ZeroPhone: The Open Source smartphone with Linux

ZeroPhone: The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer costing (from) 35 dollars, about the size of a credit card. Connect a keyboard, TV or DVI / HDMI monitor and an SD card with a supported Linux installed or even a FreeBSD now and you have a small computer, all ready to go to work or for camping since it can even be powered by fire. It is no coincidence that it was declared one of the top five Linux projects for 2012.

Out of it Raspberry Pi Zero it is regarded as one of the most affordable and useful innovations in the computer industry. It has helped children learn programming. It is what has given manufacturers the possibility to develop, at low cost, powerful DIY projects (DIY = do-it-yourself = do it yourself).. You can make really incredible creations with a Raspberry Pi and not without reason a hit among tech fans around the world.ZeroPhone

One of these creations is also the "smart" ZeroPhone phone that is listed in the Hackaday.
It is Open Source - and therefore very cheap - and is powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero. It runs Linux and you can make one yourself, with its components costing just $ 50. The accessories can also be found at eBay and to Amazon.

Why ZeroPhone?

Because it has everything you need from a smartphone, and it runs Linux.
You can make calls, send, send SMS, and run apps, while being free of apps that compromise your security.
Note that you can also write applications for this phone.
At its strong points that it is also pentesting - that is, it does a security check for any weak points of the system.

Σύντομα, αναμένεται και το (ελληνιστί, χρηµατοδότηση από το πλήθος) του τηλεφώνου. [Το crowdfunding είναι μια νέα μορφή χρηματοδότησης, που λειτουργεί από το 2009 στις ΗΠΑ και σε χώρες της Ευρώπης, η οποία έχει εν μέρη αλλάξει τους όρους του οικονομικού παιχνιδιού σε ολόκληρο τον πλανήτη αφού με αυτήν οι δημιουργοί καταφέρνουν να κάνουν την ιδέα τους πράξη χάρη στις μικρές επενδύσεις χιλιάδων χρηστών του Διαδικτύου. Ο δημιουργός του έργου λαμβάνει τα χρήματα των δωρεών μετά το πέρας της ημερομηνίας που έχει ορίσει, συνήθως 30 ημέρες.]

Specifications

The ZeroPhone, as we said, is built using a Raspberry Pi Zero. Special care has been taken so that you can choose its components and assemble it yourself. For this very reason, to make it easy to assemble it yourself by simply buying its parts, there are no proprietary terminals / plugs (connectors), nor is it difficult to find the parts and solder them.

In the phone, you can also connect a numeric keypad, a 128 × 64 OLED screen, a 2G modem, WiFi, GPIO expansion etc.

Python programming language is used to develop applications.
The operating system used is the Raspbian Linux distribution, based on Debian Jessie.

The ZeroPhone does not lack any features, since as a smartphone it has WiFi, it can of course be used for calls and SMS and in general it has all the basic applications and functions such as an alarm clock, , τηλεφωνικό κατάλογο, μηχανή αναζήτησης αρχείων, web browser (περιηγητή) και music player (μηχανισμό αναπαραγωγής μουσικής). Δεδομένου ότι στην ουσία πρόκειται για υπολογιστή Linux, μπορείτε να τρέξετε όλες τις εφαρμογές που είναι συμβατές με πυρήνες ARM συσκευές. Και ναι, μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε και την σύνδεση SSH (Secure Shell, το δικτυακό πρωτόκολλο το οποίο όχι μόνο κρυπτογραφεί τα δεδομένα που ανταλλάσσονται κατά την συνεδρία, αλλά προσφέρει ένα ασφαλές σύστημα αναγνώρισης καθώς και άλλα χαρακτηριστικά όπως ασφαλή μεταφορά αρχείων -SSH File Protocol, SFTP, etc.).

The ZeroPhone manufacturer writes that you can also use it for pentesting (security checks) and experimenting.

 

DIY · do it yourself

The components used to build ZeroPhone are:

- Raspberry Pi Zero

- SIM800 modules

- ESP8266-12E for WiFi

- 2-layer PCBs

- ATMega328P

- LCD screen

- Battery

- Battery charger TP4056

- Buttons for the keyboard

- 2.54

Information on how to assemble and even make your own "smart" ZeroPhone phone, you can see here.

https://openhardware.ellak.gr/2017/01/30/zerophone-to-pamfthino-open-source-smartphone-pou-trechi-linux/

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