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    Build an Android tablet

    Dec 17, 2019 5 minutes

    The Raspberry Pi’s small size makes it ideal for portability, yet good, compact power solutions have been thin on the ground. With the arrival of compact LiPo batteries and charging circuits, however, the Pi can finally get out of the house.

    Meanwhile, the improved RAM and CPU of later Raspberry Pi models makes it perfect for running a range of very different operating systems. This includes Android, an OS that exists in many forms, from the polished version on your smartphone to the open source AOSP builds.

    With a suitable touchscreen display and a tablet-like case to hold it all together, it doesn’t take much time or effort to build a Raspberry Pi-powered Android tablet.

    A bulkier Android

    Building an Android tablet with a Raspberry Pi is sadly more about power than it is about

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