A programmable watch you can actually wear
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A programmable watch you can actually wear
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#2LILYGO site shows pre-orders of all 3 versions are sold out unfortunately.
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#3s/Watch/Smartwatch
Regular DYI watches aren't big news...
(I would be over the moon for a DIY smartwatch with zero AI and e-ink screen.)
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#4have wished for decades now there was an open-source Garmin on the level of Cyanogenmod / LineageOS for Android
not sure if it will happen this decade but definitely next decade
proper running/cycling metrics are hard as demonstrated by how many well-funded competitors are somewhat close but not there 100% yet (Coros, Amazfit, etc)
someone once hacked and decompiled older Garmins but newer ones are encrypted/signed/locked-down
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#5have wished for decades now there was an open-source Garmin on the level of Cyanogenmod / LineageOS for Android not sure if it will happen this decade but definitely next decade proper running/cycling metrics are hard as demonstrated by how many well-funded competitors are somewhat close but not there 100% yet (Coros, Amazfit, etc) someone once hacked and decompiled older Garmins but newer ones are encrypted/signed/l…
I have a garmin from the late 90s and am saddened by the lack of FOSS software to even sync a new map onto it
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#6That's more a programmable watch than a DIY one :-)
I build mine from scratch, including the PCB and a 3D printed case.
For sure, that's not at all the same level of customability, programmability, capacity, nor quality. But It is really a DIY one.
For anyone interested: https://github.com/jblezoray/hpdl1414-watch
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#7It's cool that the firmware is hackable but I think "DIY" is an imprecise way to describe that.
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#8have wished for decades now there was an open-source Garmin on the level of Cyanogenmod / LineageOS for Android not sure if it will happen this decade but definitely next decade proper running/cycling metrics are hard as demonstrated by how many well-funded competitors are somewhat close but not there 100% yet (Coros, Amazfit, etc) someone once hacked and decompiled older Garmins but newer ones are encrypted/signed/l…
I have a garmin from the late 90s and am saddened by the lack of FOSS software to even sync a new map onto it
not sure if this will help you but there is a neat website that allows you to build free maps for older Garmin models that didn't have them at first like Fenix5
1990s is going way back though, they didn't even have mass-storage mode then, it was their proprietary "garmin mode" for usb which only things like BaseCamp can talk to
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#9s/Watch/Smartwatch Regular DYI watches aren't big news... (I would be over the moon for a DIY smartwatch with zero AI and e-ink screen.)
I would consider a DIY mechanical/analog watch to be far bigger news/more impressive than a smartwatch.
Re: A programmable watch you can actually wear
#10s/Watch/Smartwatch Regular DYI watches aren't big news... (I would be over the moon for a DIY smartwatch with zero AI and e-ink screen.)
I would consider a DIY mechanical/analog watch to be far bigger news/more impressive than a smartwatch.
To be honest there is not much to it, you buy the movement, put it in a case, and put the hands on it. you can get everything from aliexpress. it's easier and often cheaper to just buy a normal watch if you need one.