My Eon Smartwatch blog
Wahoo! With two exams down, I have my last one this Wednesday and nearly all of my free free time (time not spent skating and revising) has gone to improving my watch. Its actually getting to the point now where I’ve got so much code that without optimisations, it doesn’t all fit on! I’m currently […]
Well after months of waiting and designing, I’ve finally managed to build the Eon V smartwatch! Why its version 5, I’m not to sure other than other few that actually worked though five sounds good so I’m going to keep it. I came across a fair few problems with the implementation of this watch, predominantly […]
Wahooo! After a lovely christmas visit from the girlfriend, I can get round to applying my new postal arrivals – some 680nF capacitors, some 100nF capacitors and some 10M resistors; the last few items required to get the LCD working. Full backlight brightness with status LED’s in saw and triangle modes. All that is left […]
Hey all! Sorry for the lack of updates lately, second year really takes it out of you! Exams start in January and its time for my break over Christmas. I just want to thank you all for all the views over this past year (nearly!), I’m already sitting near 9k! For such a niche subject, […]
This is only a short post really. With my watch, I’d been trying for AGES to try and get the RTC working with the external crystal. It might seem simple to some but it was certainly not simple to me and ST don’t give an example, unlike most things; in their standard peripheral downloadable pack. I […]
Upon my return from my Central Europe tour (realistically – Belgium and Germany), I had the parcel everybody loves, A lovely little cuboid from Itead Studio! Contained within were my Eon Smart Watch 3 PCB’s, the ultimate model. As with always, I set to building then pretty soon after receiving the PCB’s as they were […]
Well I decided to buy a dedicated USB STLink V2 adapter off eBay for Watch 2 (http://goo.gl/urzxxj – As with all eBay links, it will expire!), for a ridiculously cheap price of £3.11. This is pretty much just the front section of the STM32 discovery board in a standalone dongle, by using a standard 10 […]
Its been a pretty hectic exam period (It hasn’t really, I just didn’t really know what to start the post with!) but I’ve regardless managed to finish Watch 1, finish most of the construction of Watch 2, design and send off for Watch 3 and learn a fair bit about Visual basic along with way! […]
3 blog posts in one day! So today, along with my Farnell arrival came the magical package from the far lands of Asia containing my Watch 2 PCB’s! Choosing a black solder mask really brings out the PCB shine and makes the product look more professional already! For only $6 extra, I’d say its worth […]
So today, I woke up at the fresh time of 12:00am after some late night programming last night. I knew that my RS order should have arrived today and it did! This order had all the parts for Watch 2 in, along with the regulator I’ve used for Watch 1 (a pesky overpriced buck regulator […]
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