SPIXWATCH - Hardware customization capable opensource smartwatch
I'm currently developing SPIXWATCH, an open-source smartwatch designed to be more than just another wearable. The idea is to make it a platform that developers, makers, and hardware enthusiasts can truly customize.
Current hardware:
- ESP32-S3
- 1.69" 240×280 capacitive touch display (ST7789)
- QMI8658C 6-axis IMU for motion and gesture recognition
- BLE 5.0
- 400 mAh battery with battery management
- Vibration motor
- Low-power firmware designed for long battery life
One feature I'm particularly excited about is hardware expansion through pogo pins. Instead of being locked into the hardware that's inside the watch, the pogo pin interface allows external modules to be attached. That means you could build and connect your own hardware—whether it's extra sensors, LoRa, NFC, GPS, environmental monitoring, biometric sensors, debugging tools, or something completely custom.
The software is also fully open source, so the goal is to let anyone create custom apps, watch faces, firmware modifications, and hardware modules without being restricted by a closed ecosystem.
I'm curious what the community would actually build with a platform like this.
If you had an open-source smartwatch with both firmware customization and hardware expansion through pogo pins, what would you use it for?
What modules would you design? What features would you add that current smartwatches don't offer? I'd love to hear practical ideas as well as the completely crazy ones—they might end up becoming part of SPIXWATCH. Look into www.spixinnov.com for more details