{"id":12338,"date":"2015-04-04T09:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12338"},"modified":"2015-04-04T09:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T08:14:59","slug":"make-your-own-raspberry-pi-powered-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12338","title":{"rendered":"Make your own Raspberry Pi powered mobile phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/FOY\/0TX1\/I800WCRS\/FOY0TX1I800WCRS.LARGE.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"site\" title=\"view Mach_5's website\" href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/109619348449484844058\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Spadgenske<\/a>\u00a0has written an Instructable that shows you how to create your own mobile phone using a Raspberry Pi A+. He 3D-prints a case for the phone and then fills that case with components including an Adafruit FONA board (which connects to the mobile network once you insert a SIM card). It&#8217;s a great project that was probably based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9447\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Hunt&#8217;s PiPhone work<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Build-Your-Own-Smartphone\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Read Tyler&#8217;s Instructable here<\/a>. It contains all the information you need, including a link to his &#8216;operating system&#8217; which is the GUI script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Spadgenske\u00a0has written an Instructable that shows you how to create your own mobile phone using a Raspberry Pi A+. 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