An open source watch that you can build yourself

The WearPico smartwatch, however, is quite different from the competition. It is based on the Raspberry Pi Pico miniature personal computer and is completely open source.

Photo: GitHub

Smart watches are very popular among users due to their versatile usability and measurement of all possible parameters. The WearPico smartwatch is a bit different from the competition. It is based on the Raspberry Pi Pico miniature personal computer and is completely open source, which means that it can be relatively easy to build yourself, and at the same time it is very cheap to build.

The credit for the open-source WearPico smartwatch goes to computer enthusiast Umut Sevdi. Plans for its production are freely available, namely at https://github.com/umutsevdi/wear-pico. Since the project is open source, this means that we can further adapt it to our needs and requirements, provided that we are equipped with the appropriate knowledge.

The WearPico watch is equipped with a customized graphical interface. In addition, it offers quite a few useful options, such as displaying messages and managing multiple media contents. Everything can be controlled via a convenient miniature screen that is sensitive to touch.

As already mentioned, the plan for making a smart wristwatch is available via the online platform GitHub. The associated software is also available, based on the C programming language. In addition to plans and software, the platform also includes scientific publications about the smart watch.