Comments on: Bakelite to the Future – A 1950s Bluetooth Headset https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/ Fresh hacks every day Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: DaVyper https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8058098 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:04:10 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8058098 In reply to metalman.

been out for years, ex: https://www.amazon.com/bluetooth-landline-adapter/s?k=bluetooth+landline+adapter

]]> By: Jouke Waleson https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057305 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:59:26 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057305 In reply to Gravis.

Programmed it like that ;) https://github.com/jtwaleson/bakelite-to-the-future-esp32/blob/04dead38b9b5a57a350f33708ff90a2b4cc043d0/main/button_handlers.c#L171

]]> By: Redguy https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057217 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 06:42:06 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057217 In reply to Redguy.

https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefoonvork

Sorry I could only find this in Dutch, this is the use for amplification at the central side, but it works the same in the handset. Quite a clever bit of tech.

]]> By: Redguy https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057215 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 06:35:43 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057215 That “transformer” is the audio fork. It’s what separates/combines the incoming and outgoing speech so you will only hear the person on the other side and not yourself on the speaker in the horn.

]]> By: Piotrsko https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057044 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:15:56 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057044 In reply to abjq.

Back in the day, it was considered an art form with actual benefits

]]> By: Gravis https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057024 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:34:56 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057024 It needs to have a 0.5 second delay on hangup so that when you slam the phone down, the other end can hear it.

]]> By: abjq https://hackaday.com/2024/10/31/bakelite-to-the-future-a-1950s-bluetooth-headset/#comment-8057022 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:28:54 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=730886#comment-8057022 In reply to Andrew.

That was always satisfying.

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