Android Things is an operating system for the Internet of Things based on the mobile OS of the same name. It supports common peripherials like GPIO, SPI and I²C with a single headed or headless app. Only the Raspberry Pi 3 can run Android Things.
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What is the highest voltage from the power supply a Raspberry Pi 3 B can handle without getting damaged?
I am using Android things on Raspberry Pi 3 B with a 7-inch touch screen. Currently, I always see a yellow thunder bolt sign on the screen which means that the Raspberry Pi isn't receiving a high enough voltage from my 5.3 V 2 A power…
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Green LED blinking 7 times with rainbow colour image on screen
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 b. I tried to boot it to android things OS. But when I connect the Pi to power, it is showing nothing except a rainbow colour screen and the green led is blinking 7 times. Please help me correct this issue?
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Raspberry Pi 3 Smartphone LCD
Recently I was trying to connect RPI3 to a smartphone LCD which supporting MIPI DSI interface. I choose Huawei Y320 LCD (800x480) because of its documents availability and of course the price,
This is the related LCD connector schematics:
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Android Things: How many PWM pins on Pi 3 Model B?
I'm interested in using the Android Things on the Pi 3 Model B, but I need to access a minimum of 4 pins and use them for PWM control.
On the pin-out diagram on Google's Android Things site, there are only two pins labeled PWM 0 (BCM 18) and PWM 1…
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Tensorflow on Raspberry Pi 3 (Android Things vs Raspbian)
I want to create a tensorflow based detection system in an IOT setup. Will it perform better if I run it on Android Things or Raspbian? I expect to be using Full Yolo or tiny Yolo running on tensorflow. I am using Raspberry Pi 3.
Also please…
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Android Things on Pi 2
I wanted to get started a bit with Android Things with my Pi, but I noticed there is only manuals for the Raspberry Pi 3. Does that mean there is no support for the Raspberry Pi 2? Is there a way to do so?
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Raspberry Pi 3 on Android Things OS for 40 inch display (Graphics Issue)
I am working on a project where I need to run videos on a 38"-40" inch LED TV. Mp4 (720p) videos don't run as seamlessly as needed. It is not the worst in the world but I can see that it is missing frames (less fps). These same videos were working…
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Android Things (0.5.1) fails to initialize GPU on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B?
I have just set-up a Raspberry Pi 3 with Android Things using the latest developer preview (5.1). It boots and I can run some minimum samples, and the output can be seen normally in a HDMI screen. So, everything would 'seem' fine.
However, any…
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Official Pi Display supported Android things
I got a new project and planned to use a raspberry pi 3, Android Things and a touchscreen.
First I bought a 3.5 inch SPI touchscreen, but couldn't get it to work on Android Things so I'm looking for alternatives (as 3.5 inch proofed to be a bit to…
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How to make/develop Android apps and use them with RPi4?
I am using Raspberry Pi 4 for a while with the latest buster release. I searched for a lot of questions and find that Android development is not possible with Raspberry Pi. But I wonder, that both are powered by Linux.
Is there any way to make an…
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Android things keeps restarting
Trying to install Android Things OS on RPi3 B V1.2, but before I can -- or shortly after -- I get to the set-up screen, the OS reboots. This happens repeatedly.
Rasperian works great under CPU and power load.
Tried multiple SD cards Pi boards,…
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I2cDevice: Cannot read from device (Android Things)
I am trying to write an I2C Communication layer for my PN532 NFC Module.
I have the Arduino code working fine, but I am trying to implement it for Android things. In Arduino my output is as follows:
WriteCommand
Write: 0
Write: 0
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Rainbow Screen after Android Things installation
I am new to Raspberry and Android Things. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and I am using latest Android Things (followed as per Android Developer Site). But why is it only showing Rainbow Screen after the Android Things installation?
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Working display setting for Android Things on Raspberry Pi 3 with 3.5 inch Waveshare?
Is anyone can assist me how to set up 3.5 inch Waveshare touch screen display works in Android Things on Raspberry Pi 3?
Usually, I only run script from LCD Show for 3.5 inch that available in Waveshare site. But android doesn't support sudo which…
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How can I get audio (ultrasonic Nearby API) working with Android Things?
I'm trying out Android Things on my Raspberry Pi 3, and besides a little bit of a learning curve around the adb utility, things are going well. However, it doesn't seem like audio is working at all.
Ultimately I'm writing a small app using Google's…
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