Hardware Hacking: Send an SMS using your Arduino!

Talk given at 2013 Hackbright Women's Hardware Hackathon. Learn to send an SMS text message (in Python) by pressing a button on your Arduino!

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1. Software Girl in a Hardware World Julia Grace @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13
2. You can find all the instructions at bit.ly/HardwareHacking Or find me on Twitter: @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13
3. Julia Elman’s Teen Tech Camp Saturday, October 5, 13
4. Joined Tindie in Fall 2012 Saturday, October 5, 13
5. Robot that Plays Angry Birds Saturday, October 5, 13
6. Got even more into hardware Saturday, October 5, 13
7. Got a couple Arduinos Saturday, October 5, 13
8. I wanted to program in Python on my Arduino Saturday, October 5, 13
9. tindie is a python shop. And there are some sweet Python libraries! Saturday, October 5, 13
10. But the Arduino IDE requires you use the Processing programming language! Saturday, October 5, 13
11. No thanks. Saturday, October 5, 13
12. If you install the StandardFirmata on your Arduino you can talk to it using pyFirmata https://github.com/tino/pyFirmata (and libraries built on top of pyFirmata) Saturday, October 5, 13
13. Let’s send some txt messages! Saturday, October 5, 13
14. 1 breadboard 6 wires 1 10K ohm resistor 1 button 1 LED Saturday, October 5, 13
15. Hook it up! Saturday, October 5, 13
16. button LED resistor Saturday, October 5, 13
17. Fork my txtduino GitHub Repository: https://github.com/jewelia/txtduino Saturday, October 5, 13
18. Not much code! Srsly. Saturday, October 5, 13
19. 1. Sign up for a free Twilio account. 2. Add you phone number and credentials to settings.py Saturday, October 5, 13
20. Saturday, October 5, 13
21. Demo! Saturday, October 5, 13
22. Stickers, Anyone? Saturday, October 5, 13
23. Remember: You can find all the instructions at bit.ly/HardwareHacking Or find me on Twitter: @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13