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Solder Time watch

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-05 19:08
    That's a cool watch! 'Your design?

    -Phil
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2011-09-05 19:28
    No, bought it as a kit from the link shown.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-06 17:28
    I saw that watch and I asked my wife and my mother-in-law what they thought about it. There is nothing wrong with it but its just that they don't think it is elegant. But it is a nice project.

    I'm looking at other alternatives but I think a watch with surface mount LEDs would be more elegant. I'd probably want a graphical LCD on mine.

    My other concern is wearing something that could be damaged by static electricity as I suffer from static electricity.

    Its a nice thing to broadcast your interest in microcontrollers but its not something I would wear every day.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2011-09-07 09:03
    Very nice design...sleek and elegant in a techie sense.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-09-07 09:19
    TI gave away something similar using an MSP430 with an LCD in connection with one of their 430 day promotions a few years ago. I've still got mine
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2011-09-07 10:06
    They claim it should raise my geek level up several notches. ( Although my family calls me a dork )

    I am currentlly machinning a aluminum case for my wrist.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2011-09-07 10:20
    Products from ThinkGeek make the same claim. I'd be lying if I said I didn't buy into that once in awhile. Of course, the same can be said for my impressive Parallax collection, most of which I accumulated long before coming to Parallax. :cool:
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