[Noisebridge-discuss] $100 of Free Electronics from Sparkfun

[Chris Paget]

On 01/05/2010 08:19 PM, dpc wrote:
>
> i'm not quite sure if these have enough bits to really play w/ gsm, but
> it is cheaper than a usrp.
>
>   http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9342

It's extremely unlikely that these modules will give you anything more
than a (virtual) serial port and a standard AT command set, unless
you're prepared to decap and reverse engineer them.  If you want to use
GSM as a transport in a larger electronics project they're great; if you
want to get into the nuts and bolts of GSM itself you'll want a USRP or
some type of micro-BTS.

(and if you do want to use GSM as a transport in a larger electronics
project, please use SSL for anything sensitive :)

Cheers!

Chris