This is part of a series of sponsored articles highlighting tips and tricks from the Intel Developer Zone.

It's entitled Developing Sensor Applications on Intel Atom Processor-Based Android Phones and Tablets.

The article provides an introduction to the Android Sensor framework and discusses how to use some of the sensors that are generally available on phones and tablets based on the Intel Atom processor.

Sensors discussed include motion, position, and environment sensors as well as GPS-based location services.