The android meets arduino workshop is aimed at people who want to connect Arduino
projects to Android phones. By doing so, your Arduino gets access to a wide range of
sensors like a GPS, digital compass, microphone, accelerometer and touchscreen plus access to the
internet.
We developed a toolkit called 'android meets arduino' which allows for
communication via Bluetooth between the two realms.
This workshop will introduce our toolkit and also explain:
- how to use the toolkit without programming your own Android application
- how to write Arduino programs to control electronic components with your phone
- how Android programs run
- how to build Android applications for the toolkit
You will also learn to write user interface based applications and
background applications for Android phones to control your Arduino project.
You don't need special skills to attend this workshop, it might help you if you are
already familiar with Arduino or programming in general, but it is definitely not necessary.
Note:
Please bring your laptop and your Android phone (we cannot provide Android phones)
and don't forget your phone's usb cable.
Follow these guides to prepare your development environment before the workshop.
- Install Eclipse 3.5 (Gallileo) which you find here use Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
- Install the Eclipse ADT Plugin and Android SDK 1.6 plus Documentation for 1.6 on your laptop by following the Android SDK installation guide
- Setup your Arduino software follow me