There are two ways of installing the ADK Mode in Processing, through the Mode Manager and manually. Note: Nexus 4 is confirmed that doesn't work with Open Accessory Installing the SDK and Getting Started with Development Installation in Processing The USB-ADK library for Arduino (includes the AndroidAccessory class). (refer to Table 1)Īndroid™ SDK with all the updates up to the latest version of the APIs Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy S5 or any other device supporting Open Accessory mode, most devices today support it. The ADK mode requires the following hardware and software:Īn Arduino ADK compatible board or shield. The examples for ADK Mode for Processing has been developed and tested on the Arduino Mega ADK, but should work for other similar Open Accessory enabled boards as well for. Table 1: Configuration options Android™ OS USB Host is the standard USB connection where the Android™ device acts as the USB Host. The unofficial USB connection between an Arduino board and an Android™ device is built using sockets on top of the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and may not be as stable as the ADK. The different configurations listed in this table are Accessory Development Kit (ADK) which uses the Open Accessory library which lets Arduino act as the USB Host. This doesn't mean the following explanations couldn't work for your device and we will be more than happy to list your configuration for others to know. Therefore we are going to concentrate in phones that haven't been rooted and have official updates. It is very hard to trace all the possible Android™ devices with all the existing OS versions and mods. It depends not only on the hardware configuration of your device, but also on the software you have running on it. Phones, Tablets & Connection Strategiesīefore moving any further, you need to understand which the connection capabilities of your Android™ device are.

You might be interested in using Bluetooth® as an alternative to get Arduino and the Android artifact to talk to each other. Here you can learn how to connect Arduino to Android™ via the USB cable the phone (or tablet) uses for data transfers as well as for recharging its battery.

Furthermore, we have tried to make it as easy as possible by concentrating in the use of Processing instead of Eclipse as the tool of choice for writing the Android Apps. This guide describe how to connect an Android™ device to an Arduino ADK board ( Mega ADK and USB Host shield). It is supplied AS IS for documentation purposes This is a retired product and the information given could be inaccurate or obsolete.

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