Remote Hardware
Control from
Adobe AIR
Problem: Limited AIR functionality
Solution: Java+Merapi+AIR

Problem
๏ AIR has limited functionality built-in
๏ Security and multi-platform support
๏ No direct way to connect to hardware
๏ Two-way interaction between hardware
and AIR is desirable

Solution
๏ Use Java to talk to hardware
๏ Create bridge between Java and AIR
๏ Merapi is the answer

Merapi
๏ Allows Java to “speak” to AIR
๏ Object mirroring
๏ Quick, responsive communication

Demonstration
๏ Lego Mindstorm used for quick proof of
concept
๏ Java communicates to Mindstorm “brick”
over Bluetooth
๏ AIR sends commands to Java, which
passes them on to the Lego Mindstorm