In this page, we summarize how to enable

• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• WebCam

with froyo (android 2.2.2) on BeagleBoard.

Our method is based on sola's patches.


Histories
2011.7.20: Browser is modified to prevent crash at the top page of Google.
2011.7.13: Open to the public

Please proceed according to sola's page.

Supplement to Section 2

We used branch android-2.2.2_r1.

Addendum to Section 3

After applying sola's patch, please apply our patch as follows.

$ cd $ANDROID
$ wget http://brain.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/research/files/vendor_tk-beagle-froyo2.2.x-20110725.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf vendor_tk-beagle-froyo2.2.x-20110725.tar.gz -C $ANDROID/vendor/
$ $ANDROID/vendor/tk/patch/tk_patch.sh

Then please build the android.

• Wifi
  You can use PLANEX GW-US54Mini2 (with rt73 driver) or PLANEX GW-US54Mini (with zd1211 driver). To enable zd1211 driver, please execute the following commands before build.
  

  $ cp $ANDROID/hardware/libhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c $ANDROID/hardware/libhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c.rt73
  $ cp $ANDROID/hardware/libhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c.zd1211rw $ANDROID/hardware/libhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c
  

  
  
  
• Ethernet
  You can use corega CG-FEUSBTXCW (with DM9601 driver) and Buffalo LANLUA3-U2-ATX (with AX8817X driver).
  
  
• Bluetooth
  We confirmed that Buffalo BSHSBD02 works.
  You can use BluetoothChat in android SDK and the cursor movement with Wii remote controller.
  To enable Wii remote controller, please enable Bluetooth, and then press buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously.
  
  
• WebCam
  We confirmed that Logicool Webcam C210 works. The resolution is 352x288. You can save the image, but the video mode does not work.
  We recommend the Logicool cameras.
  
  
• USB-Serial
  You can use the devices with FTDI driver and PL2302 driver.
  
  
• Touchpanel monitor
  You can use Hanwha HM-TL7T.
  To use Hanwha HM-TL10T, please modify
  kernel-beagleboard/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c
  (see comments in it).
  
  
• Sound
  It works.
  
  
• Others
  
  • You can restore from sleep by touching the screen or clicking the mouse.
  • Airplane mode is disabled.
  • You can choose "Never timeout" for sleep mode.
  
  

The followings are demos.

WebCam on BeagleBoard


Google Map on BeagleBoard


BluetoothChat between BeagleBoard and smartphone.


Android 1.6 on Armadillo-500FX




[References]

• FroyoOnBeagleBoard (by sola)
• TI-Android-FroYo-DevKit-V2 ReleaseNotes
• HM-TL10T on Linux (by h_kojima)
• Wii remote controller with android
• Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86