The worlds most awesome CELL Phone

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: Googer

Ringer Sample

Thanks for my new ringer :thumbsup:

I am using the same one. But during the first second or two, you may want to edit out the sound of the microphone tapping on a hard surface. Other than that it is a good recording.

 

[DaWhim]

i would love to carry one

 

[DainBramaged]

That would be so sweet to set it down on the table of a nice restaurant and then have this big long conversation with it. OMFG.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Jeez funny, but not 400 dollars funny.

Well then you could hack your own.

• 
  Parts List:
  Old Antique Phone ($35)
  Logic Board ($199)
  Circuit Board for the Old Bell Ringer $45.
  Total Cost Estamated to be about $280.

Schmatics:

• 
  Logic Board Schmatics (PDF)
  Ringer
  How to guide

Once you have the finished product you may want to breeze over the operating manual. Then consider updating the firmware to version 5.


Personaly I would love to have one of these sitting in my Car. Nothing would be cooler than sitting at a red light while dialing on a rotary phone.

nah, more like this
WE 500 phone - $15
junk GSM phone $15
picmicro $4
odds and ends and time ..

cost, like $40

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Jeez funny, but not 400 dollars funny.

Well then you could hack your own.

• 
  Parts List:
  Old Antique Phone ($35)
  Logic Board ($199)
  Circuit Board for the Old Bell Ringer $45.
  Total Cost Estamated to be about $280.

Schmatics:

• 
  Logic Board Schmatics (PDF)
  Ringer
  How to guide

Once you have the finished product you may want to breeze over the operating manual. Then consider updating the firmware to version 5.


Personaly I would love to have one of these sitting in my Car. Nothing would be cooler than sitting at a red light while dialing on a rotary phone.

nah, more like this
WE 500 phone - $15
junk GSM phone $15
picmicro $4
odds and ends and time ..

cost, like $40

Ok, then please provide some hyperlinks to supplement that parts list of yours.

 

[McGyver]

retro-groovy.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Jeez funny, but not 400 dollars funny.

Well then you could hack your own.

• 
  Parts List:
  Old Antique Phone ($35)
  Logic Board ($199)
  Circuit Board for the Old Bell Ringer $45.
  Total Cost Estamated to be about $280.

Schmatics:

• 
  Logic Board Schmatics (PDF)
  Ringer
  How to guide

Once you have the finished product you may want to breeze over the operating manual. Then consider updating the firmware to version 5.


Personaly I would love to have one of these sitting in my Car. Nothing would be cooler than sitting at a red light while dialing on a rotary phone.

nah, more like this
WE 500 phone - $15
junk GSM phone $15
picmicro $4
odds and ends and time ..

cost, like $40

Ok, then please provide some hyperlinks to supplement that parts list of yours.

there isn't one, hence the 'hack your own'. rather than put together a kit

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Jeez funny, but not 400 dollars funny.

Well then you could hack your own.

• 
  Parts List:
  Old Antique Phone ($35)
  Logic Board ($199)
  Circuit Board for the Old Bell Ringer $45.
  Total Cost Estamated to be about $280.

Schmatics:

• 
  Logic Board Schmatics (PDF)
  Ringer
  How to guide

Once you have the finished product you may want to breeze over the operating manual. Then consider updating the firmware to version 5.


Personaly I would love to have one of these sitting in my Car. Nothing would be cooler than sitting at a red light while dialing on a rotary phone.

nah, more like this
WE 500 phone - $15
junk GSM phone $15
picmicro $4
odds and ends and time ..

cost, like $40

Ok, then please provide some hyperlinks to supplement that parts list of yours.

www.ebay.com

Seriously, though, I'd likely just use the apropriate preamp (I think old phones use carbon mics, so yes, a preamp would be necessary) to feed an appropriate input into the headset jack, and use an op-amp to buffer the output to an appropriate level.
The trick would be getting your phone to recognize the click-click-click noises as dialing digits. Hacking the keypad may be necessary.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Cheesehead

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: OVerLoRDI
Jeez funny, but not 400 dollars funny.

Well then you could hack your own.

• 
  Parts List:
  Old Antique Phone ($35)
  Logic Board ($199)
  Circuit Board for the Old Bell Ringer $45.
  Total Cost Estamated to be about $280.

Schmatics:

• 
  Logic Board Schmatics (PDF)
  Ringer
  How to guide

Once you have the finished product you may want to breeze over the operating manual. Then consider updating the firmware to version 5.


Personaly I would love to have one of these sitting in my Car. Nothing would be cooler than sitting at a red light while dialing on a rotary phone.

nah, more like this
WE 500 phone - $15
junk GSM phone $15
picmicro $4
odds and ends and time ..

cost, like $40

Ok, then please provide some hyperlinks to supplement that parts list of yours.

www.ebay.com

Seriously, though, I'd likely just use the apropriate preamp (I think old phones use carbon mics, so yes, a preamp would be necessary) to feed an appropriate input into the headset jack, and use an op-amp to buffer the output to an appropriate level.
The trick would be getting your phone to recognize the click-click-click noises as dialing digits. Hacking the keypad may be necessary.

Software can easily identify the rotary noises. I believe that is part of what the firmware on the logic board does (as well as manage the data from the simcard and cell network). And I believe you are correct that old phones did use carbon microphones.

So when you figure all this out, please post it on the anandtech website. I am itching to do it myself.