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Time Machine Mk. V

Update of my previous project, the Time Machine Mk. IV. A BLE-enabled watch built from scratch. Cyberpunk and motorsport inspired design!

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The Time Machine Mk. V is an upgraded version of last year's Time Machine Mk. IV. It uses the same processor, but adds in a bigger battery, a serial port, and a debug port. The battery is a CR2032 which is four times larger than the Mark IV's CR1225 battery. A utility port allows for easy firmware upgrades and debugging. The Mk. V is better than the Mk. IV in almost every way, and I'm super happy with how it turned out. I also made a special blue and gold version, inspired by one of my dream cars, the Subaru WRX STI.

Please check out the links below the photos, especially my website! I put a full write-up there and I have some more projects you might like. Also, check out the short youtube vid, it shows some of the cool animations I've programmed into the watch!

clock_mk5.js

JS code for the watch. The watch needs to be flashed with Espruino before you upload this.

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tm5.sch

Eagle schematic. Absolutely horrendous, but works

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tm5_schematic.pdf

PDF of schematic

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tm5.brd

Eagle board file.

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tm5_board.pdf

PDF of PCB

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Jon wrote 09/05/2020 at 16:46 point

Have you been watching the market for any possible rechargeable replacement for your coin cell? Also, is there a possibility of underdriving those LEDs to conserve power a little while still retaining visibility? The revision I'd like to imagine would ditch BLE but add USB for charging and/or syncing with a PC. Given that there are a lot of platforms to choose that run Espruino this might be relatively trivial to code (leaving the hard/fun part of the physical design). Please keep revising!

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Eric Min wrote 10/31/2021 at 12:02 point

Hey, sorry for the +1 year reply lol. Your ideas are all very good, but I'm not sure if I have enough skill to fit a full USB charging circuit on the watch. Also, I think a lipo might be too big/thick for the watch. I was thinking maybe just add a small lipo battery with around ~2 days of battery life, and a charging cradle/dock thingy that has all the support circuitry for charging. Also, I love your idea of USB but I have very limited experience with it and some of my USB projects have failed and I have yet to know why. I'm not sure when I'll make a new revision as I'm very happy with the current version, but I'll keep your ideas in mind for sure when I start working on one!

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