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Android on OMAP Overview and Resources. Nipuna Gunasekera Texas Instruments Inc. Android. July 2005 Google acquired Android, Inc. Nov 2007 Formation of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) OHA unveiled Android – Mobile device platform built on the Linux Kernel 2.6
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Android on OMAP Overview and Resources Nipuna Gunasekera Texas Instruments Inc.
Android • July 2005 Google acquired Android, Inc. • Nov 2007 Formation of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) • OHA unveiled Android – Mobile device platform built on the Linux Kernel 2.6 • Software stack open-sourced under Apache 2.0 license • Android now running on various devices Archos 5 Motorola DROID
Architecture Additional enhancements include acceleration of system libraries with the OMAP.
OMAP RLS25.x Android Software Timeline RLS25.x (3430) (1.0) RLS25.x (3430) Cupcake (1.5) RLS25.x (3430) Donut (1.6) RLS25E.x (3430) Éclair (2.0) • Donut Release (3430) • Basic Android Features: • Opencore 2.x • Linux Kernel: 2.6.29 • Éclair Release (3430) • Basic Android Features: • Éclair (Android 2.x) • Opencore 2.x • Linux Kernel: 2.6.29 • Cupcake Release (3430) • Basic Android Features: • Opencore 2.x • Linux Kernel: 2.6.27 • TI Features: • Zoom BSP: device drivers, keypad, display, camera, MMC, etc. • Accelerated Codecs: • MPEG4, H264, AAC, JPEG • BT/WLAN connectivity
Resources Available • http://www.omappedia.org/wiki/Android_Getting_Started • - Host PC Configuration • - Accessing Source Code • - Building uboot, xloader, kernel and file system • - Flashing/Booting • - Debugging • - Enabling TI HW accelerated codecs • - Enabling WLAN/BT • See the archived video to get an idea of browsing the related topics above • on omappedia.org
OMAP Zoom Community Resources OMAPZoom.org Zoom II hardware reference platform Public TRM & Open Schematics Board Mailing List omapzoom@googlegroups.com Android Mailing List omapandroid-discussion@gforge.ti.com Wiki – Docs, How-to’s, FAQ’s, Ideas http://OMAPpedia.org IRC channel: #linux-omap