I just ran across this this morning on Engadget, Wired online. It immediately struck me as almost a "holy grail" of tablets to use for a ground control station. It has plenty of buttons, and 2 joysticks. We already have the excellent Andropilot app. Now we have built in controls... Maybe we should pool some money to send one of these to Kevin Hester.
The only problem is the specs are a little lightweight:
- 7" 1024x600 display, no mention of brightness
- Android 4.1 Jellybean
- Arm Coretex A9 dual-core 1.6 GHz
- 8GB Flash, 1GB Ram, with a microSD card slot
The really good news is it's only $170. It's definitely worth experimenting with.
I'd kick in $20 to send one to Kevin Hester if he's interested in developing it for AndroPilot use. Anybody else?
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That might not be a bad idea. Maybe solves the ergonomic and joystick quality problem of this thing. Then I could continue to use my otherwise excellent TF-700.
Still, this GamePad is pretty interesting at that price point. I'm not even sure I'd buy one, but having this system available to people is pretty attractive.
alternatively - how about I just add support for one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-iDroid-Rechargeable-Not-Machine-Spe...
also - can someone who has purchased one recommend a cheap place to buy?
So if Bob also joins in I'll happily order one and get coding ;-)
Yes - I according to the generally reliable xda forums site, it has USB OTG, which is what we want:
http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum/archos-gamepad/usb-host-otg-cab...
I tried a host cable, which would not 'fit' on this unit but does work on another archos which does have host usb, and none of the specsheets for the gamepad mention usb host.
Thanks Jack! Now at $120.
It would be sweet if this eventually integrated with the "Telemetry / Antenna Tracking Board with Ethernet Capability" Arthur Benemann is developing, To have the wireless link sitting in the middle of the flying field and to sit in the shade or car and not reduce the connection.
Iv donated $20 to this, Kevin please Acknowledged.
Jack
One word of warning, I just noticed there is no mention of usb host port in the tech specs on this thing. I will try and dig up a cable to check if it does to usb host or not.
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