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There is also a new Watchy community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/uKcfZZa2 https://discord.gg/uKcfZZa2 For those considering purchasing - as a Watchy ow
by dandelany 6y ago
There is also a new Watchy community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/uKcfZZa2 https://discord.gg/uKcfZZa2
For those considering purchasing - as a Watchy owner - if you're looking for a polished smartwatch product that you can put on your wrist and not think about how it works - this isn't that product. It's still rough around the edges, uploading new watchfaces takes some work, phone notifications aren't implemented yet, no case, etc.
But if you're intrigued by the idea of hacking on ESP32s, WiFi, BLE and/or e-ink, as a wearable hackable dev device, Watchy can't be beat. It's a lot of fun. Think of it as a wifi/BLE-enabled Arduino on your wrist.
- hu3 6y agoHow's the battery charge duration?
- ddlsmurf 6y agoIt will vary greatly with the watchface and whether you use wifi (weather, ntp, etc). In the current implementation it will do a full connect every minute so there's room for easy improvement. With wifi I get about 48h out of it.
- ampdepolymerase 6y agoThe ESP32 is known for being cheap and featureful. The downside is that some functionality is implemented in software which results in lower battery life.
- nkellenicki 6y agoWith my custom watchface I built, I sync ntp and weather every hour. I get about 100 hours of battery from it (4+ days).
- mavhc 6y agoe-ink is a company, it's a Active Matrix Electrophoretic Displays (AMEPD).
- devnonymous 6y agoAre there any other companies besides E-ink Corp that sell ^AMEPD^?
- mavhc 6y agoYes, the people who make the Watchy display seem to, https://www.good-display.com/product/6/ https://www.good-display.com/product/6/
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoExcept for e-ink, why should I buy one, instead of this "polished" one: http://www.lilygo.cn/prod_view.aspx?TypeId=50053&Id=1290&FId=t3:50053:3 http://www.lilygo.cn/prod_view.aspx?TypeId=50053&Id=1290&FId... (i need a new gadget to play with, a watch seems a 'fun' choice, not affiliated with anyone, I just order a bunch of crap from aliexpress)
- jdc 6y agoWatchy is open-source hardware: https://github.com/sqfmi/watchy-hardware https://github.com/sqfmi/watchy-hardware BOM: https://github.com/sqfmi/watchy-hardware/blob/main/WatchyBOM.csv https://github.com/sqfmi/watchy-hardware/blob/main/WatchyBOM...
- dandelany 6y agoThe link isn't loading for me, but I'm assuming that's a TTGO. Also a cool device & a good choice too, but as others mentioned Watchy has placed a high priority on docs, community, and open source - TTGO is more like "here's some hardware good luck". Plus, the e-ink screen just speaks to me :)
- stavros 6y agoThis isn't polished either, I have one and it registers phantom touches all the time, keeps vibrating, actual touches don't register, etc etc. It's not really usable, I left it in a drawer ten minutes after opening it.
- opan 6y agoVery disappointing to see an "open source" project locking their community behind Discord. Why not IRC, XMPP, or Matrix? Worth noting PineTime is a similar device and they're reachable on IRC and Matrix.