Google Glass BreakdownHardware and Software in Detail

http://www.catwig.com/google-glass-teardown/

What’s in the Box

Proximity Sensor

IR Emitter

IR Receiver

Blink Sensor?

• Detects:– Blink–Wink– Double Blink– Double Wink

• Faces right eye

Custom Synaptics Module

Synaptics T1320A touchpad controller

1. Thermal Pad (Pink)

2. RF Module3. Top Input

Camera Button

1. TI OMAP4430 Processor (1 GHz) LPDDR2 400MHz

2. 16GB of SanDisk flash3. Elpida mobile DRAM

chip

4. SiRFstarIV GSD4e GPS engine5. Bluetooth/WiFi module marked as WM-BN-BM-04-a

“>9k!”

Battery2.1 Wh (~ 570mAh)

Bone Conduction Speaker

(Gyro+Compass+Accel)InvenSense MPU-9150

Wolfson WM7231 MEMS microphone

(x2) for noise cancellation

Display (640x360)1/8 Retina pixel size

Front Back

Ambient Light Sensor

5MP Camera720p VideoStandard

Smartphone

Mirror API App Example

GoJava.NetPhpPythonRuby

https://glass-python-starter-demo.appspot.com

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Mirror API App Example

• Text

• Picture

Mirror API App Example

Getting media data from the timeline

Sideload APK App Example

• Android SDK (API Level 15) lets you try out ideas while you wait for the GDK

• Online samples of a compass, level, waveform, stopwatch APK

• Use a custom view: https://github.com/googleglass/apk-compass-sample/blob/master/src/com/google/glass/samples/compass/CompassView.java

Sideload APK App Example

Questions?