Antmicro’s industrial Android 5.0 (Lollipop) on Toradex Tegra modules
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Android 5.0 (codenamed Lollipop) is all the rage nowadays, and while many consumer smartphone owners are still waiting to get the new candy, we thought the industry could get a treat too!
Building on our extensive experience with industrial Android projects ranging from headless through hand-held to ultra-large screens, from x86 through ARM Cortex-A8 to Zynq, we have run Android 5.0 on the excellent Apalis Tegra T30 SoM platform from Toradex.
Take a look at it here:
In the past months, our internal R&D team has been hard at work to streamline our Android ports for Cortex-A9 and follow the Android Open Source Project to increase portability and customizability.
One of the effects is what you have just seen – the first Android 5.0 for an industrial Tegra platform.
Android 5.0 brings numerous improvements over the previous system versions, including – among other things – the new Material Design look and a new Java Virtual Machine.
To find out more, check out Google’s own Android Lollipop website.
Our port fares pretty well in 3D mark testing (on par with a Nexus 7 – results to the right).
We are working now with Toradex to bring a downloadable demonstration image to you within a very short timeframe.
Our Android 5.0 will also be demonstrated at EW 2015 but if you are keen on seeing it in action sooner, grab a module from Toradex’ webshop (or perhaps use the one you already have?) and check out our blog early February to get a release.
If you just cannot wait, write to us at contact@antmicro.com – we’ll be happy to hear from you!
