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• Order a prototype for testing

  Serhii Trush • 04/07/2024 at 08:16 • 0 comments

  You can order a prototype for testing here(completely ready device without firmware):

  https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/_Perpetual_Wristwatch_d14e5fc4.html|
  

• Power consumption

  Serhii Trush • 04/07/2024 at 08:10 • 0 comments

  In standby mode (when the button is not pressed), the wristwatch consumes approximately 5 μA, the battery have capacity - 50 mAh, in time show mode watch consumes 2.5 mA, if you look at the time every day 6 times(0.25 per hour), the operating time is 1.5 seconds, using these data we can calculate battery life time. For example - calculator from Oregon Embedded:

  We have ~year of work, of course, as the voltage drops, the consumption of the watch will also drop (for example - 2.7 V, the consumption is ~3 μA), therefore, the resulting lower value is the guaranteed uptime:

  
  https://oregonembedded.com/batterycalc.htm

  
  However, if you give the device 5-10 minutes a day of street light (for example, take it out of your sleeve), and the working time will immediately increase several times. Here in the video I show how the watch charges even in cloudy weather:

  It is worth noting that LED bulbs, which are now very popular for indoor lighting, do not provide a sufficient level of light in the spectrum at which solar panels work, so charging is possible only very close LED lamp.
  

• Add project name

  Serhii Trush • 03/17/2024 at 10:59 • 0 comments

  Now it's have name - "LumiTime" 

• Schematic

  Serhii Trush • 03/09/2024 at 10:10 • 0 comments

  It's have simple schematic, for save pins I used Charlieplexing(35 components in total):

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlieplexing

  In this project i use for charging 12 light sensor BPW34S, on clear sun one cell make 0.5-0.6 V and ~2 mA, connect its in serial and make simply charging schematic - use 2 components, ZD1 to drop voltage 6 -> 4.7 V and make protection to leakage of current in solar panels in to diode D1 name LL4148(because it have little reverse current):

  The diode add 0.7 volts drop(4.7-0.7=4.0V) and battery don't overcharge up to 4 V.

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