Microchip SAM L22 board makes Casio F

Casio F-91W is a popular watch that was first released in 1989, and it is still sold today for around $15. The team at "Oddly Specific Objects" decided to create the "Sensor Watch" open-source hardware board based on Microchip SAM L22 Cortex-M0+ microcontroller that can replace the electronics inside the watch.

They still keep the display and enclosure and wristband from the original Casion F-91W watch, but the new board connects to a temperature sensor board, and more importantly, provides the ability to hack/program the watch with your own code, besides the few samples provided, or even design your own sensor board.

Sensor Watch board specifications:

You’ll find the EAGLE schematics for the mainboard and several sensor boards, as well as C code samples on Github together with some basic documentation to get started. It's difficult to compare the Sensor Watch with other hackable watches like PineTime or Watchy, since it lacks Bluetooth or WiFi connectivity and comes with a more basic display, but that gives it one clear advantage in terms of battery life, since it can last around a year instead of a few days or weeks per charge. Another advantage is the watch remains waterproof since the board does not add any external connectors.

The Sensor Wach board is now available on Crowd Supply for $35 with a $10,000 funding goal. There are two similar perks with a blue PCB variant expected to come out in April 2022, and a green PCB model slated for the end of September 2022. Shipping adds $8 to the US Shipping, and $18 to the rest of the world.

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