Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 8, 2008 - Technology & Engineering - 370 pages

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EVIL NEVER SOUNDED SO CLEAR

Listen up! Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius has everything you need to build and customize both wired and wireless phone gadgets that not only save you money, but also improve the quality of your life!

Using easy-to-find parts and tools for creating both retro and modern phone projects, this do-it-yourself guide begins with some background on the development of the landline phone and the cell. You'll review basic building techniques, such as installing components, building circuits, and soldering. Then you'll dive into the projects, which, while they range from easy to complex, are all designed to optimize your time and simplify your life! Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius:

  • Features step-by-step instructions for 40 clever and practical phone projects, complete with 150 how-to illustrations
  • Shows you how to enhance both wire-connected phones and cell phones
  • Leaves room for you to customize your projects
  • Removes the frustration-factor-all the parts you need are listed, along with sources

From simple phone gadgets to sophisticated remote control devices, Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with all the schematics, charts, and tables you need to complete such fun projects as:

  • Ringing phone light flasher
  • Telephone amplifier
  • Telephone ring-controlled relay
  • Remote telephone bell project
  • Touch tone generator
  • Phone voice scrambler
  • Caller ID decoder project
  • TeleAlert phone pager and control
  • Wireless remote phone ringer
  • Conferencer
  • And much more!
 

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Contents

1 Telephone History
1
2 How the Telephone Works
6
3 Identifying Electronic Components
13
4 Reading Schematics
20
5 Electronic Parts Installation and Soldering
28
6 Telephone Privacy Guard
39
7 Modem Protector
42
8 Telephone Amplifiers and Projects
46
19 Telephone Tollsaver
195
20 Infinity BugTransmitter Project
204
21 Radio Phone Patch
213
22 Telephone Phone Intercom
221
23 SpeakerPhone Project
231
24 Telephone Scrambler
241
25 Telephone Tattletale
251
26 DTMF Telephone Controller Project
261

9 Phone Recorder Switch Project
55
10 Telephone Conferencer Unit
61
11 The Frustrator
67
12 Hold Circuits and Projects
75
13 Telephone Ringer Projects
98
14 Phone Line Status Circuits and Projects
121
15 Telephone and Phone Line Testers
150
16 FM Telephone Transmitter
166
17 Telephone Project
173
18 TalkingMusical Telephone Ringer
187
27 The BASIC STAMP Microcontroller
275
28 DTMF TouchTone GeneratorDecoder Display
282
29 CallerIDBlocker Project
294
30 PageAlert
311
31 TeleAlert Project
328
32 Remote Temperature Monitor
348
Electronic Parts Suppliers
364
Index
367
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Thomas Petruzzellis
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amplifier audio base lead BASIC STAMP board and solder board for possible build the project capacitor C1 chassis box circuit traces colored band represents component leads flush connected constructing the project correctly cut the excess decoder dial diode’s DTMF electrolytic capacitor electronics enclosure excess component leads fourth color band Go ahead IC package input inspect the PC integrated circuits jack layout diagrams microphone minus marking module mount needle-nose pliers nF mF Code on-hook Op-Amp opto-coupler output pair of end-cutters PC board pF nF mF phone line plug polarity marking power supply printed circuit board radio RadioShack relay represents the resistor’s resistor color code resistor R1 resistor’s tolerance value respective locations ring ringer short circuits signal silicon diodes sockets soldering iron soldering tip Speaker-phone switch Table Tele-Alert telephone line Three-digit capacitor codes Tip Tinner tone Touch-Tone trim the excess types of capacitors voltage wire Zener diode

About the author (2008)

Tom Petruzzellis is an electronics engineer with 30 years' experience, currently working with the geophysical field equipment department at the State University of New York - Binghamton. He has written extensively for industry publications such as Electronics Now and Modern Electronics, and is the author of numerous McGraw-Hill bestsellers, including Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius.

Bibliographic information

TitleTelephone Projects for the Evil Genius
Evil Genius
AuthorThomas Petruzzellis
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2008
ISBN0071548459, 9780071548458
Length370 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications
  
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