Hardware breakdown of Google Glass

1. Google Glass Breakdown
Hardware and Software in Detail

2. http://www.catwig.com/google-glass-
teardown/

3. What’s in the Box

9. Proximity
Sensor
IR Emitter
IR
Receiver

10. Blink Sensor?
• Detects:
– Blink
– Wink
– Double Blink
– Double Wink
• Faces right eye

11. Custom Synaptics
Module
Synaptics T1320A
touchpad controller

12. 1. Thermal Pad
(Pink)
2. RF Module
3. Top Input
Camera Button

13. 1. TI OMAP4430 Processor
(1 GHz) LPDDR2 400MHz
2. 16GB of SanDisk flash
3. Elpida mobile DRAM chip
4. SiRFstarIV GSD4e GPS engine
5. Bluetooth/WiFi module marked
as WM-BN-BM-04-a
“>9k!
”

14. Battery
2.1 Wh (~ 570mAh)

15. Bone Conduction
Speaker

16. (Gyro+Compass+Accel)
InvenSense MPU-9150
Wolfson WM7231
MEMS microphone
(x2) for noise
cancellation

17. Display (640x360)
1/8 Retina pixel size
Front Back

19. Ambient Light
Sensor
5MP Camera
720p Video
Standard
Smartphone

20. Mirror API App Example
Go
Java
.Net
Php
Python
Ruby
https://glass-python-starter-
demo.appspot.com/

21. Mirror API App Example
• Text
• Picture

22. Mirror API App Example
Getting media data from the timeline

23. Sideload APK App Example
• Android SDK (API Level 15) lets you try out
ideas while you wait for the GDK
• Online samples of a compass, level,
waveform, stopwatch APK
• Use a custom view:
https://github.com/googleglass/apk-compass-
sample/blob/master/src/com/google/glass/sa
mples/compass/CompassView.java

24. Sideload APK App Example

25. Questions?