Check out our Kickstarter project (lookup Circuit Bitz on Kickstarter), it includes ADK 2012 hardware. We have been working on this for awhile, sorry it took so long to get it out. We are also kicking this off with our Circuit Bitz line of boards. All boards will be open source so anybody can download the schematics, layout files, firmware, software, and 3D models for any of our printed parts.
We are working on making our circuit bitz website into an open source community, were people can go to share there projects.
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Android was announce as Open Source 6 hours ago.
Anybody now can download and work over Android.
http://source.android.com/
Let's work together to bring the Android to our loved Elf(in)!
Good luck!
Sry for the english.
Android is now available as open source
Oct 21, 2008 7:52 AM posted by Dave Bort [updated Oct 21, 2008 9:59 AM by Dave Bort]
Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community. All of the work that we've poured into the mobile platform is now officially available, for free, as the Android Open Source Project.
You'll be hearing a lot about Android devices. We've all put a lot of effort into the first Android device, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. But one device is just the beginning.
Android is not a single piece of hardware; it's a complete, end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations. Everything is there, from the bootloader all the way up to the applications. And with an Android device already on the market, it has proven that it has what it takes to truly compete in the mobile arena.
Even if you're not planning to ship a mobile device any time soon, Android has a lot to offer. Interested in working on a speech-recognition library? Looking to do some research on virtual machines? Need an out-of-the-box embedded Linux solution? All of these pieces are available, right now, as part of the Android Open Source Project, along with graphics libraries, media codecs, and some of the best development tools I've ever worked with.
Have a great idea for a new feature? Add it! As an open source project, the best part is that anyone can contribute to Android and influence its direction. And if the platform becomes as ubiquitous as I hope it will, you may end up influencing the future of mobile devices as a whole.
This is an exciting time for Android, and we're just getting started. It takes a lot of work to keep up with the changes in the mobile industry. But we want to do more than just keep up; we want to lead the way, to try things out, to add the new features that everyone else is scrambling to keep up with. But we can't do it without your help.
What will you do with Android?
Damn....i read a bit and then realised this is not gonna work for the Elf
Elfin users yes but not elf......... maybe someone can hack it for elf users or provide a workaround
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I'm currently studying to become a software engineer.
Each semester we have a some courses and a project we must complete, next semester the overall project theme is "Languages and Translation", in other words: code your own compiler.
A typical project suggestion is translating language "X" to language "Y" (just a subset of the language).
So I've been wondering how to make the project a bit more exciting, since programming, testing, debugging etc. all taking place in an IDE can get a little monotonous.
Some of the things I've been pondering (along with my study group) include:
1. Implementing a Compiler on Android - Compile one language to another. We are not talking about compiling code that would then run on android, most likely we won't even be generating executable files, just translating. It is quite pointless, but this is just a school project after all so don't worry too much about that.
2. A distributed compiler - like "distcc", a port of gcc that is distributed across multiple systems, but ours would be for a language other than C. I think this one might be biting off more than we can chew at the moment since it's two projects in one, but it does sound like a fun challenge.
3. Adding functional programming to an imperative language - if we made a pre-compiler of sorts we figure it's possible to support functional chunks of code in a normally imperative language.
4. Compiler for Arduino (a microcontroller platform) - Since we have prior experience with the arduino platform, we are trying to come up with a compiler relevant project that uses the arduino in some way. Could be translating another language to the C/C++ based arduino language.
Yes, only one of our suggestions so far relates to android.
If anybody has suggestions for interesting projects I would love to hear them, only important thing is that the project includes some sort of compiler, it doesn't have to relate to Android in any way.
Thanks for your time.
Why is there not a project like Arduino for a phone or tablet? It could run CyanogenMod or AOSP. What makes it more viable is new Google's PDK announcement.
There have been a few.
The latest was Open Handset but it never went anywhere. Took way too long to get software released for it.
You can also look at this project. open handset alliance
Maybe something like this could evolved from the webOS platform
i also would like to see open phone project, just like how open source software today
What is Android?
Android is an open source mobile operating system that combines and builds upon parts of many different open source projects. What does this mean to you as a developer? You have access to the source code of the platform that is running on the phone. This can help you better understand how interface controls and the various other pieces work. If you happen to find a bug, you can also submit a patch for the issue, though this is a more advanced practice. Google has also pulled together a large group of companies (called the Open Handset Alliance) that both contribute to and use the Android OS in their hardware devices. This means that there is industry-wide support for Google’s OS, promising wide adoption across well-known vendors.
Hi Guys,
I am Shree. I have created "Kite" - which is arguably the world's first DIY modular smartphone kit. I am here to get some feedback from the XDA community about this concept.
Most folks using Android are able to customize the software aspects only. With Kite, you can add hardware & change the software in interesting ways. Fans of Google's project Ara will relate well to this.
Kite is a complete kit of components that is based around the KiteBoard (website at kiteboard dot io). With Kite, you can 3D print your own phone. You can customize your phone with electronics like sensors, displays, batteries and antennas. We have a made a short capability video that shows various customizations (external antenna, AA batteries, OLEDs, using your phone for gaming, as a name badge, with sensors & a keyboard on the back) - you will find this on youtube if you search for "kite diy modular smartphone".
I have also setup a project on hackaday.io to document various parts of the project. This includes adding custom hardware, modding & 3D printing your own case, and changing the android framework to talk with the hardware.
I am hoping that atleast a few folks here will find this useful. I welcome any comments, suggestions & criticism.
Thanks in advance!
-- Shree
PS : No links here - as it is against policies - but you should be able to find things easily enough!