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We're not sure what to make of this one. With the variety of smartwatches and fitness trackers out there, we can't be surprised by what sort of hardware ends up strapped to wrists these days. So a watch with an RPN calculator isn't too much of a stretch. But adding a hex editor? And a disassembler? Oh, and while you're at it, a transceiver for the 70cm ham band? Now that's something you don't see every day.
The mind boggles at not only the technical prowess needed to pull off what [Travis Goodspeed (KK4VCZ)] calls the GoodWatch, but at the thought process that led to all these features being packed into the case of a Casio calculator watch. But a lot of hacking is more about the "Why not?" than the "Why?", and when you start looking at the feature set of the CC430F6137 microcontroller [Travis] chose, things start to make sense.
Source: A Watch Only A Ham Can Use
(Score: 5, Informative) by MrGuy on Thursday December 21 2017, @01:46PM (1 child)
First, the "summary" here isn't a summary - it's essentially reproducing the article (which is only 2 short paragraphs and a sentence long). I understand sometimes we take the summary from the intro paragraph of TFA verbatim, but this is MOST of the linked article.
Second, TFA isn't actually TFA. What we're linking to is a DIFFERENT third-party site's summary of the ACTUAL article. One that did a much better job summarizing the actual article than is done here.
The ACTUAL article is here, [goodwatch.org] and actually describes the project and how it was done.
Sorry, Fnord666 - I respect our hard working editors, but I feel this is well below our standards.
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday December 21 2017, @09:55PM
Thanks for the link!
Crazy and very impressive :)
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