John Park's Rotary Phone Dial Number Pad demo

Rotary pulses from the Model 500 Western Electric telephone are read by the Kee Boar KB2040 running CircuitPython and converting to USB HID keypresses! Non-destructive, fully reversible phone mod. Learn Guide learn.adafruit.com/rotary-pho...
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[@oldschoolgmc]

That is absolutely ridiculous! I approve

[@revrenlove]

I was about to post nearly the exact same comment!

[@readordie9741]

lol. agree!

[@hongas]

That is awesome ESCAPE ROOM prop ever!

[@johnclavis]

Hobbyist microprocessors are a great way to bridge the gap between technologies from different eras (as Lady Ada is showing with her work with old floppy drives!). Adafruit rules!

[@LizzyTheLizard]

Quick call 911 wait give me 10 mins to put my pin in hahaha

[@CatCommando]

if you use one of those old silver "magic jack" usb dongles you can just hook it up normally via phone line, read the keyed in numbers, use the mic and speaker as audio devices, and even MAKE IT RING somehow magically on USB power. they had a Tigerjet560 chip that did a bunch of cool phone stuff.

[@yaboijjonah._.1815]

Wow that’s amazing

[@ashwin372]

Emulationg keyboard nice

[@avsg2427]

😛😛 this is amazing as the useless box toy! Fabulous!!

[@Nono-hk3is]

I have the same phone. What I'd like to know is how to safely generate the right AC wave to ring the bell.

[@alberto3028]

The hacker's beginning 2.0

[@telegraph_hill]

make hanging up the enter key.

[@cartrellsplunge1525]

Be even cooler if you could hook that up to a safe

[@brendanr1525]

Was looking for a way to use a rotary phone. This is completely useless if you need to use an ipad or other input.