Android Test and Driver
Note: This software page reuses the x6818 software documentation flow as requested. i6818 and x6818 have similar boot/flashing flows; actual commands, source package names, and image names should follow the current i6818 SDK.
Android Test Application
| Test Item | Description |
|---|---|
| LCD | Check colors, dead pixels, and display issues |
| Touchscreen | Check 5-point capacitive touch and coordinates |
| LED | Check four LEDs |
| Buzzer | Check active buzzer |
| Backlight | Check brightness adjustment |
| Keys | Check Return, Volume, Menu, Power, Reset |
| Battery | Check battery and PMU state |
| DAC / ADC | Check ADC sampling |
| G-sensor | Check gravity sensor |
| Audio | Check speaker, headphone, MIC, recording and playback |
| Camera | Check parallel, MIPI, or USB camera |
| Wi-Fi | Check Wi-Fi scanning and connection |
| Network | Check Ethernet or Wi-Fi network |
| UART | TX/RX loopback or UART cross-test |
| External storage | Check TF card |
| USB disk | Check USB storage |
Android Kernel Drivers
The manual lists the following driver sections:
- LED driver.
- Kernel heartbeat monitor driver.
- G-sensor driver.
- Capacitive touchscreen driver.
- LCD driver.
- Key driver.
- USB Wi-Fi driver.
- VGA driver.
- HDMI driver.
- proc filesystem.
proc Queries
cat /proc/cmdline
cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/meminfo
cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/version
ifconfig
dmesg
Android Practical Projects
The manual includes:
- Create a hello i6818 project.
- Run hello i6818 on the board.
- Write an LED test program from scratch.
- Create the first APK and call low-level drivers through JNI + NDK.
- Modify VGA resolution.
- Modify init.rc.
- Modify boot animation.
- Modify U-Boot boot logo.
- Modify kernel logo.
- Use Git for source control.
- Package the whole Android BSP.
- Use the mm command for partial build.
- Configure minicom on Ubuntu.