There are several boards that can connect to Android devices. Most of them are fundamentally different than the IOIO in that all they provide you is a bare-metal microcontroller with some library code to open a communication channel to Android. This is usually over USB and not Bluetooth. Definitely not seamless to switch between the two. With those boards, you'd have to write both the Android side code and the code running on the microcontroller. In order to make it as reliable as the IOIO, you'd probably need to spend quite some effort. It took me a lot of time to figure out all the nitty-gritty quirks of Android.
Why are you concerned with the durability of the IOIO? On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Shahfiq, > > we have used the IOIO boards with our customers for over 18 months without > a operational failure. Our product, a graywater and multiple zone > irrigation controller, sits in an irrigation cabinet which does protect > the circuitry from extreme levels of dust, however the tablet, ioio and > associated daughter boards are subjected to freezing cold and very hot > conditions throughout the year. > > We now incorporate the ioio design into our own custom boards, with the > only change being to use a usb connector having through hole studs to > securely mount the connector to the board. This was an issue for us, as > upwards pressure on the USB cable could result in the terminal lifting off > the board. > > If you can prevent the possibility of stress on this cable (we could not > due to space constraints in our cabinet) you will have no problems. We also > use cheap 7" chinese tablets, which are mounted using industrial velcro - > without any issues. > > Our systems run 24 x 7. > > Paul James > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: IOIO-OTG substitude > From: Shahfiq Nashrah <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, May 05, 2014 4:10 am > To: [email protected] > > Hello guys, > > To be clear i am not condemning the IOIO-OTG board, only need to find some > information on the available boards in the market. > > First, do we have any board that almost similar with IOIO-OTG? I need to > find a board where it can support:- > > 1)Bluetooth connection (not my priority, just a concern if needed) > 2)Reliable and durable (will be use inside manufacturing factory) means it > can withstand 24/7 without stopping - Biggest concern > 3)Supports android tablet, apps, or any related android things etc > > The reason why i'm asking is, I quite doubtful on IOIO durability in means > i need to replace it over and over again after few months. > > Thanks :) > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
