Tutorial to build Raspberry based "PiPhone"

For the love of smartphones, here is a DIY raspberry based "PiPhone". This DIY phone is developed By Daniel Hunt.

Inside PiPhone

• Raspberry Pi Model B
• PiTFT touchscreen 320x240
• 2500mAh LiPo battery
• SIM900 GSM/GPRS module
• DC-DC boost converter 3.3V - 5V 1A
• Cables, connectors, switch

The Make

This happens to be very useful DIY in its class. A smart phone sing the simplest of above mentioned ingredients is already a rage. Now lets turn ourselves into what his phone is actually made up of. The communication module is the Sim900 GSM/GPRS module allow user to send receive messages, make calls using standard sim card. This unit also has a DC_DC converter built into it to convert the 3.7 volt from Lipoly battery to 5 volts. The showstopper is, the Raspberry Pi board and a touch screen that receives input from the user using a simple interface.

Software Code of this is available on Github.

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