Do you actually want to go through the process of porting Android or just run Android on a ARM board... If its the latter, then look into a Beagle Board www.beagleboard.org since Android is already ported. If you are looking for the porting experience, I just started working with a Mini2440. Its a reasonably priced ARM9 board with a LCD touch screen... The US distributor is http://www.andahammer.com.
The BeagleBoard is $60 more, it doesn't have an LCD but it has more memory, a DSP and runs faster for about the same amount of power, 1-2watts. I have a simple touch screen app I want to build, so I choose the 7" Mini2440 because I did not want to futz around with adapting an LCD panel to it.. If I were going to use it on a robotics project, I would of probably chosen a Beagle Board. Both boards have GPIO, the 2440 probably has more if you don't use the camera module, but both require level shifting if you need 5v compatible pins John Gentilin tapas kundu wrote: > Hi ALL, > I want to port android on some arm9 board as part of > our master thesis. > > Could you please suggest which arm9 board should I > purchase ? I want to know which board will provide best support for > porting android on it ? > Is anybody already ported android on arm9 board? > I want to purchase a arm9 evaluation board. Please > suggest me the best ones. > > Thanks & Regards > Tapas > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
