Why buy an apple watch when you can spend your weekends building a microcontroller based "smart" watch instead? the TG-Watch is an open source, not-dumb watch meant for makers who want to hack on their watch or as great starting point to learn about programming.
Some of its features include:
- a 240x240, 1.54" lcd
- capacitive touchscreen
- USB Type-C port (2.0)
- Step counter and pedometer
- vibration motor and haptic motor driver
- Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, ZigBee
The TG-Watch was designed to run circuitpython, this gives anyone the flexibility to run what they can write. Additionally, there is on-going development for a python GUI framework (TG-Gui-4 and TG-Gui 5) that runs on the watch. This framework is intended to make writing UI programs to run on the fun and approachable. (Currently under going a re-write)
Updates about software and hardware are often posted to twitter, here.
- 2295018-2, USB Type-C Connector
- LSM6DSOX, accel & gyro
- DRV2605, Haptic motor driver
- NRF52840, MCU and BLE IC
- BQ27441, battery charge tracker IC
- DS3231, real time clock
If you have any questions feel free to reach out and start a discussion on twitter at @TG_Techie or on discord at @TG-Techie#5402.
Design and copyright by Jonah Yolles-Murphy, 2020
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