My projects

Piphone - smartphone

I always wanted a smartphone that could run a "real" Linux like Debian, so why not just build one, how hard can it be right?

partslist:

• Raspberry pi 3 Model A+
• 3.5" Touchscreen Display
• power for rpi
• camera
• gyro module
• SIM800L module
• realtime module
• buttons and pullup resistors
• misc. screws and hardware

The biggest problem is packing the modules down in a compact "phone-like" form

I'll try to find sources for the rest of the components, and also upload the software somewhere.

The above picture is a screenshot of the desktop.

I haven't been able to make a working "buble level", but I have the basic software ready, a terminal(xterm), filemanager(pcmanfm), phone/sms apps build using tkinter and a frontend to the camera with basic functionality (take, view, and delete pictures).

Latest addition is a touch-friendly terminal, written in python/tkinter.