Android DIY Starter Kit

The Android DIY Starter Kit is to individual hackers looking for an open source development platform that provides access to customize both hardware and software.

Previously, DIY Android development consisted of using an open source software toolchain to build applications, while the hardware itself often came in the form of a closed source, and physically enclosed device.

The DIY Starter Kit removes this limitation, while keeping the final device portable and modular – a prototype with the option to be enclosed or mounted for designated use.

It includes the 4.3” OLED touchscreen equipped BeagleTouch, which also provides audio and simplifies debugging access into a single Type B-mini USB outlet. The setup is driven by the 720MHz ARM-based, open source BeagleBoard C4, and becomes portable with the 4500 mAh BeagleJuice. The portable, hardware hackable DIY Starter Kit also comes with a custom-tailored bootable Android SD card, with drivers and kernels specially designed to run Android applications from this hardware platform.

There’s also an option to select the DIY Starter Kit with Android Ambrosia, a flavor of Android that brings serial communication level.

Applications

• Intuitive human-machine interfaces (HMI)
• Handheld mobile device prototyping
• Android-based hardware controllers

Specifications

• Display: 4.3 inch touch display
• Screen: 480×272 OLED screen
• Battery Life: 6.5 hours of battery life
• Operating System: Android
• Processing Speed: 720MHz
• RAM: 128MB
• bits: 32bit
• Cores: Single Core
• SD Storage: 4GB SD storage
• On Board Flash: 256MB
• Height: 3.63 inches (92.1mm)
• Length: 4.1o inches (104.1mm)
• Depth: 1.68 inches (42.5mm)
• USB Host: (Type A) 1 USB Host Port
• USB Slave: (Mini AB) USB OTG Port
• Wi-Fi: none
• Ethernet (RJ-45): none
• RS232 Serial Port Debugging: none
• Video Output: DVI
• Video Output: S-Video
• Speaker (On Board): none
• Speaker (Stereo Headphone Out): 3.5mm Audio Out
• Microphone (Audio In): 3.5mm Audio In
• Hardware Prototyping Module: none
• All-in-1 USB multi-card reader/writer: none
• Power Adapter (5V, Beagle): none
• Extended Battery Life: none
• User Customizable Buttons: none

Components

• BeagleBoard Rev C4
• BeagleTouch touchscreen display module
• BeagleJuice battery module
• Bootable SD card with customized Android drivers and kernels for optimal hardware development
• Android Ambrosia DIY Starter Kit comes with an enhanced Android Ambrosia OS on a bootable SD card, instead of the standard Android OS

• Reference Page @antipastohw.pbworks.com