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Eh, as a hobby and something to mess around with I can see the novelty of this. However, the main reason I use a smartwatch is for the gps (typically I have a G

Eh, as a hobby and something to mess around with I can see the novelty of this. However, the main reason I use a smartwatch is for the gps (typically I have a Garmin). I track my mountain bike rides, hikes, runs etc. Personally, I would just use an analog watch over something like this. It seems to not be "smart" enough to actual be all that useful.

capableweb 3y ago
Yeah, I don't think this product (SQFMI Watchy - https://thepihut.com/products/sqfmi-watchy https://thepihut.com/products/sqfmi-watchy) is sold as a thing for consumers to just buy and passively use without being curious about the platform itself and wanting something to hack on. And the seeing what the sources (linuxgizmos.com and thepihut.com) are, kind of makes that point clear too, together with the fact that it comes in pieces you have to assemble yourself. A bit like commenting on a story about a new gaming laptops when all you use the Office suite and you don't see the value in the laptop presented.
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LeifCarrotson 3y ago
You want OpenSmartwatch-gps: https://open-smartwatch.github.io/watches/gps-edition/ https://open-smartwatch.github.io/watches/gps-edition/ https://github.com/Open-Smartwatch/open-smartwatch-gps https://github.com/Open-Smartwatch/open-smartwatch-gps Admittedly somewhat abandonware due to difficulties in antenna design... A year ago, I enthusiastically jumped on the project and I've got a half dozen ESP32-pico-D4 and Quectel L96 GPS modules on my desk, a breakout board for one GPS module that only works with a powered antenna that's twice the size of my Garmin Fenix 6 Pro, and a half-finished Kicad project to turn it into a watch, a very dusty RF design textbook that I've not read since 2011, and not enough time or energy to see it through.

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Eh, as a hobby and something to mess around with I can see the novelty of this. However, the main reason I use a smartwatch is for the gps (typically I have a G

by DrThunder 3y ago

capableweb 3y ago
Yeah, I don't think this product (SQFMI Watchy - https://thepihut.com/products/sqfmi-watchy https://thepihut.com/products/sqfmi-watchy) is sold as a thing for consumers to just buy and passively use without being curious about the platform itself and wanting something to hack on. And the seeing what the sources (linuxgizmos.com and thepihut.com) are, kind of makes that point clear too, together with the fact that it comes in pieces you have to assemble yourself. A bit like commenting on a story about a new gaming laptops when all you use the Office suite and you don't see the value in the laptop presented.
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LeifCarrotson 3y ago
You want OpenSmartwatch-gps: https://open-smartwatch.github.io/watches/gps-edition/ https://open-smartwatch.github.io/watches/gps-edition/ https://github.com/Open-Smartwatch/open-smartwatch-gps https://github.com/Open-Smartwatch/open-smartwatch-gps Admittedly somewhat abandonware due to difficulties in antenna design... A year ago, I enthusiastically jumped on the project and I've got a half dozen ESP32-pico-D4 and Quectel L96 GPS modules on my desk, a breakout board for one GPS module that only works with a powered antenna that's twice the size of my Garmin Fenix 6 Pro, and a half-finished Kicad project to turn it into a watch, a very dusty RF design textbook that I've not read since 2011, and not enough time or energy to see it through.