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What does it mean for Android Things (former Brillo) project? Intel Edison and Intel Joule were ones of the few supported boards.

izacus 9y ago
Things runs fine in RPi3. I can't imagine why you'd use this awfully supported board over that one.
- euyyn 9y ago
  Well, a system-on-module is advantageous over a full board like the RPi3 if you want to go to production. But there are more SOMs supported, apart from the Edison and the Joule.
  - Narishma 9y ago
    There's a module version of the Raspberry Pi.
    - euyyn 9y ago
      Well, the parent commenter was talking of the RPi3. Android Things doesn't support the Raspberry Pi Zero W. In the context of my comment, of going to production, the Pi Zero W has the problem of availability / supply chain. So if you plan to manufacture a lot of devices, not only are they hard to get, you get low-volume pricing instead of discounted.
      - naikrovek 9y ago
        The Zero wasn't mentioned. There is a Raspberry Pi 3 compute module, and I suggest you look that up if you think I am talking about a Pi Zero.
        euyyn 9y ago
        Ah, I see! Not sure if you're the same user as the ones above, but the Compute Module 3 doesn't come with networking chips, so it's a no-starter for Android Things.
        naikrovek 9y ago
        The RP3 compute module gets plugged into something else. That something else is free to have Ethernet.
pjmlp 9y ago
Android Things is cool to reuse Android knowledge, but one is better off with a board that supports GNU/Linux directly, as there is support for whatever programming language one feels like using.
- naikrovek 9y ago
  Ehh, not always. It is often best to avoid a full OS in favor of something with less complexity. Android Things and Windows 10 IoT are attractive for this reason, among others.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Android Things and Windows 10 IoT are a full OS. Given that you mention it, from a hobby developer perspective, I would rather pick W10 IoT, because at least Microsoft does offer proper support for C++, including easy integration with .NET, unlike the dev experience with the NDK.

izacus 9y ago

Things runs fine in RPi3. I can't imagine why you'd use this awfully supported board over that one.

euyyn 9y ago
Well, a system-on-module is advantageous over a full board like the RPi3 if you want to go to production. But there are more SOMs supported, apart from the Edison and the Joule.
- Narishma 9y ago
  There's a module version of the Raspberry Pi.
  - euyyn 9y ago
    Well, the parent commenter was talking of the RPi3. Android Things doesn't support the Raspberry Pi Zero W. In the context of my comment, of going to production, the Pi Zero W has the problem of availability / supply chain. So if you plan to manufacture a lot of devices, not only are they hard to get, you get low-volume pricing instead of discounted.
    - naikrovek 9y ago
      The Zero wasn't mentioned. There is a Raspberry Pi 3 compute module, and I suggest you look that up if you think I am talking about a Pi Zero.
      - euyyn 9y ago
        Ah, I see! Not sure if you're the same user as the ones above, but the Compute Module 3 doesn't come with networking chips, so it's a no-starter for Android Things.
        naikrovek 9y ago
        The RP3 compute module gets plugged into something else. That something else is free to have Ethernet.

pjmlp 9y ago

Android Things is cool to reuse Android knowledge, but one is better off with a board that supports GNU/Linux directly, as there is support for whatever programming language one feels like using.

naikrovek 9y ago
Ehh, not always. It is often best to avoid a full OS in favor of something with less complexity. Android Things and Windows 10 IoT are attractive for this reason, among others.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  Android Things and Windows 10 IoT are a full OS. Given that you mention it, from a hobby developer perspective, I would rather pick W10 IoT, because at least Microsoft does offer proper support for C++, including easy integration with .NET, unlike the dev experience with the NDK.