An Arduino with an Ethernet shield, nothing new right? Not quite, [Chris] is showing us how to use Twilio to control an Arduino via a touch tone telephone. We saw Twilio used before in a cellphone video game but this time around an audio menu system comes into play. You can make your own menus whose options will be read by the WOPR (see the demo after the break) when you call the Twilio number. This application just turns an LED on and off but once you’ve got access to the Arduino the sky’s the limit. Most immediately this is an easy implementation for all those cellphone door lock systems we’ve seen. We also envision some classic home automation such as feed the cats or turn on the lights.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYu_e4P3Y-4]
Okay, who is gonna sample the beginning DTMF tones to figure out the phone number and freak him out when the led start going on and off without him knowing :p
That is pretty badass. I hadnt heard of that service, but it would be interesting for home automation stuff / check on things when away from the net.
1-415-***-**** for the phone number, and REDACTED for the password, but I’m too shy to call.
@Rachel
Got it too but same here :s
Don’t bother. It’s not hooked up.
Called it!
“We are sorry, an application error has occured, please check the debug link on your twillio account for more information.”
A Google search of the phone number pulled this up:
http://apiivr.com/
Apparently, its OK if you call that number, so don’t be shy about calling
What happened?
Both the video and the blog are deleted…
Blog cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JfEU_cRORt0J:opensourceprojects-torchris.blogspot.com/2010/05/arduino-phone-control-via-twilio.html+twilio+arduino&cd=2&hl=sv&ct=clnk&gl=se
Some crazy shiz is about to go down…
Video is back, the part with the number and access code has been removed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYu_e4P3Y-4
Blog seems to be back also.
(sorry about double post)
Personally, I see this as overkill. There are 16 or 2^4 different combinations of DTMF tones (0-9,A-D,#,*) Rather than relying on an external service, and requiring an expensive Ethernet shield, a simple IC such as the MT8870 should do fine. Very simple to interface to a micro-controller, simple and easy code.
(Then again, if you don’t have a land-line then don’t bother. And also it doesn’t have the cool voice prompts.)
I used an 8870 in my wireless detonator, but these chips are nearly impossible to find now. Everyone simply implements a DTMF decoding routine with digital signal processors. I however would love to find a way to do this with a microcontroller. Anyone want to help me?
Using a HT9170 as DECODER DTMF , and HT9200a or b as DTMF generator, this chips are modern and buy in ebay
@Rachel: try this link for a notional 1-bit DTMF decoder
http://www.dattalo.com/technical/theory/dtmf.html
How 1989…. Cute retro low use tech.
Now make a Arduino SIP phone and I’ll give you a standing ovation.
H.acking
A.rduino
C.reates
K.eyless
E.ntry
R.emote
So even though it uses an Arduino, it *must* be a hack! Unless that first line makes the acronym reciprocal…