Introduction:Android
Android is a Linux based operating system it is designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. The operating system have developed a lot in last 15 years starting from black and white phones to recent smart phones or mini computers. One of the most widely used mobile OS these days is android. The android is software that was founded in Palo Alto of California in 2003.
Linux kernel:
The android uses the powerful Linux kernel and it supports wide range of hardware drivers. The kernel is the heart of the operating system that manages input and output requests from software. This provides basic system functionalities like process management, memory management, device management like camera, keypad, display etc the kernel handles all the things. The Linux is really good at networking and it is not necessary to interface it to the peripheral hardware. The kernel itself does not interact directly with the user but rather interacts with the shell and other programs as well as with the hard ware devices on the system.
Libraries:
The on top of a Linux kennel there is a set of libraries including open source web browser such as webkit, library libc. These libraries are used to play and record audio and video. The SQLite is a data base which is useful for storage and sharing of application data. The SSL libraries are responsible for internet security etc.
Android Runtime:
The android runtime provides a key component called Dalvik Virtual Machine which is a kind of java virtual machine. It is specially designed and optimized for android. The Dalvik VM is the process virtual machine in the android operating system. It is a software that runs apps on android devices.
The Dalvik VM makes use of Linux core features like memory management and multi threading which is in a java language. The Dalvik VM enables every android application to run it own process. The Dalvik VM executes the files in the .dex format.
Application frame work:
The application frame work layer provides many higher level services to applications such as windows manager, view system, package manager, resource manager etc. The application developers are allowed to make use of these services in their application.
Applications and Features:
You will find all the android applications at the top layer and you will write your application and install on this layer. Example of such applications are contacts, books, browsers, services etc. Each application perform a different role in the over all applications.
Features:
- Head set layout
- Storage
- Connectivity: GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, Bluetooth, WI-FI, EDGE,3G,NFC, LTE,GPS.
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, C2DM (could to device messaging), GCM (Google could messaging)
- Multilanguage support
- Multi touch
- Video calling
- Screen capture
- External storage
- Streaming media support
- Optimized graphics
Advantages:
- Android is Linux based open source operating system , it can be developed by any one
- Easy access to the android apps
- You can replace the battery and mass storage, disk drive and UDB option
- Its supports all Google services
- The operating system is able to inform you of a new SMS and Emails or latest updates.
- It supports Multitasking
- Android phone can also function as a router to share internet
- Its free to customize
- Can install a modified ROM
- Its supports 2D and 3D graphics
The receiver end movement is achieved by two motors that are interfaced to the microcontroller. The serial communication data sent from the android application is received by a Bluetooth receiver that is interfaced to the microcontroller.