2. Motivation
• Android is now the most popular OS
• Android devices have it all
• connectivity, location, processing power & multimedia
• Great choice to make solution centric custom devices
• Making custom devices is expensive!
• What if a common phone/tablet could be used for prototyping ?
• Interested ? This talk shows you how…
3. In this Talk
• A look at batteries
• How battery reporting works
• Changes required for using a power supply
• Demo
• Handling USB devices
4. What’s in a Battery ?
-ve or GND
+ve, aka Vcc (3.7V-4.2V)
Battery Detect
THERM for temperature sensing