Like many of you, we’re intrigued by the possibilities offered by the availability of affordable round LCD panels. But beyond the smartwatches they were designed for, it’s not always easy to come up with an appropriate application for such non-traditional displays. Digital “steam gauges” are one of the first ideas that come to mind, so …
ROUND LCDS PUT TO WORK IN RACK MOUNT GAUGE CLUSTER Continue Reading
The Timex Datalink was arguably the first usable smartwatch, and was worn by NASA astronauts as well as geek icons like Bill Gates. It could store alarms, reminders and phone numbers, and of course tell the time across a few dozen time zones. One of the Datalink’s main innovations was its ability to download information …
ARDUINO KEEPS YOUR CLASSIC TIMEX DATALINK IN SYNC Continue Reading
[Aaron Christophel] has been busy, he picked up a P8 smartwatch of the type that many of you will no doubt have seen. They cost almost nothing and do almost… nothing. In all fairness, they do connect to your phone using Bluetooth LE courtesy of a chip from Nordic (the NRF52832), and they can do …
CHEAP SMARTWATCH HACKING, TO RUN YOUR OWN CODE Continue Reading
A smartwatch with fall and location detection, reminders and more, designed to help you or your loved one with Alzheimer’s! Story 1 in 9 people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer’s disease Family caregivers spend more than $5000 an year caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. For some families this means missing a vacation. But for …
Description This project aims to build a thin, flexible smartwatch. It’s wrap-around display and touchscreen will allow it to display more data at a glance than current devices. Besides telling time and displaying notifications, the watch will feature pulse rate, blood oxygen, and step sensors for health monitoring. Details Planned Features 180mm x 32mm x …
Build A Thin, Flexible Smartwatch Using Arduino Continue Reading
Step 1 Scavenging Parts What I’d like to do for this crazy/ambitions project is turn an old cell phone into a smartwatch. So obviously an old cell phone is required. The primary reason for this project is simply that I had an old cell phone laying around and wanted to find a creative way to …
Make Your Own Smartwatch From An Old Cell Phone Continue Reading
Description Recently I bought two ESP12e, wanted to see how those IoT things work. One thing I know for sure, they don’t tolerate 12V 1A 😉 yep fired one by accident … I left with one working, trying to figure out what should I build with it. In the meantime was wondering should I by …
ESP12e + OLED display – a try to make a smartwatch Continue Reading
I have an issue with smart-watches. Watches in general fall into one of two categories: a tool to tell the time, or a fashion statement. Increasingly, I believe the latter category is larger than the first. With the advent of the iWatch, Pebble and the like, fashion and making a statement has moved into technology. …
