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  (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/9160323897/)

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he phone is open-source and the design files are available on GitHub (hardwarehttps://github.com/damellis/cellphone2hw/tree/led-matrix), softwarehttps://github.com/damellis/cellphone2/tree/led-matrix)). Assembly instructions are on my websitehttp://web.media.mit.edu/~mellis/cellphone/index.html), although I wouldn’t recommend making your ownnless you have experience with soldering surface mount components.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/9302704994/)f course, it’s not just me that’s been building these phones. I’ve run two

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/sets/72157632698042046/) workshopshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/sets/72157634663425735/) in which other people have made them for 

emselves. A few people have been building them on their own, including someone who posted his result on

witter (https://twitter.com/mezelve/status/362138816510832640/photo/1).

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ere you can see some the variations on the enclosure that my friends have made. On the left is a 3d-printed cy Ben Peters, the middle is a CNC-milled purpleheart wood case by Dena Molnar, and on the right is a handardboard case by Jeffrey Warren.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/9473886720/)he phone has undergone numerous revisions as I’ve tried to get it into a robust, useable form. Here you can s

ome of those variations. I started with an LCD screen like those found on old Nokia phones, but it would brefter a month or so in my pocket, so I switched to the more-robust LED matrix. The enclosure has had a few

weaks as well, primarily to find a good design for the flexure buttons.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/9162546574/)verall, I’m pretty happy with the current incarnation. It seems to be relatively robust, simple enough to assem

y hand, and functional enough to use everyday (although a long way from a smart phone). That’s my DIYellphone (http://web.media.mit.edu/~mellis/cellphone/index.html).

his entry was posted by David Mellis on Monday, August 12th, 2013 and is filed under CNC (https://blog.arduino.cc/category/c

agle (https://blog.arduino.cc/category/pcb/eagle/), Matrix (https://blog.arduino.cc/category/actuators/matrix/), Wirelessttps://blog.arduino.cc/category/wireless/), workshop(s) (https://blog.arduino.cc/category/workshops-2/), workshop(s)

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Responses to “My open-source, do-it-yourself cellphone (built with Arduino).”

eith_alger  Says:

ugust 12th, 2013 at 21:43:50

know a few Steam Punks who would love this!

epist901 Says:ugust 13th, 2013 at 13:03:08

really love it!! I’m a new user of the Arduino if you can help me… what’s the best way to learn it by heart?

rneBab Says:

ugust 13th, 2013 at 15:21:29

o you know someone from Germany who could built me such a phone? I don’t have the time to build it mys

ut I would pay for having a really free and hackable phone.

nlw65  Says:

ugust 13th, 2013 at 15:23:18

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nging and dancing:

ust keep lovin’

ust keep lovin’

ust keep lovin’, lovin’, lovin’

hat is by heart. When you are tired, follow some tutorials…

even_V   Says:

ugust 21st, 2013 at 18:21:47

ove it! The possibilities with a 3d printer for the body are endless. Awesome share!

y9270  Says:

ugust 27th, 2013 at 06:37:43

really love it!! I’m a new user of the Arduino…I wonder what’s the best way to learn it by myself.

avrosk   Says:

ne 8th, 2016 at 11:37:04

hat’s fantastic, I made a rotary cellphone (https://www.stavros.io/posts/irotary-saga/

https://www.stavros.io/posts/irotary-saga/)) but was wanting to make a PCB for it. Thanks for including thenks!

erkeslager  Says:

ne 8th, 2016 at 15:19:33

re there any tutorials on how to get a phone like this up and running? I’ve looked around a bit and have only

und tutorials for a few parts of the process.

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