From the comments on our earlier Neoway M590 GPRS tutorial post, the GPRS module with M590 for SMS projects by Nicu: In 1st part I present you few data about GPRS module with M590 chip and how send SMS from them. In 2rd part I send SMS from phone and SMS is received by GPRS module with […]
Tag Archives: GSM
Sniffing GSM traffic with HackRF and GNU Radio
HackRF and exploring GSM signals. While my friend and colleague Simone was visiting our ZIMPERIUM – Enterprise Mobile Security TLV office, we got our hands on HackRF and hacked together the unguarded boarders of Radio Frequencies. Simone had the great patience to try and explain me the boring world of complex numbers and friends (more […]
Controlling appliances using text messages
A GSM remote control project designed by Vassilis Serasidis: Two years later I built another one remote control based on GSM module. I choose the GM-47 sony-ericsson module because it was very easy to handle it via AT commands. Moreover, the price was low enough for experiments. Finaly, I decided to release the source code […]
Arduino GSM home automation system
Timofte Andrei wrote this instructable detailing the build of his Arduino home automation system: For this project I’ve used: 1. An Arduino clone 2. SIM900 GSM SHIELD 3. Relay module 4. 2×16 LCD Display 5. DS18B20 temperature sensor 6. Push button 7. Some Dupont wires 8. A led module (this is optional, if you have a chinese […]
High altitude balloon electronics
Erdabyz writes: I’m part of a students association and we’ve had a helium tank in our place since 2003 which is still almost full. None of the current members knew where it came from until recently (turned out that we had a RC blimp of some sort back in those days…). So some time ago a […]
Using GSM module to remotely control a green wall
Want a comfortable workplace or livingroom with green walls that clean and freshen the air and helps you reduce your stress? Check out this green walls –FreshWall by Fresh Effect: We’re a Finnish start-up company which specializes in active green walls which can purify air 100x better than traditional green walls. Few years ago […]
OpenduinoGSM
Emanuele has informed us of a new open source project known as OpenduinoGSM. This is a standalone wireless remote control board which communicates via GSM. With OpenduinoGSM you have the option of using the Arduino development environment, so anyone, even those who are unfamiliar electronics and circuits, can try to realize the automation they want […]
GSM GPS shield for Arduino
Boris Landoni draws our attention to the GSM GPS shield for Arduino designed by Open Electronics. “The shield is designed and based on the module GSM/GPRS SIM900 or the GSM/GPRS & GPS module SIM908, to make calls, voice and data connections via GPRS. This new version has several new hardware features, that allow maximum customization […]
DeepSec 2011: hacking GSM packets using scapy
In this talk from the DeepSec 2011 security conference Laurent ‘Kabel’ Weber, co-founder of the Chaos Computer Club in Berlin, details the enhanced scapy software tool to attack GSM via packet manipulation. This presentation introduces a scapy-addon allowing users to create GSM layer 3 packets using simple Python syntax. His hardware setup includes a USRP1 […]
Read a GPS module with the Bus Pirate
You can use your Bus Pirate to read a Fastrax UPS501 GPS module. Since the module has a UART, just connect the RX and TX pins, and set the Bus Pirate for UART mode. The correct settings are UART, 9600 baud, 8bits, no parity, one stop bit, receive polarity 1, and a normal output type. […]
Lessons learned with an external clock / USRP1 interface
In order to use even a high-priced SDR for GSM experimentation, an accurate clock source is indispensable. According to the GSM standard, a clock with “absolute accuracy better than 0.05 ppm for both RF frequency generation and clocking the timebase” is required. This means that with a standard USRP1 with frequency accuracy of 2.5 ppm, […]
GSM/GPRS & GPS modem with SIM900/SIM908 module
Boris suggests we look at this GSM/GPRS and GSM modem. A modem GSM & GPRS with SIM900 or SIM908 module. Allows you to create data connections on the GSM network through a standard USB interface. The cellular modems, particularly USB-stick ones, are now at very affordable prices, however they’re limited: they are explicitly designed for […]
TiDiGino, the Arduino-based GSM remote control
Boris writes about a new open source Arduino-based GSM remote control module, the TiDiGino: Using an ATmega 2560 and therefore the heart of Arduino, we have developed a universal remote control with GSM. This allows to control 2IN/2OUT, DTMF key, gate control and GSM thermostat activated remotely. The remote control very simple to use, thanks […]
Open source GSM/GPRS autonomous weather station
Andrianakis built an autonomous data logging system using a GSM/GPRS cell phone modem module to transmit data to a online server. It’s designed to read wind velocity for a future wind power station installation. A PIC16F877A communicates with a SIM900 GSM/GPRS module, and reads sensor values. By using a battery and a solar cell charger, […]
How to find your location using GSM data
Boris Landoni writes to call attention to his interesting article in Open Electronics describing how to find your location using GSM Cell ID data: The radio mobile network is made up of a number of adjacent radio cells, each of which is characterized by an identifier consisting of four data: a progressive number (Cell ID), […]
OsmocomBB: open source GSM software
Osmocom stands for Open Source MObile COMmunications. The crew developing the OsmocomBB (baseband) software project presented the above talk at the DeepSec conference last November in Vienna, Austria. As they describe their efforts: OsmocomBB is an Free Software / Open Source GSM Baseband software implementation. It intends to completely replace the need for a proprietary […]
DIY aerial drone spoofs cell towers, hacks wifi + Bluetooth
You’ve probably seen aerial surveillance drones. You also probably know that GSM towers can be spoofed to fool unsuspecting users into connecting and having their phone security compromised. Well at this year’s Blackhat conference recently held in Las Vegas, security researchers Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins demoed their Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform (WASP) capable of […]
GPRS Arduino shield with SIM900 module
McZ tipped us to the GPRS shield using the new SIM900 cellular data module in a followup to our position location with GSM cellular post. GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900MHz … for voice, SMS, Data, and Fax in a small form factor and with low power consumption. It is controlled via AT commands (GSM 07.07 ,07.05 and SIMCOM enhanced […]
Position location with GSM cellular
Cellular mobile devices and Google Maps can be used to provide fast and accurate localization without GPS. Using a database of cell coordinates, the location of an object can be precisely determined. The cell names, coordinates, and the maximum distance allowed between the cell and the phone before it switches towers must be known first […]
GSM SIM emulator using PIC Microcontroller
Here’s a project from EHobbyProjects which demonstrates their hack for emulating a GSM SIM card using a microcontroller, EEPROM and SIM card adapter. Their instructions include reading the IMSI and KI data from the original SIM, and then using their Configurator program and hex programming files in conjunction with a PIC16F877 and 24C64 EEPROM to […]