Tag Archives: watch

Send the time from a watch to a BBC micro:bit

Posted on August 27, 2022 by blogmywiki

Previously I got a BBC micro:bit sending temperature data to my BangleJS watch by Bluetooth. I did this using a very simple, but deprecated, Eddystone beacon radio protocol. I thought it would be interesting to send data the other way, … Continue reading →

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Use a micro:bit as remote Bluetooth temperature sensor

Posted on August 25, 2022 by blogmywiki

I love my BangleJS2 watch – it’s an inexpensive smart watch with custom firmware that allows you easily to write your own apps using JavaScript. I’ve already made a couple of watch faces for it, but I was keen to … Continue reading →

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Classic 68k Mac watch face

Posted on June 25, 2022 by blogmywiki

Back in November 2021, I got a BangleJS2 hackable smart watch, having backed it on Kickstarter. It’s no Apple Watch, for sure, but it’s much cheaper and you can write your own apps for it really rather easily, in JavaScript. … Continue reading →

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Bangle.js 2 hackable smartwatch – first impressions

Posted on November 11, 2021 by blogmywiki

The new version of the Bangle.js watch caught my eye on Kickstarter as the price seemed very reasonable. It’s a hackable smartwatch with lots of features: accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer, thermometer, colour LCD display, Bluetooth, heart rate sensor and GPS plus … Continue reading →

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