Description

ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge, a command-line tool developed by Google for communicating with and debugging Android devices. As part of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK), ADB provides a series of features and commands for interacting with and debugging Android devices.

Main Features and Uses:

• Device Connection and Management: ADB allows developers to connect to Android devices via USB or network and manage devices. You can list connected devices, install or uninstall applications, copy files to devices, etc.
• Application Debugging: ADB allows developers to debug applications on connected Android devices. You can start and stop applications, view application logs, monitor CPU and memory usage, etc.
• File Transfer: ADB can transfer files between a computer and Android devices via command line. This is very useful for installing applications, transferring media files, or backing up data.
• Shell Access: ADB provides an interface to execute shell commands on the device, facilitating device debugging, logging, system status queries, etc.
• Screenshots and Screen Recording: ADB can take screenshots and record screen to help developers capture images and animations on the device screen for analysis and debugging.
• Port Forwarding: ADB supports forwarding device ports to computer ports, allowing developers to communicate with and debug services running on the device through the computer.
• Device Control: ADB provides commands for basic device operations such as rebooting the device, shutting down, entering recovery mode, etc.

In Android systems, serial ports are usually not used directly for debugging. Instead, ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is used for debugging and log viewing.

Serial output is verbose and difficult to filter and manage, while ADB provides more powerful features and easier usage. Therefore, we recommend using ADB for debugging and log viewing in Android systems.

Install ADB Tools

Official Download

Official ADB tools can be downloaded from Android Developer Official Website 🌐 and extracted to the location you prefer.

Network Disk Download

Use our provided ADB tool package, downloadable from Network Disk 🚀 at Development Tools/ADB Tools/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip.

Extract it to your own E:\adb\platform-tools directory:

Then, we need to add the platform-tools directory to the system's Environment Variables:

1. Right-click This PC → Properties

2. Click Advanced System Settings

3. Click Environment Variables

4. Find Path in System Variables, click Edit

5. Click New, add the `platform-tools` directory

Finally, click OK all the way to save the settings.

Test

Press Win + R to open the Run window, enter cmd and press Enter to open the command line window:

Then enter the following command to test if ADB is installed successfully:

adb version

Use ADB Shell

Use a data cable to connect the board's OTG Type-C interface to your computer for ADB debugging:

After the board's system is fully started, you can see the related device in the Device Manager:

Enter the following command in the command line window to enter ADB Shell mode:

adb shell

Use ADB Screen Casting Tool

We can use Scrcpy, a free and open-source tool, to implement ADB screen casting functionality.

There are two ways to obtain this tool:

Official Download

Download Scrcpy tool from GitHub 🌐.

Official Download

Download Scrcpy from our provided tool package, available at Network Disk 🚀 at Development Tools/ADB Screen Casting Tool/scrcpy-win64-v3.3.3.zip.

After downloading and extracting the archive, double-click scrcpy.exe, wait for the command line window to pop up and execute automatically, then you can see the screen cast: