Android G1 serial to Arduino
posted Jan 25th 2010 11:00am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: android hacks, arduino hacks
With the ability to get root access to some of these new powerful pieces of hardware we call cell phones, we’re a bit surprised we haven’t seen more interfacing with external hardware. Here’s an example of some rudimentary connections between an Android G1 and an Arduino. To do this, you must have your G1 rooted, have the Android SDK installed, and then a custom python program running. There is also a simple level shifter from 3.3v to 5v necessary for the connection to the Arduino. You can get all the details from the instructable. They’ve documented the process quite well adn we’re excited to see what kinds of stuff people come up with.
FINALLY!
I have been wanting to use the serial output and even have the little plug from sparkfun for it, but i found that android has ZERO libraries for using the serial!
I can write android apps, but know nothing about python. Is there some way that people could make this into a library for use with regular android Java?
Thanks!
-Taylor