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I'm working on the program atm: tons of bugs however. the battery has been charging correctly as well, so that is good! again, this is just a side project i'm working on and I have been pretty busy as of late.

Sorry for the break on posts, I was on spring break! I have gotten a smaller battery in the mail and have soldered it on as well. In addition, I have set up a small usb charging device. The code that I am using that I will upload to the device still has a ton of errors that I am working on sorting out, and I now need to 3d print a working case for it! Beyond that, all of the hardware is done!

I'll probably just get the case printed from shapeways; I printed things from them before and they have always been high quality! I also have extensive experience in Blender so no need for you to design it, but thanks for offering! I also have access to a 3d printer, but find that shapeways can deliver a more precise print. I have payed about $50 for all of the parts I believe. I'll total up the costs when I finish everything and have the price for the case finalized (shapeways charges a lot IMO, but its cool, they are really accurate).

Thanks for the support guys! The next update will be coming on Monday!

Note, I may end up buying a smaller battery, this one is 600 mah but is also a bit thick for my liking. I may buy a 300 mah one that is half as thick. 300 mah should be more than enough to get me through a day!

Alright guys, new update! I finished soldering the screen onto the other main components! And another. Here you can see the wires in between them. Here is a view next to the battery that I plan on using. attaching the battery will be my next step, along with installing a button to turn on and off the power.

Much appreciated!

Any advice on soldering things onto those little ridges on the side of the bluetooth module? I find that the hardest.

THIS! Is amazing!

Each component was fairly cheap, the most expensive being the screen which was still less than $20. Total I think that I spent a little more than $50 USD on all of the equipment that I had to buy. (it would have been a little cheaper if I had had a USB to UART adapter already which I have to use to upload programs to the arduino [it doesnt have a usb controller on it])

Thanks a lot man:), and yes, it is the 8 mhz 3.3v board. A side note, I have found a good way to charge the battery now as well!

Forgot to mention, I saw someone else do something similar to this on Hackaday.com a few weeks ago and thought I would give it a try! They used a different display and were unable to 3d print themselves a case for their watch, instead opting to just staple it to some leather!

So I was getting really tired of waiting for a smartwatch that I had backed on kickstarter over a year ago and has still not started mass production, so I decided to do this instead! I have started building my own smartwatch using an arduino pro mini, an HC-06 bluetooth module to connect to my phone, a 2 cell 600mah LiPo battery, and a 128x64 monochrome 0.96" OLED display. here I have begun to solder together the arduino pro mini and the HC-06 bluetooth module. Be aware that I do not have much soldering experience and this stuff is really really small! (go easy on me if my soldering sucks) After finishing soldering together the Arduino and the bluetooth module: and from the front: This is what it will look like soon when I have finished soldering on the display: and here are the two components next to each other: I will be updating this hopefully every day but I only get a few minutes to work on it per day, so don't expect too much. I am probably gonna have to 3d print a case for it when it is done being soldered together, and then I have the problem of charging the LiPo battery correctly and without damaging it, a complicated task. I hope integrate some sort of charging mechanism into the case that I design because currently I have been charging the LiPo battery with raw leads. I also would like to be able to use regular/standard watch straps with my case after I print it! Wish me luck!

Thanks man!

Thanks for the info guys! -Qwertywarrior, would you mind linking me to the video? if I did want better audio however, where should i go from here?