A programmable watch you can actually wear

Posted by sarusso 2 days ago

A programmable watch you can actually wear(www.hackster.io)

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HardwareLust 2 days ago|

LILYGO site shows pre-orders of all 3 versions are sold out unfortunately.

Animats 8 hours ago|

There's an older "Plus" model available on Amazon.[1] Surprisingly cheap, at US$66. This new model is the "Ultra".

It's amazing that the market is big enough to get the price that low.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/LILYGO-T-Watch-S3-Development-SX1280-...

inasio 9 hours ago||

Does anyone know if this has an accelerometer? I recently got a nice sports-oriented smartwatch (non-Garmin), to use it mostly for rowing, but it doesn't track the rowing-rate. It should be pretty easy to program one if the watch has accelerometers, but couldn't tell from the spec sheet (maybe that means no?)

fjfaase 9 hours ago|

It had a Bosch motion sensor with AI abilities it says in the description.

amelius 5 hours ago||

When can we finally buy a smartwatch that can keep its (color) display ON during the entire day?

taejavu 4 hours ago||

September 18, 2020. That's when Apple released their Watch Series 6, which has an always on color display, and enough battery to last all day.

gnabgib 4 hours ago|||

A Garmin memory-in-pixel eInk (MIP) watch? Lots of choices there, since about 2015. Modern versions (MIP not AMOLED, the category is getting confusing) last about 10 days on a charge.

joe_mamba 5 hours ago||

Watches with color memory-in-pixel displays have existed since Pebble.

jolmg 4 hours ago||

To add, the current Pebbles are estimated to last 30 days. 10-14 days for the round ones.

sdevonoes 7 hours ago||

I would buy it if it had wifi. A (decent to wear) watch with wifi would be awesome. Tons of ideas for apps I would build for myself

Ofc, im excluding apple

matt_trentini 5 hours ago||

Oddly, the article didn't mention it - but the watch does have wifi.

jdiff 3 hours ago||

The article mentions it as "Wi-Fi" if you were scanning with Ctrl+F.

jdiff 3 hours ago||

It's an ESP32, it has wifi.

chaosprint 6 hours ago||

I doubt if esp32s3's power consumption can be used in real life.

JaggedNZ 6 hours ago||

Anyone know what the battery life is likely to be like?

padjo 5 hours ago|

Bad.

gamerslexus 10 hours ago||

s/Watch/Smartwatch

Regular DYI watches aren't big news...

(I would be over the moon for a DIY smartwatch with zero AI and e-ink screen.)

stackghost 10 hours ago|

I would consider a DIY mechanical/analog watch to be far bigger news/more impressive than a smartwatch.

bloggie 10 hours ago|||

To be honest there is not much to it, you buy the movement, put it in a case, and put the hands on it. you can get everything from aliexpress. it's easier and often cheaper to just buy a normal watch if you need one.

Avicebron 10 hours ago|||

It's impressive you start with a lathe and make the movement yourself!

saltcured 8 hours ago||

Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display!

NooneAtAll3 10 hours ago|||

buying movement is like buying whole PCB

DIY analogy would probably be about acquiring individual gears

gamerslexus 10 hours ago||

Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand.

gamerslexus 10 hours ago|||

I thought so too, but after quick research apparently there are kits. For various values of "DIY", I guess...

stackghost 10 hours ago||

Sure but buying a movement kit is no different than buying a pcb. Writing code is not impressive any more.

jwr 10 hours ago||

This does look very cool. Every peripheral one could think of, even LoRA!

hrimfaxi 9 hours ago|

That stood out to me, too. Garmin should take a hint.

ImPostingOnHN 9 hours ago||

Preorders sold out already!

dariosalvi78 8 hours ago|

No heart rate sensor

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