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Take an old Android phone you may already have lying around. - Remove any SIM card - Install VOIP softphone app and configure with WiFi. - Go enjoy the $175
by jqpabc123 2y ago
Take an old Android phone you may already have lying around.
- Remove any SIM card
- Install VOIP softphone app and configure with WiFi.
- Go enjoy the $175 you didn't spend on this.
- GeoAtreides 2y agomaybe read the specs first? my old phone doesn't have: 20 pin programmable header on back of phone (including SPI, UART, I2C) I2C Qwiic port (a lot of adafruit sensors have qwiic ports) and code that i can modify in arduino ide
- johndough 2y agoBut your old phone probably has USB or Bluetooth with which you can connect some cheap board with all the pins you desire.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 2y agoYour android doesn't natively support all hardware communication protocols like I2C, SPI, and UART... It's still a walled garden without access to the source code. You can't modify the firmware, drivers, or hardware behavior.
- throwaway14356 2y agowhat would be some fun example of using those with this phone?
- TrapLord_Rhodo 2y agoThey have it on their website. They make an RC Car with it.
- gavindean90 2y agoBut I can make an RC car without it too. It’s a WiFi RC car. I too am curious who wants to modify a WiFi phone’s firmware and for what.
- throwaway14356 2y agoI also couldn't imagine what one was supposed to do with phone apps. The thought was: If functionality is useful just add it in hardware or to the OS? I guess there will be awesome niche applications for this phone that are supper useful to an audience of one person.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 2y agoYou would still need a micro controller. It's easier to think of this as an arduino, that doubles as a phone.
- HumblyTossed 2y agoExcept what intrigues me is the Lora module.
- jqpabc123 2y agohttps://www.digitspace.com/lora-433mhz-esp32-oled-0-96inch-ble-wireless-module?8ca2af5c8216ac79 https://www.digitspace.com/lora-433mhz-esp32-oled-0-96inch-b...