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		fxtentacle on Nov 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quest for my perfect watch When I built my smartwatch, I went with ESP32-PICO and bluetooth low energy for connecting to my phone. Battery lifetime is excellent, but not quite a year because I poll weather data over wifi once every 10 minutes.

sho_nuff on Nov 21, 2022 [–]

What type of screen did you settle on for your smartwatch?

fxtentacle on Nov 21, 2022 | [–]

Waveshare eink. They had the power supply schematics and driver source code on their homepage, which seemed convenient.

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