Presented at GDG Singapore DevFest 2013 on 12/10/2013, by Arun Kumar, technical consultant, Malaysia. Summary: 1. Introduction to Raspberry Pi, Chrome/Android OS 2. Building Chrome/Android for Raspberry Pi 3. Why Chrome/Android on Raspberry Pi 4. Advantages and Dis-advantages of running Chrome/Android on Raspberry Pi

1. Chrome/Android
on Raspberry Pi
Arun Kumar @ GDG-SG DevFest'13

2. Credit Card Size

3. RPi Layout

4. RPi Spec
Model B - Rev 2:
 Broadcom
BCM2835
700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core
 512 MB (shared with GPU)
 Composite video + HDMI (1920x1200)
 +DSI via connectors

 Audio:
3.5mm stereo
 SD/MMC
 10/100
8
memory card
Mbps Ethernet RJ45 connector
GPIO, UART, I2C, +3.3V, +5V;
 5V
via USB or GPIO header;
 3.5W

5. Done with RPi

6. Chrome OS on RPi - Status
 Mr.
Hexxeh has ported chrome OS in June 2012
 Official support added to Chrome OS
 Build status in 2013
– Build not stable
–
6 times build failed (stills retrying)
–
Waiting for chrome-dev experts suggestions

7. Android on RPi?
 It
has ARM so you could run Android on it;
 Actually there are many problems for now:
–
Android 2.3: boots, very slow; (CyanogenMOD 7.2);
–
Android 4.0: boots, unstable; (CyanogenMOD 9);
–
Official Android 4.0.3 (built by Broadcom): Boots, very
fast with hardware acceleration. Not yet released by
Broadcom !!!
Ice Cream Sandwich: work in progress;
–
 Follow
updates on
http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/Android_Pi_Wiki

8. Demo Time :-) - 2.3.7

9. Demo Time :-) - 4.0.3
http://goo.gl/IptS2

10. Cousins Of Raspberry Pi
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BeagleBone Black
1 Ghz Cortex-A8
Price: US $45
Community Supported Dev platform
Choice is yours

11. Project Examples
 XMBC
- Home Theater
 Home Server
 Wi-Fi Access Point
 Internet Radio
 SMS Server/Gateway
…
 ...
 Your Need Becomes Innovation

12. References

www.raspberrypi.org

http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/Android_Pi_Wiki

http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/CM7_Compilation

IRC: irc.freenode.net #razdorid

www.element14.com

13. Any Questions

14. Thank You
Contact-me: thangam.arunx@gmail.com