Android ICS on Snowball and Beyond

Registered by Zach Pfeffer

Linaro has ICS running on STE's Snowball. This session will discuss running Android on this and any future boards from STE. This session will be a great opportunity to plan for extending existing support on the Snowball and look towards the future.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Zach Pfeffer
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Mathieu Poirier
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 2012q1
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon connect-q1.12
Started by
Zach Pfeffer
Completed by
Zach Pfeffer

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Whiteboard

Meta:
Roadmap id: ANDROID2012-ICS-RELEASE

Goal:
The goal of this session is to come up with a plan to make Snowball all green and/or any follow on board all green.

Agenda:
Discuss 11.09 - 12.01 test results
Review current state of ICS on Snowball
Discuss upcoming features (3.2 kernel, MM enablemement etc)

- [anmar] Sync up all stake holders on the current status of Snowball (Android, Ubuntu): TODO

__Feature List__

See: http://www.igloocommunity.org/Snowball_product_brief.pdf

See: https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkxwyUNxNaAadHJoVmJ1XzBhRHZZTzJpMi1SckF2OVE&hl=en_US#gid=0

x - works
#- we have a plan
o - fails to work, or unknown

__Processor sub-system__

- ARM Dual Cortex A9 @ 1GHz,
- 4 / 8GByte e-MMC,
- 1GByte LP-DDR2,

___Display__

x - 1x HDMI Full HD,
o - 1x CVBS Video OUT,

__Audio__

# - 1x Audio OUT, (help from Benjamin)
# - 1x Audio IN, (help from Benjamin)

__Analog Sensor__

# - 1x 3 Axis Accelerometer, (Benn + Mathieu)
# - 1x 3 Axis Magnetometer, (Benn+ Mathieu)
# - 1x 3 Axis Gyrometer, (Benn + Mathieu)
# - 1x Pressure sensor, (Benn + Mathieu)

__Expansion Connector__

o - 3x Expansion Connectors (FSMC,
HSI, Audio, MiPi CSI / Camera, LCD,
MiPi DSI, UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO)

__Connectivity__

x - 1x Micro-SD,
x - 1x Ethernet 10/100Mbits,
x - 1x USB OTG HS (480Mbits),
x - 1x Serial Port (RS232 / Over USB),
o - 1x JTAG Connector, (Never tested by team)
o - 1x MiPi34 Debug Connector, (Never tested by team)
# - 1x IEEE 802.11 b/g/n WLAN, (Mathieu to look at it again)
# - 1 x Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Ex. Antenna), (Mathieu to look at it again)
# - 1 x GPS (Ex. Antenna), (Amit Pundir, problems with binaries)

__Power__

o - 1x RTC Battery Backup,
o - 1x DC IN +5V,
o - 1x Li-Ion Battery Charger

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