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Hackster.io is organizing a Google Android Things Meetup in San Francisco on Thursday, January 18th:

https://www.meetup.com/Hackster-SF/events/245837715/

Be sure to register on the Eventbrite page:

Google Android Things Meetup

Have you ever wanted to design and develop your own products? Android Things lets you build professional, mass-market products on a trusted platform without previous knowledge of embedded system design. With an easy-to-use software development platform based on Android Studio and access to the Android SDK you’ll be on your way to developing the next big IoT product.

Wayne Piekarski, a Developer Advocate from Google will be showcasing the capabilities of Android Things and how you can get started building your product with this platform.

Here’s a talk with Wayne Piekarski earlier this year at Google I/O:

From Prototype to Production Devices with Android Things (Google I/O ’17)

Sarunas built this device to replace a bunch of different remote controls with a smart phone:

Blue IR

Build your own universal remote

Features include:

Control TV, HiFi and more from Android, iPhone or Windows Phone.
Control devices using NEC, RC5 and SIRC protocols
Provides Bluetooth Low Energy service for controlling it from other devices.

A solar version was also designed to avoid having to change the battery:

http://blog.sarunas.eu/post/2016/08/10/Blue-IR-solar-version

Blue IR solar version

Despite that Bluetooth Low Energy device uses so little of it, the battery will eventually run out. To overcome that, the old device was improved by adding a solar charger.

The design files and source code are available on GitHub:

OSH Park

Perfect Purple PCBs

Google Android Things Meetup

Google Android Things Meetup

Blue IR: Build your own universal remote

Blue IR

Blue IR solar version

drme/ble-remote