Designing an ANDROID compatible circuit board

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Hi Everyone,
So this probably isn't the "correct" place to ask but I have spent many days googling and searching forums but can't find the answer to the following:

Is there the necessary information out there for me to design a pcb which is able to run android on? Even better, is there an opensource project that anyone here knows of that can give a basic design to get me started?

I am wanting to do a project that ties the "user experience" of android but with the IO of Arduino.

I appreciate this isn't soley about Arduino so if anyone wants to close this thread down thats no problem.

Best regards and thanks for reading.

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Perhaps search for "android processor types" will give you some hints.

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Android is Linux. You will need an SBC, not a microcontroller as such.
I'd start by designing a board that you can plug a raspberry pi into.

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This is one of those "if you have to ask then you're probably biting off more than you can chew" things.

...said the guy who lead a "simple" Android control board project that took almost 9 months just to bring the hardware completely up.

My suggestion is to get a raspberry pi and load android onto it.

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Thanks @Paul_KD7HB , @er_name_not_found @cedarlakeinstruments really appreciate your input.

Now I think Cedarlakeinstruments has hit the spot. I didnt even realise a pi could handle android. One of my goals is to be able to create an android compatible SBC, but I can see this is going to take many years of learning before I get that. In the meantime I am going to load Android onto a RPi and see what I can learn about that.

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MY best advice is find some friends to help with your project. There are SO MANY threads you will have to follow that you will give up. Android was not implemented anywhere by a single person.

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Thanks Paul, that's a good way to look at it. Judging by some of the silly errors I have found myself making on simple arduino projects recently I think I will put the idea of android gadgets to bed for a while.

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