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Totally in love with the idea of building a custom watch. I’ve done it too and it only cost $80! Body $30 https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/product.A158W
by gorgoiler 2y ago
Totally in love with the idea of building a custom watch. I’ve done it too and it only cost $80!
Body $30 https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/product.A158WA-1/ https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/product.A158WA-1/
Movement $40 https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-wa...
I’ve added a new astronomical face and rejigged the world clock for my rellies (showing AW for Australian Western time.) Dirt simple changes but it’s thrilling to have something that’s partly mine. Because it is based on the Casio body it’s also an iconic design classic too.
I believe a version with tzdata in it is in the works by the author. My thanks to everyone involved in the project and everyone on HN who got me into this hobby!
- thrtythreeforty 2y agoThe author also recently designed a custom LCD as a drop in replacement [1] and I can't wait to get one. I've decided smartwatches are too expensive and short lived for me, but I think this version, with just a little bit of programmability, is gonna be perfect. [1]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch-pro https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-wa...
- greesil 2y agoI want this but also with a RF modem so I can send Morse code to nearby nerd friends.
- gorgoiler 2y agoThe Casio watches have a little buzzer and the standard SensorWatch codebase has a modem that uses it to send data: https://github.com/joeycastillo/Sensor-Watch/blob/0ad5fa473313b1f0e1c8125b232d91961f5c06ae/movement/watch_faces/demo/chirpy_demo_face.h#L29 https://github.com/joeycastillo/Sensor-Watch/blob/0ad5fa4733...
- greesil 2y agoLol that's cool. It would be hard to do secret messages but maybe I could do an audio remote control with this.
- gorgoiler 2y agoHave a TOFU (trust on first use) mode that exchanges a key with the receiver very quietly? Regular transmissions are all at FULL VOLUME and assume the receiver has the key. So much fun to be had!
- bnlxbnlx 2y agoWOW! I didn't know! I love my oldsql casio watch, and also wished for a hackable version of it. This looks perfect! Thank you so much for sharing.