The company Google launched a physical development kit for Android terminals based on Arduino boards. This is the Android Open Accessory and the announcement was made during the annual conference Google I/O that takes place in the city of San Francisco, in the United States.
The arduino circuits They emerged in 2006 with the proposal to allow anyone to create electronic products. It is an open source project that uses easy-to-program microcontroller kits and the Wiring language, similar to the well-known C ++.
According to the website CNET, with Android Open Accessory on Arduino, Google will allow developers to create their own hardware accessories, which can then be controlled by Android.
According to information published on the website of the Google I / O conference, the company expects this the development kit You can further expand the use of the Android mobile operating system, thanks to the creation of new electronic products equipped with such software, in addition to tablets and smartphones.
"I don't think of it as something we have built but as something that can be used to explore what Android can do", She said Andy Ruben, director of the Android project, referring to the launch of the Android Open Accessory kit.