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Design Your Own Android App

Fred Eady -
Owner, EDTP Electronics Inc. and Principal Engineer, Ongoing Systems LLC.
June 24,
2013
Hello World the Basic4android Way
This class will revolve around the installation of the Basic4android environment and the creation of our very first Basic4android application. It won't take long to see that Basic4android can be used to painlessly realize industrial-grade Android applications. Our first Android application will prove to be a bit more useful than displaying "Hello World'.¬ù We are going to dive right in and write some Basic4android code to communicate with an FTDI FT311D USB Android Host IC.
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June 25,
2013
Bluetooth the Basic4android Way
In this session, we will explore the Bluetooth capabilities of Basic4android. We will write Basic4android application code to administrate the Bluetooth adapter. Our Basic4android application will allow us to enable the Bluetooth adapter, disable the Bluetooth adapter, monitor the Bluetooth adapter's state, and discover devices in range.
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June 26,
2013
Network Hardware the Basic4android Way
Before the week is up, we are going to write some Basic4android code that will take advantage of an Android device's ability to communicate via the Internet. So, it might be a good idea to round up some appropriate network hardware. Here we'll examine the networking devices and lay down plans to put them on the Internet.
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June 27,
2013
Network Firmware the Basic4android Way
YesterDay, we mapped out our network paths and performed some preflight checks on our selected network hardware. ToDay, we will throttle up the firmware and hardware to 100% and flight-test the network. We will also take a look at what needs to be done on the Basic4android side to support our mission tomorrow.
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June 28,
2013
Monitor & Control the Basic4android Way
ToDay, we will assemble a Basic4android application that will allow our Samsung tablet to control and monitor our remote TCP/IP-based hardware. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, we'll revisit Bluetooth from a different perspective.
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Instructor
Fred Eady
Owner, EDTP Electronics Inc. and Principal Engineer, Ongoing Systems LLC.

Fred Eady is the owner of EDTP Electronics Inc. and is the principal engineer at the Georgia branch of Ongoing Systems LLC. EDTP Electronics was established in 1988. In the meantime, Fred has written thousands of magazine articles. He has written for all of the major electronic magazines, including Radio Electronics, Electronics Now, Nuts and Volts, Servo, MicroComputer Journal, and Circuit Cellar. Fred has even done a few short feature articles for Design News. To date, he has authored four books and contributed to a fifth. He currently works as a PIC microcontroller consultant and is a Microchip Authorized Design Partner. Fred’s expertise also extends into the ARM community where he is a hardware and firmware design consultant. His customers include aerospace companies, machine shops, specialty startup companies, medical machine manufacturers, coin-operated device businesses, and various other research and development companies. He has a very close working relationship with Microchip Technology, the manufacturer of PIC microcontrollers, and has taught multiple Ethernet and WiFi classes at Microchip's annual Masters Conference.