$35 Android tablet a handy GCS?
Touted for a January 2011 launch the Indian government recently awarded the contract to manufacture the Android tablet to HCL Infosystems. The company will help them manufacture 100,000 tablets.
The Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan will carry out “intensive laboratory and field tests across the country” using the tablets.
According to the government, the tablet has to be rolled out before the 10th of January 2011. The Indian government first announced the plan to bring a $35 tablet on 23 July, and said it will be made available to university-level students from the second half of next year.
Tablets will come in three versions of 5, 7, and 9 inches display, however it looks like government is only planning roll out 7 inch display version first. It will be packed with 2 GB RAM memory, wi-fi connectivity, USB port and powered by a 2-watt system to suit poor power supply areas.
With Apples reluctance to approve apps for the iPhone to allow control of UAS. The low cost of these tablets and no doubt similar to follow. We predict Android will become the OS of choice for sUAS developers. Taking a full sized laptop into the field to act as a ground control station (GCS) can be a frustrating affair. Android is said by Gartner to take market share in the smartphone OS war from 2014. If your into small unmanned systems you had better get ready to have a little droid into your life.
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