Smart Accessories for Android
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Selfloops ANT+ accessory
An app-accessory that charges your smartphone and at the same time enables Android devices to connect to fitness and health sensors that use the ANT+™ protocol.
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Selfloops Weather station
An app-accessory that charges your smartphone and at the same time tells you the humidity, temperature and barometric pressure around you.
Selfloops ANT+ Accessory
An accessory that brings ANT+ capability to over 400 million active Android smartphones
Features
We've created an innovative accessory that charges your device and enables Android devices to connect to the ANT+™ ecosystem. It is the only accessory that enables ANT+ in Android devices with version 2.3.4 and higher covering over 95% of the Android installed base.
With this accessory an Android device has the ability, through an application, to display sport, fitness and health data such as heart rate, foot speed and distance, bike speed, power and cadence etc. coming from any certified ANT+ sensor.
Visit www.thisisant.com/directory/selfloops-android-ant-accessory/ for compatible devices.
How this works
- Install the ANT Radio Service and the Selfloops ANT Service
- Turn on the accessory and connect it to your smartphone, a pop up screen will alert you that the accessory has been plugged.
- Press OK
- Now your Android device is ANT+ enabled and you are free to use your sensors and applications (Selfloops and Selfloops Group Fitness), while your device gets charged.
Technical Specifications
- Compatible Android apps: Selfloops, Selfloops Group Fitness and any application written using the official ANT Alliance APIs
- Connection: 1 micro usb and 1 usb
- Battery capacity: 2000mAh
- ANT+ , FCC and CE certified module
- Dimension: 11 mm (H) x 62.5 mm (W) x 87.7 mm (D) / 0.43 inches (H) x 2.4 inches (W) x 3.45 inches (D)
- Weight: 50 grams / 1.76 ounces
FAQ
The ANT+ Alliance is behind the ANT+ standard that makes fitness and health sensors communicate (http://www.thisisant.com).
With our accessory an Android device has the ability, through an application such as the Selfloops Android app, to display sport, fitness and health data such as heart rate, foot speed and distance, bike speed, power and cadence etc. coming from any certified ANT+ sensor.
A list of compatible sensors is available here: http://www.thisisant.com/directory/selfloops-android-ant-accessory/.
If you want to learn more on how to enable ANT+ in Android, read our tech-guide.
Note: to be compatible, apps must use APIs from ANT Wireless. Please contact the app developer directly to confirm compatibility.
The accessory adheres to the Android Open Accessory Protocol and supports Android devices with version 2.3.4 and higher. To check whether your device is compatible with our accessory just download the Selfloops ANT Service from the Google Play Store. If you find the service in the store your device will work with our accessory.
Make sure that you download the Selfloops ANT Service and the ANT Radio Service as these are the services required to be installed before using the accessory. You can use our Selfloops application to display sensor data and track your activities or any other application written using APIs provided by ANT Wireless. If interested in third party apps, please contact the app developer to confirm compatibility.
The accessory connects through a USB cable to your device micro USB connector. The accessory charges your devices at 5V @500mA.
The accessory can be charged with a USB cable from a PC, or you can use a smartphone charger. The accessory gets charged at max 5V @890mA.
The battery included is a 2000mAh lipo battery and lasts about 4 hours of continuous use while charging your device. (external temperature and usage can change this value, as in any lipo battery).
Yes, you can and it is very easy and straight forward. You just need to write your applications using the official ANT APIs available for free at the ANT Alliance website. Note, the accessory does not support ANT-FS and burst messages. Please contact us for more information.
Technical Guide
Trademarks
ANT+ is a trademark of Dynastream Innovations, Inc. Android is a trademarks or registered trademark of Google, Inc. Portions of materials are reproduced or modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
Selfloops Weather Station
A smart accessory that senses the environment around you, makes the weather social and charges your device.
Features
This smart accessory is able to sense the environment thanks to accurate temperature, humidity and barometric pressure sensors, while at the same time charges your Android device.
The data are visualized in our Android Selfloops Weather application (coming soon in the Google Play Store) and can also be shared in Facebook, Twitter or our website.
You can also create your Android application too with our APIs.
How this works
- Install the Selfloops ANT service and our weather application
- Turn on the accessory and connect it to your smartphone, a pop up screen will alert you that an accessory has been plugged
- Confirm OK.
- Now you can use our weather application (coming soon in the Google Play Store), while your device gets charged.
Technical Specifications
- Connection: 1 micro usb and 1 usb
- Battery capacity: 2000mAh
- Temperature, humidity and barometric pressure sensors
- Dimension: 11 mm (H) x 62.5 mm (W) x 87.7 mm (D) / 0.43 inches (H) x 2.4 inches (W) x 3.45 inches (D)
- Weight: 50 grams / 1.76 ounces
FAQ
The accessory adheres to the Android Open Accessory Protocol and supports Android devices with version 2.3.4 and higher. To check whether your device is compatible with our accessory just download the Selfloops ANT Service from the Google Play Store. If you find the service in the store your device will work with our accessory.
Make sure that you install the Selfloops ANT Service. You can use our Selfloops Weather application to display and share the data.
The accessory connects through a USB cable to your device micro USB connector. The accessory charges your devices at 5V @500mA.
The accessory can be charged with a USB cable from a PC, or you can use a smartphone charger. The accessory gets charged at max 5V @890mA.
The battery included is a 2000mAh lipo battery and lasts about 4 hours of continuous use while charging your device. (external temperature and usage can change this value, as in any lipo battery).
Trademarks
Android is a trademarks or registered trademark of Google, Inc. Portions of materials are reproduced or modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.