Hack your own time with this ESP32 Smartwatch – Product Spotlight

New Products | August 9, 2023

By Wisse Hettinga

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Open Source Low Cost Smart Watch from Lilygo allows you to hack your time – The T-watch S3

What is there you cannot make with an ESP32? Take this watch, it is open-source, offers WiFi and BLE connectivity and the 1.54 inch LCD display offers capacitive touch and al this is supported by Arduino.

For connectivity, the smartwatch features the Semtech SX1262 low power LoRa Transceiver, supporting frequencies of 433Mhz, 868Mhz, and 915Mhz.

The T-Watch S3 comes with a 1.54″ LCD display with a resolution of 240 x 240 and capacitive touch technology, a class D amplifier along with a PDM microphone.

T-Watch S3 meets the needs of developers who want to experiment with LoRa and ESP32 S3 technology in wearable devices, highly customizable and usable in a variety of applications.

See if you like the specifications:

Memory/Storage:
- 8MB PSRAM
- 16MB Flash
Connectivity:
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- BLE V5.0
- Semtech SX1262
Display:
- 1.54” LCD (ST7789V)
USB:
- 1x USB Port & OTG
I/O Peripherals:
- Microphone
- Class D amplifier (MAX98357A)
- 12-bit Triaxial acceleration sensor (BMA423)
Other Features:
- 1x Power button
- RTC
- Haptic Driver Motor (DRV2605)
Power:
- Integrated PMU (AXP2101)
- 3.7V/400mAh LiPo battery