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by ben/ on 2024/01/26 - 0 Comments

Everything Is Great

We haven't been posting much online recently and a few folks are asking if the project is still alive. Yes, things are going fine :). Phones are in st...

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by ben/ on 2022/08/08 - 0 Comments

Wrapping Up And Shipping

If you backed on Kickstarter and haven't filled out your survey, please do that now. We will begin shipping all of the phones (not just Early Tester p...

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by ben/ on 2022/07/07 - 0 Comments

Improved Calling

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - ALMOST DONE - ...

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by ben/ on 2022/04/08 - 0 Comments

UDP SIP

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2022/03/29 - 0 Comments

Firmware Update Test

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2022/01/29 - 0 Comments

Regular WiPhones Now Shipping

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2021/11/06 - 0 Comments

Status

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2021/07/17 - 0 Comments

PCB Samples

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2021/06/20 - 0 Comments

Status

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN PROGR...

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by ben/ on 2021/04/14 - 0 Comments

Status

[] To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - MAYBE DONE - make sure automatic firmware updates are working well - IN P...

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by ben/ on 2021/03/10 - 0 Comments

Status

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - IN PROGRESS - send out more phones to hackers, make sure automatic firmware...

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by ben/ on 2021/01/21 - 0 Comments

Injection Molding

To-Do List - DONE - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - IN PROGRESS - send out more phones to hackers, make sure automatic firmware...

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by ben/ on 2020/12/11 - 0 Comments

A Plan To Finish Shipping Everything

WiPhone: Not Dead Yet! Here's What's Left - finish setting up wireless firmware updates - send out phones some more phones to hackers, make sure...

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by ben/ on 2020/08/10 - 0 Comments

LoRa Range Testing

The LoRa boards are debugged. Before finishing we did some range testing to help choose the antennas. Having some complete LoRa boards will allow us t...

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by ben/ on 2020/07/10 - 0 Comments

Status

[] Oh Ye Of Little Faith We are receiving reports of some backers literally dying due to an acute lack of project updates. This is a travesty and we...

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by ben/ on 2020/05/07 - 0 Comments

Status

Thanks all for the patience. It was a ton of work last month keeping up with China's ever-changing rules for PPE export, but we did manage to send out...

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by ben/ on 2020/03/31 - 0 Comments

Mid-Apocalyptic Humanitarian Change Of Plans

There is a lot of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) available in China right now. We think the best place for it to be is on someone's body, and not...

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by ben/ on 2020/03/10 - 0 Comments

Pre-PostApocalyptic WiPhone Status Update

Welcome, everyone, to the project update where we pretend like nothing is wrong and we have everything under control. It might even be true. Ask your ...

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by ben/ on 2020/02/01 - 0 Comments

Documentation

Status The 100 sets of Pros currently in production will be done after the factories in China start back up again. The Chinese New Year festival is o...

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by ben/ on 2020/01/04 - 0 Comments

Supplier Issues And Project Status

Short Version Status Update We haven't shipped many phones since the last update. There have been some quality issues with the most important supplie...

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by ben/ on 2019/11/18 - 0 Comments

Where Is My Phone

First off, everyone has been pretty cool so far about the shipping delays. I appreciate the level of understanding. I will continue keep everyone info...

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by ben/ on 2019/10/22 - 0 Comments

Certification Completion and Shipping Plans

[Latest PCBA with black soldermask on visible areas] Certification The certification people are saying they are done. We haven't seen the actual acc...

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by ben/ on 2019/09/18 - 0 Comments

Product Name and Rear Cover Material

Name Change So we've been learning about trademarks and, according to the USPTO, descriptive names aren't allowed to be trademarked. The engineer in ...

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by ben/ on 2019/09/13 - 0 Comments

Production Parts

Status Mostly doing assembly and reliability testing while we wait for the certifications to finish. So far we've spent a lot of time on choosing a c...

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by ben/ on 2019/08/07 - 0 Comments

FCC Certification and Reliability Testing

Status We got the next board rev back. Board fab took quite a while longer than it was supposed to, but so far it's looking like we may not need anot...

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by ben/ on 2019/06/28 - 0 Comments

Big Dead Bug

Big Dead Bug We finally got to the bottom of some audio issues that had us running in circles for a while. This was a tricky one because there were a...

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by ben/ on 2019/06/20 - 0 Comments

First Production Candidate PCB

The bank situation is resolved. We managed to pay some vendors yesterday. Hoping to switch banks ASAP once I'm back in the States. No sense in wasting...

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by ben/ on 2019/06/14 - 0 Comments

Bank Issue

Hello from a very hot and sweaty Shenzhen, China! [] Chase Bank locked us out of our account. I'm currently in China and we can't pay any vendors or...

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by ben/ on 2019/06/10 - 0 Comments

Early Evaluation Units Shipped

We Shipped! (...technically) Thanks for tolerating the relative silence. First evaluation units are on their way to the early testers. These are clos...

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by ben/ on 2019/05/08 - 0 Comments

Hardware Finalization Goals

The main goal right now is to finalize the hardware We have some evaluation units that are waiting for keypads before they go out. We've been tweakin...

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by ben/ on 2019/02/17 - 0 Comments

Keypad 2

Our prototype keypad mold arrived and we made some test parts, and also learned a few things about handling silicone. Some pics of the mold: [Top Su...

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by ben/ on 2019/01/20 - 0 Comments

Keypad

Got some samples in today for the production keypad buttons. We went with dome contacts. These will be positioned over gold plated fingers on the main...

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by ben/ on 2018/10/18 - 0 Comments

GUI, EE and SW Improvements

We've been dialing a lot of things in on the motherboard. The biggest noticeable change is the GUI. It looks much more polished now. We're almost read...

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by ben/ on 2018/10/07 - 0 Comments

Daughter Boards

What's an electronics project without an attempt at modularity? As part of our project goals, we want a phone that can be easily modified and expanded...

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by ben/ on 2018/09/21 - 0 Comments

Capacitive Button Panel

[] We wanted to see if it was possible to eliminate the physical buttons on the front of the phone by using a capacitive button panel. It has a few ...

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by ben/ on 2018/09/18 - 0 Comments

WiPhone Prototype 2 Assembly Video

We have all the components on hand, and wanted to post an assembly video showing how the mechanical parts of the phone go together. It's already a pre...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/17 - 0 Comments

GUI Screenshots

note: these screenshots are really old at this point. have a look at the gallery for some more up to date ones. Some shots of the current state of th...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/15 - 0 Comments

LCD Driver Benchmarking

We recognize a few universal truths: Biological life... errr... finds a way. Every software program expands until it can check email, or dies trying. ...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/15 - 0 Comments

Completed Alpha WiPhone

The phone is assembled and working. It can make and receive calls. It runs off battery power and charges by the USB port. The LCD and buttons control ...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/14 - 0 Comments

Populated WiPhone Motherboard

Now with wires and little square things all over it: [Populated WiPhone Motherboard] ...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/13 - 0 Comments

WiPhone Motherboard

The alpha motherboard arrived. Here's some quick shots of the front/back + one with the LCD mounted just for fun: [WiPhone Motherboard] ...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/11 - 0 Comments

SN7326 Keypad

This is a simple keypad to test the SN7326 I2C keypad controller in the 25 button configuration we wanted for the WiPhone. Posting in the hopes it mig...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/11 - 0 Comments

Keypads

We have a bunch of cheap phones we've been tearing apart, and wanted to post a some pics. Particularly, we've been looking to see how they make the bu...

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by ben/ on 2018/08/03 - 0 Comments

WM8750BL Audio Codec Dev Board

We wanted to publish the dev board we made for the WM8750BL audio codec IC. Design files: 20180702 - audio codec board Datasheet: WM8750BL_v4.1-11316...

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by ben/ on 2018/07/25 - 0 Comments

Audio Codecs

What is an audio codec? A: it's a file format B: it's an encryption method C: it's a format converter D: it's a little wizard that lives in 3.5mm hol...

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by ben/ on 2018/07/20 - 0 Comments

System Overview

The WiPhone is composed of a few different functional areas as shown in the block diagram down at the bottom. For debugging, initially separate PCBs w...