[{"element_type":"markdown","content":"\u003cp\u003eEWatch is an ESP32-S3 dev board built into a watch. It has a 1.69\" colour touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB-C, an accelerometer and a haptic motor, all on a 34 x 28 mm board.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt took me five years and four board revisions. The first version was an ESP32 and a tiny OLED on a breadboard. The power-management chip I chose for the PCB turned out to be unreliable, so this year I replaced it with a plain discrete charging circuit, and the board that finally worked went on the bench in May.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou can program it at whatever level suits you:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edrag-and-drop blocks on \u003ca href=\"https://ewatch.cloud\"\u003eewatch.cloud\u003c/a\u003e, flashed from Chrome over USB-C\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC or C++ in the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicroPython\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eor describe an app and let the AI assistant write it from drivers that already run on the watch\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe drivers are open source: \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/Ewan-Wills/EWatch_Dev\"\u003egithub.com/Ewan-Wills/EWatch_Dev\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe full build story is here: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/X4DW4XNUbkc\"\u003eyoutu.be/X4DW4XNUbkc\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEWatch is on Kickstarter until 30 November, as a bare board, a self-assembly kit or a finished watch: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ewatch/ewatch?ref=3w3la9\"\u003ekickstarter.com/projects/ewatch/ewatch\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI'd love to hear what Adafruit makers would build on it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","metadata":{"markdown":"EWatch is an ESP32-S3 dev board built into a watch. It has a 1.69\" colour touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB-C, an accelerometer and a haptic motor, all on a 34 x 28 mm board.\n\nIt took me five years and four board revisions. The first version was an ESP32 and a tiny OLED on a breadboard. The power-management chip I chose for the PCB turned out to be unreliable, so this year I replaced it with a plain discrete charging circuit, and the board that finally worked went on the bench in May.\n\nYou can program it at whatever level suits you:\n\n- drag-and-drop blocks on [ewatch.cloud](https://ewatch.cloud), flashed from Chrome over USB-C\n- C or C++ in the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO\n- MicroPython\n- or describe an app and let the AI assistant write it from drivers that already run on the watch\n\nThe drivers are open source: [github.com/Ewan-Wills/EWatch_Dev](https://github.com/Ewan-Wills/EWatch_Dev)\n\nThe full build story is here: [youtu.be/X4DW4XNUbkc](https://youtu.be/X4DW4XNUbkc)\n\nEWatch is on Kickstarter until 30 November, as a bare board, a self-assembly kit or a finished watch: [kickstarter.com/projects/ewatch/ewatch](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ewatch/ewatch?ref=3w3la9)\n\nI'd love to hear what Adafruit makers would build on it.\n\n"}},{"element_type":"user_image","content":"https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/user_assets/assets/000/002/672/original/ewatch-on-wrist-watchception.png?1793464572","metadata":{}}]