Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch

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Introduction

From TI's ​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 ​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 ​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 ​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: