Hardware Hacking: Send an SMS using your Arduino!

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Software Girl in a Hardware World Julia Grace @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13

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You can ﬁnd all the instructions at bit.ly/HardwareHacking Or ﬁnd me on Twitter: @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13

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Julia Elman’s Teen Tech Camp Saturday, October 5, 13

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Joined Tindie in Fall 2012 Saturday, October 5, 13

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Robot that Plays Angry Birds Saturday, October 5, 13

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Got even more into hardware Saturday, October 5, 13

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Got a couple Arduinos Saturday, October 5, 13

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I wanted to program in Python on my Arduino Saturday, October 5, 13

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tindie is a python shop. And there are some sweet Python libraries! Saturday, October 5, 13

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But the Arduino IDE requires you use the Processing programming language! Saturday, October 5, 13

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No thanks. Saturday, October 5, 13

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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

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Let’s send some txt messages! Saturday, October 5, 13

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1 breadboard 6 wires 1 10K ohm resistor 1 button 1 LED Saturday, October 5, 13

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Hook it up! Saturday, October 5, 13

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button LED resistor Saturday, October 5, 13

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Fork my txtduino GitHub Repository: https://github.com/jewelia/txtduino Saturday, October 5, 13

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Not much code! Srsly. Saturday, October 5, 13

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1. Sign up for a free Twilio account. 2. Add you phone number and credentials to settings.py Saturday, October 5, 13

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Demo! Saturday, October 5, 13

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Stickers, Anyone? Saturday, October 5, 13

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Remember: You can ﬁnd all the instructions at bit.ly/HardwareHacking Or ﬁnd me on Twitter: @jewelia Saturday, October 5, 13