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  • If you need networking, go for the ESP32. There’s nothing easier or close that I know of, and incredibly cheap too. Downside is the power draw. If that is a concern and you really do want to run it off a coin cell for any prolonged time I’d say WiFi is out the window altogether, and I’d pick something efficient but more modern than an attiny, like any small arm cortex m0+ devboard or similar. If you want to experiment with low power radio, see what you can come up with with some lora transceivers.



  • Thanks for the detailed explanation. Will try to see how it fits my setup when I get a chance, but I have been wanting to move away from Watchtower as it is no longer maintained. Good to know there is an alternative, and from what you describe I like your approach. Having to opt-out of updates in Watchtower never really sat right with me- Watchtower clutter is okay in compose files that actually want something to do with Watchtower…




  • tofubltoTechnology@lemmy.worldPebble Time 2 has screws
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    1 month ago

    That, or the watchmakers of old didn’t have to worry about wiring actuators, speakers, and heart rate monitors on the back plate. Or is that against nature and shouldn’t be done in the first place anyway?

    For what it’s worth, my F91W has Philips screws on the back plate exactly like this and I never had a problem, and I’ve taken it apart more than a few times (it’s a Sensor Watch!)





  • Similar story here- 34 at the time and a regular social drinker, I decided not to drink one day on a whim (actually just intended to see how hard it would be to abstain for a while) but felt so great without hangovers and just generally so much more energy that I stuck with it. 5 years now and really happy with that development. I have book club 9am on Sundays now, that would have absolutely been out of the question in the before-time.

    It really feels like an insane hack in the beginning, how much more time and energy there is.