Man, what I really want is a e-ink smart watch…
I wonder how hard it would be to open source something similar with something like an nrf52 or similar and a 3d printed enclosure I might have to look into this tbh
I got into Pebble last year, hahah. I have four now because I’m a weirdo (two Times, a Time Steel and a Round). Thank goodness for Rebble!
The Garmin Instinct watches have an e-ink like display. I get about 25 days of battery on mine.
SQFMI Watchy exists… And has a chinese supplier now which doesn’t suck
The community is also active, recently a few from ground up firmwares have appeared
I was trying to find a link to a supplier, could you link?
Edit: found that it’s on mouser, but also discovered they’re using USB-Micro still, so that’s going to have to be a pass :(
My github has a repo explaining it all, username is the same.
The seller on aliexpress will probably have in the future usbc version with cnc case
Man, I’ve been dying to get one ever since a friend told me about em.
While I can get them via Aliexpress, they come with a very minimal case, with the sides exposed. I’m struggling to find anyone selling replacement cases and I don’t have access to a 3d printer to make one myself unfortunately.
I’ll keep looking though.
Not sure if they are still available, but after pebble shut down, I got this Chinese watch called amazfit bip. It has a color e-ink display and lasts roughly a week on a full charge.
I was able to sync to my phone using FOSS called gadgetbridge so I didn’t have to install sketchy Chinese software on my phone.
made me curious, so I decided to look it up. Is yours the original Bip?
Looks like the newer ones all have LCD screens and are more like the Fitbit versa.