Modular cellphone kits for makers

Cory Doctorow 8:34 am Tue Mar 1, 2016

Rephone makes modular open source hardware cellphone components — GSM cores, touchscreens, speakers, GPS, miscellaneous sensors, and antennas — that you can mix and match to build cellular capability into everyday gadgets; one project builds a complete cellular phone into a watch-strap for a Pebble smartwatch.

Rephone sells the components, but they're all also open source hardware, with full schematics and sourcecode. The site includes several starter projects. A full kit is $49, while stripped down ones go for $45 or less.

Features

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World’s first open source and modular phone

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Support Lua, Javascript, Arduino IDE and Eclipse IDE

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Various rich-featured add-on modules for function extension

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DIY Phone

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Last for about 25 hours @ standby (RePhone Kit Create)

Rephone

(via O'Reilly Radar)

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