If you have ever wanted to build your very own
smartwatch you might be interested in the new project published to Imgur which
details and provides everything you need and how to build your very own
smartwatch complete with colour screen from scratch.
The rechargeable internal battery is capable of
providing up to 7 days of use on a 2.5 hour charge and even has a charging
cradle. The smartwatch is still currently under development and more features
are being added on a regular basis. In total the smartwatch cost roughly US$ 50 to
make, although if Samson was going to resell them due to the economies of scale
he would need to price the smartwatch US$250.
Samson March creator of the DIY smartwatch explain
more about the project : “I decided sometime last year that I wanted to make a
smart watch from scratch. I am an electrical engineer and product designer by
day, so this was a fun side project that had been rolling around in my head for
a while now. Also, this project is full open sourced, the below repo has all of
the build files you would need to make your own.”
– Circuit board files
– Schematics
– Bill of Materials
– All the code
– STL files for all the prints
