Episode 360: Make Your Own Raspberry Pi Cell Phone

Make Your Own Raspberry Pi Cell Phone

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Have you ever wanted to make your very own, custom cell phone? Do you love Linux and wish your phone was more open source? Today, we’re going to see how to make a working prototype cell phone using a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino compatible board, and a GSM module packed into a custom 3D printed case.

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity	Buy Kit
RPI3-MODBP - Single Board Computer, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, BCM2837B0 SoC, IoT, PoE Enabled	RASPBERRY-PI	1	Buy Now
Speaker Receiver 1 W 8 ohm 86 dB 0 Hz to 20 kHz	MULTICOMP	1	Buy Now
Microphone Omnidirectional 100 Hz to 16 kHz 2 V to 10 V-40 dB	MULTICOMP	1	Buy Now
1991 - Antenna, Quad Band, Slim Sticker Type GSM/Cellular, 3dBi uFL	ADAFRUIT	1	Buy Now
Slide Switch SPST 46200R Series 3 A 125 V	SWITCHCRAFT/CONXALL	2	Buy Now

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DAB over 3 years ago +4

Nice build.
You did a good job of presenting your components and explained why you need that configuration.
The case design was well explained and the demo was a good introduction into the capabilities.
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mrvolt over 3 years ago in reply to Sean_Miller +4

Thank you Sean!

There's a singular Python program running on the Pi, and a small Arduino sketch on the Fona Feather board.
mrvolt over 3 years ago in reply to DAB +3

Thanks DAB!

I'm glad all of that came through. I could have gone on for an hour talking more about the components...

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jdjdjdjdjdjr over 2 years ago

Is there a scale of how hard this project I just bought my first pi but I think this would be really neat project
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Sean_Miller over 2 years ago in reply to jdjdjdjdjdjr

Pretty much anything that has a video these days to help puts it on the “easy” scale. With anything you do, the second time you do it, it is super easy and 4 times faster.

So, like I tell my son, If you like it, just tinker here and there until it’s done.
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Sean_Miller over 2 years ago in reply to jdjdjdjdjdjr

Pretty much anything that has a video these days to help puts it on the “easy” scale. With anything you do, the second time you do it, it is super easy and 4 times faster.

So, like I tell my son, If you like it, just tinker here and there until it’s done.
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