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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Adding mute to a Bluetooth headset - Hack a Day

Adding mute to a Bluetooth headset

posted Jul 24th 2010 8:57am by Mike Szczys
filed under: cellphones hacks

[Jared] often needs to be on conference calls for work during his motorcycle commute. He’s got a bluetooth headset that cancels noise but it didn’t have a mute feature. He cracked open the speaker and microphone portion of the apparatus but there wasn’t enough room for a switch. The base unit which houses the noise cancelling hardware had plenty of room. He added a single pole double throw (SPDT) switch to the positive wire from the microphone, allowing him to disconnect it as a mute function would. He mentions the need to seal the unit with silicone after the hack in order to keep out the elements. We might have opted for a weather-proof switch as well.

This simple hack makes a nice addition to any Bluetooth projects you’re working on.

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Go there...
http://hackaday.com/2010/07/24/adding-mute-to-a-bluetooth-headset/

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