SIM card reader
posted Jul 19th 2008 12:00pm by Eliot Phillipsfiled under: cellphones hacks

Adafruit Industries just announced their next kit: a SIM card reader. Using the kit, you can read or write any SIM card. You could use this for fun things like recovering deleted contacts and SMS messages. The kit looks like a very straight forward design (based on [Dejan]’s work); the only chip is a hex inverter and the board is powered by a regulated 9V battery. With all through-hole components, it should be easy to assemble. You can talk to it using the board mounted serial port or connect to the extra pin header using an FTDI USB cable just like the Boarduino. The FTDI option is bus powered, so you won’t need the battery. [ladyada] has collected some resources in case you want to learn more about smart cards.

mmm, not quite sure where you saw this was announced. :)
the kit isn’t available yet, i havent posted about it on my forums or blog and the documentation isnt complete. the kit will be announced on friday, at HOPE, until then ive deleted the webpage (which is what i use to debug under various browsers while its being written) and the flickr photo (which i use to create mouseovers for the site)
i would appreciate if this post was removed until then. thanks!
Posted at 11:50 pm on Jul 16th, 2008 by ladyada