Hacker nerds: go buy this now! $25 "watch" enriched with AWESOME
The IT eZ430 Chronos is priced at $50 and currently accepting the HALFMSPTOOL coupon code making it $25 + (for me) $6 shipping.
What, you ask, is an eZ430 Chronos?
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The eZ430-Chronos is a highly integrated, wearable wireless development system based for the CC430 in a sports watch. It may be used as a reference platform for watch systems, a personal display for personal area networks, or as a wireless sensor node for remote data collection.
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.
So...a wearable sensor with a display, a bunch of buttons, 3-axis accelerometers, temperature, pressure, and built-in wireless? That comes with a USB receiver and a SDK? Uh...want! I'm going to buy a few (or beg for them for my birthday in a few weeks) and use the buttons and accelerometers to to program a gesture-based home automation control system. Also, I may try to use the thermometer to control the thermostat.
Anyone else as excited by this as I am, or am I the lone DIY hacking dork?
07-10-2010, 12:33 PM
