At Google’s 2017 Shanghai GDD conference, everyone was given a development board for Android Things, which is the development board we are going to use, Pico I. MX 7d, not raspberry PI.
1. Introduction to android Things Development board
The package from GDD includes: Pico I. MX7D development board, camera module, 5-inch touch screen, wifi module, and some wire. For specific component models, please click here. It is far from enough to send these to simulate other projects, but also need to buy buy other hardware, such as: switches, bread plates, LED lights, various sensors. These can be purchased on Taobao.
2. Start assembling our boards
Assembly of the work is very simple, engineering boys no problem!
3. Start burning the system
The newly bought board has no system, which requires us to install the system for him, as well as the computer reinstall the system. System download address: click jump, need scientific Internet access. (Here is a small series of system mirror, may be outdated password: 6TII).
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To enter, you need to log in, using Google email login can be.
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Log in and click Create a Product to create a new project.
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After creating the product, select the product you just created, set the system you want to Download, click Download and start building. Once generated, drag it to the bottom and click Download.
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Once the system is built, you will need to download a tool to help you crash the system into our development board. Choose Tools from the Console menu and download Android-things-setup-Utility.
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Install the system. Decompression tool, according to your computer to run the program.
Install it step by step as prompted (wifi can be set through the touch pad), select and press Enter.
4. Once the system is installed, you can use our Android Studio for development.
Studio must be 3.0 or higher, create a project, directly select Android Things, wait for the project to be built, directly run.
