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Workplace Pest Panic Button

A discrete device to "suddenly get an important call" to get rid of awkward lingering coworkers with a push of a button.

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The downside of being employed as a cubicle worker or some "open work-space synergy cooperation facilitation platform" is that when you really need to get some work done, any random idiot can just roll up and pester you to the edge of insanity.
The device I am submitting to this project is an analog phone line autodialer. It's a simple button activated device that when pressed; will autodial a preprogrammed number such as the user's extension on demand to ring said user's phone with an "important call" so that the pest coworker will get a clue and pester someone else.

Primary Design Goals:

  • Simple Through-hole Design:  Easy to build for amateurs and the fact that this device may require the cooperation of the organization's telecom administrator.  He/she will probably want one too when you explain what it does.
  • DTMF Dialer:  This will allow multiple devices to share the same analog voice line versus dedicating a hot dial line for each user. This can also allow one to hijack a pots line if you want to be sneaky.
  • One Press Activation:  You shouldn't have to think too hard when you really don't want to deal with random office garbage.

Secondary Design Goals:

  • Use POTS loop current rather than an external power supply.
  • Easy end user number reprogramming.  (dial-in reprogramming or configuration switches).
  • Pedal version so that you can panic dial with both hand visible to avoid suspicion.

pest-pedal.c

Source for attiny84 prototype

C Source File - 4.25 kB - 11/08/2017 at 03:23

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Pest Panic Button - MkI.sch

Eagle schematic file for attiny84 prototype

sch - 584.15 kB - 11/08/2017 at 03:18

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Pest Panic Button - MkI.brd

Eagle board layout for attiny84 prototype

brd - 131.42 kB - 11/08/2017 at 03:18

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Pest Panic Button1.pdf

Schematic for attiny84 version.

Adobe Portable Document Format - 17.36 kB - 11/07/2017 at 05:39

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  • 1 × MT8888C Application Specific ICs / DTMF Receiver, Ringtone ICs
  • 1 × attiny84 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSPs / ARM, RISC-Based Microcontrollers
  • 1 × tamura ttc-105 transformer 1:1 600ohm transfromer
  • 1 × 3.579MHz crystal
  • 1 × axicom 5V relay

  • PCB protoype done

    Toiletron11/08/2017 at 04:41 0 comments

    I now have a working PCB prototype with the attiny84 instead of an atmega328p.  I've posted both the board layout and source code.  I decided to use an attiny84 to reduce the footprint but in hindsight for my future goals on this project i may go back to using the at328p or some other AVR micro.

  • Working Breadboard Prototype

    Toiletron11/07/2017 at 05:28 0 comments

    I have a working breadboard version with an atmega328p.  I am testing this device against a cisco vg224 voice gateway with default settings on the line port.  The cisco gateway only puts out 38VDC rather that your typical POTS line from the phone company at 48VDC but I think I should work with that as it would be typical of an office environment.  I plan on porting my code to an attiny84 for a smaller footprint.  Once I make a working board layout and test the ported code I will submit it for sharing.

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