Software for glider pilots running on Ipad

t 03:31 09 April 2011, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Apr 8, 8:14=A0pm, Mike Schumann
wrote:
On 4/8/2011 7:34 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:







On Apr 8, 4:10 pm, jsbrake =A0wrote:
Its possible to root hack the Nook now and run Android 2.2 (and
mayb=
e
3.0) on it and should be able to install the current XCSoar
Android
software and see if it works. I believe there is supposed to be
an
official upgrade to Android 2.2 coming for the Nook which should
mak=
e
this easier. Anybody tried XCSoar on the Nook?

Perhaps a foolish question, but since the Nook Color doesn't have
a
GPS, how are you thinking of getting the GPS signal? =A0I found
that
there's an app called tetherGPS, but that uses an Android
smartphone
to transmit over wi-fi to the Nook. =A0Is there a way to feed the
GPS
directly into the nook from another GPS source? =A0Could it,
somehow,
=
be
connected to a PowerFLARM?

The Color Nook has Bluetooth hardware and enabling that and the
required SPP (serial over Bluetooth) is just a matter of software.
If
that support is not in the common Android 2.2 root hack then it
_may_
be in the official Android 2.2 update that is supposedly coming to
the
Color Nook. Once you have BT SSP support in the operating system the
rest should be easy. And ideally applications that know how to use
this (like XCSoar) should in principle just work. Once you have
Bluetooth you can go out to those low cost Bluetooth GPS receivers
or
via a Bluetooth adapter (like the K6-BT) to a PowerFLARM etc. Of
course my hand waving and seeing it all work are two different
things.

BTW another nook root hack resource for the color Nook is
http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor

I just ordered a iPad 2 but the inner geek in me is thinking of
getting a Moto Xoom as well since I want to play more with Android.

Darryl

The Nook Color also has a USB interface, which might be another way to
connect the required GPS receiver.

--
Mike Schumann

The Color Nook as shipped is USB client only but it apparently has
chipset support for Bluetooth On-The-Go (i.e. client/host switching).
I don't think this is working yet with any of the root hacked Android
versions. But if the BT OTG support is really there then yes this is a
possibility. If its client only then it won't work. Still the first
step now would be for somebody to just try out XCSoar on Android 2.2
on this platform, you don't need a physical GPS to do a test.

Darryl


No inner geek here, but I did download XCsoar and custom map for my Droid
X which is running 2.2 Android and it seems to run fine. I haven't done
any flying with it yet (I have a SN10 in the glider) because I don't have
any way of mounting or powering it. The droid really eats batteries

CH