The Watchduino project started as an attempt to build a smartwatch at the reach of everyone: inexpensive and open. So that anyone can afford one, or even build it from scratch. And at the same time, so that anyone can built their custom applications for it.
The first version of WatchDuino was a very simple standalone device that featured time, alarms, and a couple of games. You could say that it was really more like a traditional “dumbwatch”, except for the fact that the system was prepared to allow for custom user-programmed apps to be plugged in. On top of that, the total cost of the components to build one was around $10, and the battery life span was of months.
Since then, we’ve been working on version 2, which we intend to be as fully featured as a regular commercial smartwatch. By including a BLE into the watch, we are able to pair the device with an Android phone, and send and make notifications flow between the two. It is still a work in progress, but we already have a functional prototype that we are ready to show to the world.
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During the hackaton we expect to carry on some intensive development to focus on finishing one of the features in the Watchduino roadmap: maybe design a PCB, a strap with functional Smart Links, or an app-building framework.
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