You're reading from Android Hardware Interfacing with the BeagleBone Black Design and implement Android apps that interface with your own custom hardware circuits and the BeagleBone Black

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784392161

Length 134 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

BeagleBone

Concepts

Android Development

Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Android and the BeagleBone Black FREE CHAPTER

2. Interfacing with Android

3. Handling Inputs and Outputs with GPIOs

4. Storing and Retrieving Data with I2C

5. Interfacing with High-speed Sensors Using SPI

6. Creating a Complete Interfacing Solution

7. Where to Go from Here

Index

Chapter 5. Interfacing with High-speed Sensors Using SPI

In the previous chapter, you worked with the I2C bus to communicate with an FRAM device that requires far more complex communications than that of the simple on/off digital communications used by GPIOs. I2C is very powerful and flexible, but it can be quite slow.

In this chapter, you will learn how to write an Android app that uses the BBB's SPI capabilities to retrieve environmental data from a high-speed sensor. We will cover the following topics:

Understanding SPI
Multiplexing for SPI on the BBB
Representing SPI devices in the Linux kernel
Building an SPI interface circuit
Exploring the SPI sensor example app

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Chapter 5. Interfacing with High-speed Sensors Using SPI

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