SIM Card Project

[Dyelax]

I recently acquired two AT&T micro SIM cards from family members trading in old iPhones and I'd love to use them as a way to learn something new computer science-wise. I'm a high school senior with experience in Java and Obj-C, but I haven't had much experience working with coding for external hardware, which is why I thought this could be a good opportunity to try some stuff out. Does anyone have any ideas for projects or hacks that I could try, or any good resources I should look to? Thanks

[Sensei]

People start programming hardware from buying equipment for programming EPROM etc. PIC chipsets. On eBey etc. there is plenty of these, and in your local electronic shops probably should have them too:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genius-G540-USB-Universal-Bios-GAL-Programmer-EPROM-FLASH-51-AVR-PIC-MCU-SPI-/310852711326

 

You program it in its machine code.

Java, Obj-C is way too high level..

 

Read about PIC microcontrollers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIC_microcontroller

 

After programming chip is doing what you told it to do, like you would build whole chipset using logic gates etc. elements.

This item has nicer photons.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/High-speed-true-USB-Universal-Programmer-TL866CS-Full-Pack-include-7PCS-adapters-/320967107440?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abb216370

Edited January 23, 2014 by Sensei

[Dyelax]

Thanks, I'll check it out

[Strange]

I don't think there is much you can do with a SIM card. They have various security features built in so, for example, I don't think it easy to access the code.

You might be better off looking at something like the Raspberry Pi or Arduino systems for some practical projects.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

http://arduino.cc/