Transcript Cell Phones

• Among the first devices to use microcontrollers.
• Need for microcontrollers in cell phones increase steadily.
• Very sophisticated radio.
Why are these devices called “cell” phones?
• Send or receive email
• Access the internet
• Keep track of appointments, set reminders
• Built in calculator
• Play games
• Stores contact information
• Makes task or to do list
• Integrate with other devices:
• PDAs
• MPS Players
• GPS receivers
Since there is so much which goes
into making a cellular system work,
will focus on the internals.
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Where is cellular technology going?
DISPOSABLE CELL PHONES:
- No wires, metallic ink on paper substrate
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cellphoneinfo.com/
intelenetwireless.com/