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Soon...
05/15/2015 at 03:40 • 0 commentsI hope to start work on this project soon, I just need to get the cash together first.
All the components are off the shelf, and from the same place, so hopefully It will be simple to set up a prototype right away. I'm new to hardware hacking, and want to set up and dive into coding the software (firmware?). Later, when the prototype is working well, it should be easy enough to source the same componets for a custom PCB and enclosure, and use the same code.
I'm not sure yet if I'll need to write a custom android app, or if there's already a solution for sending info to the watch over BLE.
Tenative Feature List
- Clock (no shit)
- Always on screen, updated every minute or second depending on battery and ATmega speed
- Some sort of light for the screen, can't be backlit.
- Intuitive schedule display on watch face. See when you're busy at a glance.
- Phone alert display on watch face (no buzzer or speaker, phone's got 'em already).
- Optional features (accesed through UI if they make it in)
- Read texts/emails/other alerts
- GPS (Next direction, speed, eta, or whatever else) *navigation uses phone
- Music (whats playing, Prev/Next song. Maybe select a playlist? *plays on phone
- Schedule (name, time, etc.. from phone's calendar ) *cached to watch regularly
- Weather (3 hour, and 3 day forcasts) *note to self API OK for personal, not release.
- Manage phone settings (turn ringer on/off, wifi, hotspot, all kinds of good shit).