You can find it on google play store, free but with ads...
Using a (bought or made) usb on the go cable, you plug in your Aurdino once it powers up from your phones power supply, you're good to go, run ArduinoDroid select your board and get developing!
But.. for me it refuses to play, i see the trx/rcv pins flash and then it times out, someone said it works fine with ftdi (i don't have a board with an ftdi chip)
Let me know if you try and have success it lools very promising for a portable Arduino compiler!
Tablet doesn't make a good smartphone, nor does it fit in my pocket. The building I work in has crappy cellphone coverage unless you're in a window office on the correct side of the building. We end up standing around in the atrium for a couple minutes to check messages and/or make non-work calls. Kinda awkward to be standing around with a phone in one hand and a bluetooth keyboard or something in the other. So coding gets done at home on my laptop.
cjdelphi:
But.. for me it refuses to play, i see the trx/rcv pins flash and then it times out, someone said it works fine with ftdi (i don't have a board with an ftdi chip)
Then you will have to perform the reset manually - you have to reset (or in fact bring the board out of reset) at the moment the IDE indicates it has finished compiling.
Must be some form of oddity in the generic USB drivers in Android - possibly an otherwise desirable optimisation that does not reset the serial ports every time they are opened. Works fine for me on Raspberry as I recall!
CrossRoads:
, hate answering via touching little letters. Developing code is not gonna happen for me.
Same here, but still a fun idea. I guess you could use it for tinkering on "computer made" code or something, but typing on anything touchscreen is PITA. And my 10" tablet doesn't really make it any more enjoyably. I get pissed of typing a google search!
Samba:
Same here, but still a fun idea. I guess you could use it for tinkering on "computer made" code or something, but typing on anything touchscreen is PITA. And my 10" tablet doesn't really make it any more enjoyably. I get pissed of typing a google search!
Even further, I dislike laptops/ "netbooks" for their cramped, limited and variable keyboard layout. The Aldi bluetooth keyboard for my tablet is at least as bad - I would prefer an OTG cable and a real keyboard. I hate trackpads too.
Have been for a few weeks - and may soon spend a couple more days - in a hospital bed reasonably happy with netbook on bed table, mouse and real 105 (or whatever) key "IBM" keyboard in my lap.