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HacksterIO recently launched a competition with Google & NXP to explore new AndroidThings IoT concepts. Here we run through the Novoda entries and get some insights from the authors. Novoda wanted to explore the AndroidThings platform and understand what it could offer in terms of its space in the IoT
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After an amazing event, this blog gives you the lowdown on all things IoT at GDD Krakow 2017. Google Developer Days (GDD) Krakow was a global event showcasing the latest developer products and platforms from Google to help you quickly develop high-quality apps, grow and retain an active user base.
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Android Things allows you to create driver libraries around your IoT peripherals. This is a powerful platform feature allowing you to use peripherals without needing to know the low level details. In this blog post, I’ll show you how such a driver was created for the Inky pHAT e-paper
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MakeFest Liverpool is a family-friendly event celebrating low level technologies, hardware, hacking and making. We participated again with a stand at the 2017 event and built two fun Internet of Things games to try and engage those attending and learn more about Android Things for ourselves. So here's our review
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Controlling any peripheral device from an Android Things board requires a driver. If no driver is available it's down to you to write your own. Once that's written, how do you know it will keep working? You need to test it. Let’s take a look at unit testing for
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Android Things works by creating an Android app and tying it to peripherals using User Drivers. These peripherals come in a variety of forms, this post will explore their differences and commonalities to help you understand where User Driver code fits in your architecture & codebase. When using peripherals, you
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Android Things is a lightweight version of the Android operating system that can be installed on IoT-focused devices. Android Things includes 'user drivers' functionality, enabling developers to easily control a wide range of peripherals (LEDs, switches, buttons, servo motors etc). Let’s take a look at what it takes to
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Google has just announced the amazing Android Things. This gives the Internet of Things (IoT) a real jump start with the availability of the Android ecosystem and all the open source code and ready to use libraries that go with it. You'll want to start creating an IoT Android Things
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The “internet of things” (IoT) is simple: everyday objects that have internet connectivity and sensors that can gather, transmit and receive information. But why does this ubiquitous functionality affect you as an Android developer? Just as smartphones are being built with more and more sensors - for everything like movement,
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