mack...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Nice article. Now I really want to get one of those googlized Arduinos :)
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 15:57, Anthony Perritano <aperr...@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> via Make: Online <http://blog.makezine.com> by John Park on 6/19/11
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>> <http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/demoKitServo.jpg>
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>> At this point in my Android saga<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/adventures-in-android-adk-development-getting-started.html>,

>> I’ve gotten the Android SDK and Eclipse all running well enough to run a
>> Hello World in the Android emulator. This is an important step, but I want
>> more. I want it running on real hardware! In this case, a Nexus One phone.
>>
>> I installed a system update to bring the phone up to snuff, specifically to
>> OS version 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). The ADK and USB host functionality requires

>> 2.3.4 or later. Using the steps in this guide<http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html>,

>> I set up the phone for development mode. The key steps are to set the
>> phone’s Applications > Development mode to “USB debugging”, and to set the
>> “Debuggable” flag to “true” in the AndroidManifest.xml file for the
>> HelloWorld program in Eclipse.
>>

>> Now, when I ran the HelloWorld<http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html>from Eclipse, instead of launching the emulator, it uploaded and ran the app

>> on the phone. This went without a hitch, so I decided it was time to move on
>> to working with the ADK.
>>
>> Again, the Android Developer website has excellent info on installing what

>> you need to use the ADK<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html#how>.

>> First up, I made sure I had the Arduino IDE 22 installed, then I downloaded

>> and unpacked the ADK package<https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/adk/adk_release_0512.zip>which contains a few necessary Arduino libraries (for the USB host

>> functionality, Open Acessory Protocol library, and CapSense library to
>> register when you touch the little gold Android robot on the demo shield), a
>> DemoKit Android app, and a corresponding DemoKit Arduino sketch. The
>> download also includes all the fabrication files for the ADK board and demo
>> shield, in case you’re curious or want to roll your own. I uploaded the
>> DemoKit.pde sketch onto the ADK Arduino using the Arduino software.
>>
>> Before I could compile and run the Android DemoKit application, it was
>> necessary to install the Google APIs Level 10 add-on library. This part
>> tripped me up, because when I went to the Android SDK and AVD Manager in
>> Eclipse I mistook the SDK Platform API 10 (which I already had) for the
>> Google APIs Android API 10, which I needed. I also had to set the Eclipse
>> project to build with the Google API target, NOT the Android target

>> platform. The DemoKit application threw loads of errors until the Internet<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6080147/adk-and-eclipse-woes-com-android-future-and-usbaccessory>helped me figure that one out. (There may have been cursing and throwing of

>> objects, I’m not telling.)
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>> Once that was behind me, I was able to set the DemoKit application to
>> “debuggable” and run it on the phone! I couldn’t plug the Arduino into the
>> phone while uploading the Android app, so it kicked up this groovy image.
>>
>>

>> <http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pleaseConnectADK01.png>

>>
>> (Incidentally, I found this nifty way to take screenshots of the phone onto

>> my computer at Android Central<http://www.androidcentral.com/taking-screenshots-without-root>

>> .)
>>
>> With my excitement mounting, I unplugged the phone’s USB cable from my
>> computer and into the ADK Arduino board, which is powered by a 12V wall
>> wart. I launched the DemoKit app from the phone and everything worked! The
>> app has two modes, input and output. The input mode displays data from the
>> Demo Shield on the phone, including the temperature and light sensor data as
>> well as the two axis joystick, three buttons, and the capacitive robot pads.
>>
>>

>> <http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/demoKitInput.jpg>

>>
>> Output mode allows you to use sliders to light up and color mix three
>> (seriously bright) RGB LEDs, control three servos and tap on-screen buttons
>> to open and close two 12V relays.
>>

>> <http://blog.makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/demoKitOutput.jpg>

>>
>> I had a lot of fun playing around with the DemoKit app, mixing light
>> colors, blinding myself, flipping the relays, and checking out the input
>> data on the Nexus One’s lovely screen. I’m sure there are many, many
>> possibilities for writing Android apps that will utilize the ADK hardware in
>> mind-blowing ways, but for now, I’m pretty excited just having such a nice
>> touchscreen interface to an Arduino.
>>
>> Here’s a video showing me using a converted continuous rotation servo on
>> the board, as well as playing with the LEDs.
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[Armin Krauss]

Educoder hacking group could be fun.

Do you guys have anything in mind that you would like to see being done?

I want to controls that allow users to use their smart phones as remote controls for their
environment (lights on/off, start camera recording in room, control heating, ...)

Armin

[mike tissenbaum]

Yeah I like that idea too - the other thing that would be neat would be to control something in the other labs - turn on indicator lights in the other labs (like what are we up to, who's in the lab right now - this one might be a cool rfid combo idea) might be fun

Mt

[Anthony Perritano]

That's a great idea.  Maybe also a camera.  The other lab could turn, tilt etc..... For a better view. 

Sendt fra min iPhone

[Armin Krauss]

We could have Oslo, Berkeley, Chicago and Toronto bridges :)

armin

[mike tissenbaum]

Yeah that would be cool!

Kinda big brother (or at least quadruplet brothers) but still neat

Mt

[Armin Krauss]

Yes man we could watch people in their offices and they could watch us in
ours with no windows :(

[mike tissenbaum]

Yeah I can do Wednesday

Mt

On Jun 23, 2011 2:54 PM, "Matt Zukowski" <ma...@roughest.net> wrote:
> Sounds good to me. Armin/Colin can you guys make it? Gabby, Mike are you
> guys interested?
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Matt Ratto <matt....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
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>> How about toronto people get together next week at ddimit to play? We don't
>> have any compatible android devices except personal ones, but perhaps others
>> do?
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>> How about wed?

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[Armin Krauss]

I can do next week Wednesday, but not before 17:30.

Armin

[mike tissenbaum]

6pm then?

[Matt Zukowski]

In that case maybe we should organize something for the week after? A bunch of us at ENCORE have a big deadline next Thursday (June 30th) so we will all be a bit short on time. The week after however should be much better, hopefully with the possibility of a daytime meeting at DDIMiT.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Matt Ratto <matt....@utoronto.ca> wrote:

Afraid I can't meet in the evening but am happy to provide space and hardware if you want to come by ddimit.

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[Jim Slotta]

darn.

it would be easier for me to skype into that if we actually *had* one of those bridges!

- also, easier from S. Africa than from Hong Kong (6 time zones vs 12) , but... whatever.

j