Android Things Quick Start Guide: Build your own smart devices using the Android Things platform

Book Description

Android Things is the new Android based Operating System for the Internet of Things. With this book you will learn the core concepts by running code examples on different peripherals.

Key Features

• No previous knowledge of IoT or microcontrollers required.
• Hands-On with simple code and plenty of examples.
• Use Kotlin to write simpler and more readable code

Book Description

Android Things is the IoT platform made by Google, based on Android. It allows us to build smart devices in a simple and convenient way, leveraging on the Android ecosystem tools and libraries, while letting Google take care of security updates.

This book takes you through the basics of IoT and smart devices. It will help you to interact with common IoT device components and learn the underlying protocols. For a simple setup, we will be using Rainbow HAT so that we don’t need to do any wiring.

In the first chapter, you will learn about the Android Things platform, the design concepts behind it, and how it relates to other IoT frameworks. We will look at the Developer Kits and learn how to install Android Things on them by creating a simple project.

Later, we will explore the real power of Android Things, learning how to make a UI, designing and communicating with companion apps in different ways, showcasing a few libraries. We will demonstrate libraries and you will see how powerful the Android Things operating system is.

What you will learn

• Understand key design concepts of Android Things and its advantages
• Set up an Android Things Developer Kit
• Interact with all the components of Rainbow HAT
• Understand how peripheral protocols work (GPIO, PWM, I2C, and SPI)
• Implement best practices of how to handle IoT peripherals with in terms Android Things
• Develop techniques for building companion apps for your devices

Who this book is for

This book is for developers who have a basic knowledge of Android and want to start using the Android Things developer kit.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Android Things
2. The Rainbow HAT
3. GPIO – Digital Input / Output
4. PWM – Controlling Servos , buzzers and more
5. I2C – Communicating with other circuits
6. SPI – Faster bidirectional communication
7. The real power of Android Things

中文：

书名：Android Things Quick Start Guide: Build your own smart devices using the Android Things platform

Android Things是新的基于Android的物联网操作系统。在本书中，您将通过在不同外围设备上运行代码示例来学习核心概念。

Key Features

• 不需要以前的物联网或微控制器知识。
• 使用简单的代码和大量的示例进行实践。
• 使用Kotlin编写更简单、更具可读性的代码

Book Description

Android Things是谷歌打造的物联网平台，基于Android。它允许我们以一种简单方便的方式构建智能设备，利用Android生态系统工具和库，同时让谷歌负责安全更新。

本书将向您介绍物联网和智能设备的基础知识。它将帮助您与常见的物联网设备组件进行交互，并了解底层协议。对于一个简单的设置，我们将使用彩虹帽子，这样我们就不需要做任何布线。

在第一章中，您将了解Android Things平台，它背后的设计概念，以及它与其他物联网框架的关系。我们将查看开发工具包，并通过创建一个简单的项目来了解如何在其中安装Android的东西。

稍后，我们将探索Android Things的真正威力，学习如何制作用户界面，以不同的方式设计和与配套应用程序进行交流，并展示几个库。我们将演示库，您将看到Android Things操作系统是多么强大。

What you will learn

• 了解Android Things的关键设计概念及其优势
• 设置Android Things Developer Kit
• 与彩虹帽的所有组件互动
• 了解外设协议(GPIO、PWM、I2C和SPI)的工作原理
• 实施关于如何在Android方面处理物联网外围设备的最佳实践
• 开发为您的设备构建配套应用程序的技术

Who this book is for

这本书是为对Android有基本知识并想要开始使用Android Things开发工具包的开发人员编写的。

Table of Contents

1. 介绍Android Things
2. The Rainbow HAT
3. GPIO数字输入/输出
4. 控制伺服、蜂鸣器等
5. I2C&8211；与其他电路通信
6. SPI – Faster bidirectional communication
7. 安卓设备的真正力量