Android Hack

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User's Android Hack Allows Him to Play Games Using Super Nintendo Controller





A user has recently presented his Android hack that allows playing games on the handset with the help of a Super Nintendo controller.

He managed to figure out the way the controller's signaling on the system functions and afterwards connected it to an Arduino Pro Mini 328.

It is worth mentioning that Arduino is used to interpret the SNES controller's signals, and later send them to the Android device through a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module.

But the user decided to go further and create an adjoining module to a SNES controller.

Source:
Bluetooth Super Nintendo controller for Android gaming - Hack a Day

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Amarino makes Android controlled robots a snap



[Lucas Fragomeni] is controlling this robot using the accelerometer on his Android phone (translated). He could have gone through our Android tutorials and developed a custom application but he took the shorter route and used Amarino, an ‘Android meets Arduino’ toolkit, to do it for him. [Lucas] combined an Arduino, a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth modem, and two servo motors to build his robot. Amarino lets him connect to that Bluetooth modem and send sensor data over the connection. In this case it’s only the accelerometer that he chose to use, but he could have gone with the touchscreen, or any other sensor the handheld has to offer. Using this code package got him up and running quickly, only requiring that he writes his own code to turn the received signals into servo motor control routines.

[shezzowicked]

whaattt? payter ni kaau

[mcdcebu]

whoaa pwede pd nis iphone bro?

[cebugdev]

whoaa pwede pd nis iphone bro?

i think possibly dli and lisud (unless custom OS or firmware) since Apple dont expose to much interface sa ilang OS, how much more sa low level layer..

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https://www.istorya.net/forums/gizmos...ct-hack-2.html

[reyscott1968]

unsa pay kaya ma control sa android ? ? ??

[juck401]

thats just sick... nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RC Robot Toy Tank Controlled via Android-Running Handset



An inventor who calls himself Tamlyn has come up with a remote-controlled toy tank that is driven by an Android-running device and an IOIO board connected to the vehicle.

The developer decided to use the IOIO board due to the fact that it boats a simple mechanism and low cost. In addition, it features an incorporated USB port that is used to connect one of the smartphones to the board. The second handset is used to give commands to the tank.

Because the board can have a practical issue of connecting with a handset running Google's Android, the inventor tested it on Nexus One and HTC Desire and the trials proved to be successful.

The phone that is connected to the board features an app that creates a web server on it that can be connected to any browser. On the laptop the modder then used Firefox browser to open a website where the control buttons appear.

The modder removed all RC circuits from the toy tank together with the turret and afterwards mounted a TB6612FNG motor driver that made it possible to connect the default tank motors to the broad. Everything was then fixed to a breadboard to perform an easy re-configuration.

The final step was installing the software that allowed the robot tank to be controlled via the Internet.

In the future the Tamlyn looks forward to making a few improvements of the tank like a voice protocol and behavior-based robotics API, and giving it a more appealing look.

Video: Android powered robot tank - YouTube

Source: RC Robot Toy Tank Controlled via Android-Running Handset - Technology - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions