Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius

✍ Scribed by Thomas Petruzzellis

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Series: Evil Genius
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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!

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 13
1 Telephone History......Page 16
2 How the Telephone Works......Page 21
3 Identifying Electronic Components......Page 28
4 Reading Schematics......Page 35
5 Electronic Parts Installation and Soldering......Page 43
6 Telephone Privacy Guard......Page 54
7 Modem Protector......Page 57
8 Telephone Amplifiers and Projects......Page 61
Magnetic Phone Pickup......Page 62
Direct Connect......Page 67
9 Phone Recorder Switch Project......Page 70
10 Telephone Conferencer Unit......Page 76
11 The Frustrator......Page 82
12 Hold Circuits and Projects......Page 90
Telephone Hold and Line-in-Use......Page 93
Basic Music-on-Hold......Page 95
Universal Hold Circuit......Page 99
Automatic Music-on-Hold......Page 104
13 Telephone Ringer Projects......Page 113
Silent Cellular Phone Ringer......Page 115
Remote Telephone Ringer......Page 120
Telephone Ring Detector......Page 123
Wireless Telephone Ringer......Page 126
Telephone Ring Generator......Page 132
14 Phone Line Status Circuits and Projects......Page 136
Phone In-Use Indicator......Page 139
Cut Phone Line Detector......Page 143
Phone Line-in-Use Relay Controller......Page 146
Single Phone Line Status Light......Page 149
Two-Line Phone Status Indicator......Page 152
Smart Phone Light......Page 156
Telephone Line Vigilant......Page 160
15 Telephone and Phone Line Testers......Page 165
Simple Telephone Line Tester......Page 166
Off-Line Telephone Tester......Page 168
Telephone Line Tester......Page 172
Telephone Line Simulator......Page 174
16 FM Telephone Transmitter......Page 181
17 Telephone Project......Page 188
18 Talking/Musical Telephone Ringer......Page 202
19 Telephone Tollsaver......Page 210
20 Infinity Bug/Transmitter Project......Page 219
21 Radio Phone Patch......Page 228
22 Telephone Phone Intercom......Page 236
23 Speaker-Phone Project......Page 246
24 Telephone Scrambler......Page 256
25 Telephone Tattletale......Page 266
26 DTMF Telephone Controller Project......Page 276
27 The BASIC STAMP Microcontroller......Page 290
28 DTMF Touch-Tone Generator/Decoder Display......Page 297
29 Caller-ID/Blocker Project......Page 309
30 Page-Alert......Page 326
Alarm Switch/Sensor Module......Page 336
Temperature/Voltage Level Module......Page 338
31 Tele-Alert Project......Page 343
Motion Module......Page 354
Listen-in Module......Page 359
32 Remote Temperature Monitor......Page 363
Appendix: Electronic Parts Suppliers......Page 379
H......Page 382
T......Page 383
W......Page 385