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A project log for ToxPhone

Vintage phones repurposed to communicate through Tox

rodolphehRodolpheH 02/29/2016 at 18:510 Comments

So, I started a new job and since I'm buying a new car, I got less and less time to spend on the ToxPhone. Since the Raspberry Pi Zero contest is coming to an end, I decided that I could at least throw a finished product with an unfinished software... But couldn't achieve that...

First I painted the ToxPhone in red as planned and added some layers of varnish. Unfortunately, my garage is a dusty place and I got dog's hairs stucked in the paint. It looks good anyway and the screen fitted perfectly along with the original board. The problem came with the Raspberry Pi. I couldn't fit it at all so I have to admit that my project isn't ready for the contest. It's too pricey to get a Raspberry Pi Zero and the other solution would be to skip the vintage phone and start a new one from the ground with a beautiful box, a nice keyboard and everything it needs more easily. But this breaks the concept of repurposing old phones.

Also, a part broke inside so I can't use the phone switch anymore.

The project is now stalled. I hope you enjoyed anyway. I will try to publish the clean, finished and incomplete code and give my help to anyone who will try to replicate it.

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