= Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch =

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== Introduction ==

From TI's [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EZ430-Chronos EZ430-Chronos Wiki Page]:

  The eZ430-Chronos is a highly integrated, wearable wireless development system that comes in a sports watch. It may be used as a reference platform for watch systems, a personal display for personal area networks, as a wireless sensor node for remote data collection, or simply as a watch. 

  Based on the [http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc430f6137.html CC430F6137] <1 GHz RF SoC, the eZ430-Chronos is a complete CC430-based development system contained in a watch. This tool features a 96 segment LCD display and provides an integrated pressure sensor and 3-axis accelerometer for motion sensitive control. The integrated wireless feature allows the Chronos to act as a central hub for nearby wireless sensors such as pedometers and heart rate monitors. The eZ430-Chronos offers temperature and battery voltage measurement and is complete with a USB-based [http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc1111f32.html CC1111] wireless interface to a PC. 

  The eZ430-Chronos watch may be disassembled to be reprogrammed with a custom application and includes an eZ430 USB programming interface.

The eZ430-Chronos watch can be purchased [http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/ez430-chronos.html directly from TI] for $49.  The watch works out of the box with this plugin and does not require any custom firmware or additional hardware.

== Functionality ==

This plugin currently provides access to 3 of the watches hardware buttons: *, #, and UP (depicted with an upwards pointing arrow on the watch).  Upon installation, the plugin defines a new device which displays the current status of the buttons: