Today many embedded developers choose the Android operating system for application development in both mobile and industrial environments. Digi offers a range of software and tools, including Digi Embedded Android (DEA) and Digi’s Android API extensions (APIX), and integration with Android Studio – a feature-rich and powerful integrated development environment (IDE) that developers can use to create Android apps in a short amount of time, using Digi ConnectCore® SOMs.
Digi's offering takes the Android operating system well beyond its traditional use in the consumer electronics market. Embedded systems that have a rich, multimedia-heavy user interface pair with Android’s powerful communication capabilities (cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more) to make it the perfect OS to build smart and connected devices for the IoT era.