Watchy VS wasp-os

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So I just received my watchy today and wanted to upload a new watchface. When trying the arduino-method stated in the official docs I run into this error https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy/issues/166 .

Also see https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy/issues/40

Wow, this article doesn't do it justice.

Watchy is an open source hardware device that uses an e-ink display and has an ESP32 module builtin [0].

SQFMI, the creator of watchy, has a twitter account [1] which has some very nice screenshots [2] [3]. Even the CrowdSupply website has better pics of the device [4].

This is one of the few watches I've been sorely tempted to buy.

[0] https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy

[1] https://twitter.com/sqfmi

[2] https://twitter.com/sqfmi/status/1351647180382228488

[3] https://twitter.com/sqfmi/status/1357177624523661315

[4] https://www.crowdsupply.com/sqfmi/watchy

It's on sale on Tindie. But I recommend to look at their github repo. Not many updates and one issue says that example code is nothing you would consider as smart watch. https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy/releases

Try wasp-os https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os

I have a colmi P8 and it was easy to get wasp-os uploaded and now have micropython available with direct connection into the watch!

Battery life is really only 24-48hrs if you don’t do anything heavy.

Sometimes I wonder how more useful it is than my apple watch.

I want to install some apps available in the repository https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os on my PineTime running wasp-os, because some were not shipped with the official 0.4.1 release. Any idea how to do that?

You can also have a look at early commits from existing project (Waspos, InfiniTime, Hypnos,...). For example, the very first commit of InfiniTime consisted in a simple main and a blink task.

1) First you you need to choose smartwatch dev kit I choose PineTime smartwatch by Pine64 2) Next you need to install the Dev tools you need for development as you see in the image above 3) Next you need to choose an Operating system or firmware for your smartwatch I choose Wasp-os https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os and it has all the libraries and documentation right on github it also has good documentation Right here https://wasp-os.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#install-prerequisites 4)Rest all depends on what you trying to build with the smartwatch the possibilities are endless

If you're unable to ship PineTime to your country and if you're looking for a watch to tinker with checkout wasp-os[1] project which runs micropython on some easily available NRF52832 devices.

Also Aaron's ATCWatch[2] which runs Arduino compatbile firmware on the aforementioned devices and more; His Daflasher app has made it possible to flash firmware to to NRF52832 devices without any HW tinkering.

[1] https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os

[2] https://github.com/atc1441/ATCwatch

Per the wiki it has a default OS (InfiniTime). However currently the MicroPython based Wasp-OS seems to have more features.

[1] https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/InfiniTime

[2] https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os