[CentralOH] Watchy: An Open Hardware Smart Watch

Andrew Kubera andrewkubera at gmail.com
Wed Feb 3 20:40:50 EST 2021


Ohh, and that has a touch screen & speaker. You like it? Have you done 
anything with it? What's the battery life?


On 2/3/21 6:28 PM, Joshua Kramer wrote:
> There are a number of watches like that, though I'm not sure how many
> of them run MicroPython.  I have this one:
> https://www.banggood.com/LILYGO-TTGO-T-Watch-2020-ESP32-Main-Chip-1_54-Inch-Touch-Display-Programmable-Wearable-Environmental-Interaction-Watch-p-1671427.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=USA
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:41 PM Andrew Kubera <andrewkubera at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Those of you who have been going to the dojos for the past few months have probably seen me messing
>> around with my ESP32 board as I learn MicroPython; I have to say, it's been pretty fun.
>>
>> I recently came across the project Watchy, on the eletronics-crowdfunding site crowdsupply (https://www.crowdsupply.com/sqfmi/watchy).
>> It pairs an e-ink display, ESP32, and battery in a wristwatch form for about $50.
>> It's projected to be released at the start of the summer (so that probably means next winter?).
>>
>> They're keeping all designs and source code open (https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy).
>> Software written in C++ not MicroPython, but I'm sure with enough creativity, this is correctable ;-).
>>
>> I'm in for one, and thought some of you might also be interested in a hackable smart-watch where you can
>> control your data (and every other feature). It'd be fun to hack on these together at meetings.
>>
>> - Andrew
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