The #beepy is the ultimate #fidgetToy, and it’s extensible :-)
(How did I forget about the tactile joy of using a BB-keyboard and when will I add some rotary switches and buttons to the device?)
#beepberry #sqfmi

The #beepy is an extremely cute device to tinker with. It now needs #Lora and a small scroll wheel - at least that was my plan :-)
(and some screws…)
#beepberry #sqfmi

I can‘t sleep, so I may as well post a picture of the #beepberry that arrived today…
#beepy #sqfmi

I suspect one of the greatest barriers to entry for things like Arduino and microprocessor related projects is the fact that you have to come to the table with a certain level of tenacity, stubbornness, and a willingness to tinker even when you meet failure after failure. I picked up a #Watchy from #SQFMI (in part to slake my thirst for a Beepberry which are all sold out), and as detailed as the instructions are, many of them seem to be out of date. I attempted to get it set up in Arduino IDE, and get one of the sample sketches uploaded to the watch, and it failed. And failed in a way that Google is not being helpful.
On the flip side of this, there is this theory that the latest generations of folks didn't have the perspective of this futile yelling in the void over technology that was pieced together from bubble gum and duct tape that most of geek GenX experienced, but these projects are a great way to build it. Mostly by flattening your forehead on your desk.

I'm working on a motorcycle themed multi-watchface for my Watchy and I'm having a really hard time putting this one down... prolly end up being one of those never really finished projects. I would really love to add feature where it can show turn-by-turn navigation from OpenStreetMap but I'm not sure I'll ever have the skills to get that far

#Watchy #sqfmi #watchface
#NeverEndingProject
#motorcycle #motorcycles

This Watchy project has turned out to be a totally refreshing creative outlet for me. I’m loving the form factor and constraints imposed by the black & white 200x200 screen.
I’ve been tinkering and designing obsessively with it all week and even managed to get this Captn Wednesday face pushed out to GitHub and a corresponding pat-on-the-back from the SQFMI🤠

https://github.com/b-bayport/watchy_captnwednesday

#IDidAThing #OpenSourceHardware #Watchy
#sqfmi #IndustrialDesign

I think I’m gonna make this Watchy a dedicated handlebar clock. I’m digging the fit test. Will be cool to have it cycle thru various screens.

#Watchy #OpenSourceHardware #sqfmi
#motorcycle

I didn’t know what I was doing… but did it anyways, and managed to hack together this motorcycle themed watch face that I think turned out pretty alright

#MakeYourselfBerforeYouWreckYourself
#watchy #sqfmi #ESP32 #OpenSourceHardware
#motorcycle #motorcycles

My Watchy open source hardware watch thing arrived and uh it was pretty distracting today. Kinda intriguing. I got this Tetris themed watch face loaded on it and now I really want to have an actual old school Tetris game watch. Instead this thing is just an aesthetic e-ink watch face with big chunky buttons that don’t do much besides setting the time, it’s a little bittersweet

#Watchy #sqfmi #OpenSourceHardware

It’s a Raspberry Pi, a BlackBerry keyboard, and a battery: It’s the Beepberry - Enlarge / Messaging in the front, GPIO playground in the back (classic ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1940063 #raspberrypi #blackberry #beepberry #beeper #pebble #linux #sqfmi #tech

Ars Technica: It’s a Raspberry Pi, a BlackBerry keyboard, and a battery: It’s the Beepberry https://arstechnica.com/?p=1940063 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #RaspberryPi #blackberry #beepberry #beeper #Pebble #Linux #sqfmi #Tech

I'm looking to replace my #Pebble Time with something open source. I really miss the ability to tinker that I had on my #PineTime which sadly stopped working. Currently looking at both #sqfmi's #Watchy or a #banglejs2, both both seem to come with some compromises. I live in France/Belgium, so it would need to be rain-proof... would also love to text with my voice, but I don't think either of these have a mic. Are there any other #smartwatch projects out there with the right hardware for this?