It is the world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Google's answer to that is the Android Things. In this episode, we talk to the amazing Rebecca Franks. She explains how Android things works and talks of some of the adventures and examples she's embarked on with Android Things. If you've had that hobby Raspberry Pi or Arduino board lying around and not sure how to put it to use, this episode's for you.


Show Notes

Ep 42 - Google IO episode
Rebecca's blog posts:

Distributed Piano with Android Things
Electricity Monitoring app with Android Things
Hardware basics for the Software Engineer

Android Things Developer Kits
Arduino Starter Kit (includes the h/w book she recommends)
Android Things - official github repo
Android things Contrib drivers - (e.g. button gradle dependency)

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Contact

@riggaroo and riggaroo.co.za
@fragmentedcast [twitter.com]
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@kaushikgopal and +KaushikGopalIsMe

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