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Watchy - An Open Source E-Ink Smartwatch
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[feature request] watchy 3.0 with touch and light #175

Open ITCactus opened 2 years ago

ITCactus commented 2 years ago

after i dropped my watchy on the carpet... the screen started behaving odd... i assume i need a screen replacement, but there is no available as for now at sqfmi shop.

however, i see that "GDEH0154D67" is a part-number screen by good-display co. and there are addon modules compatible with that screens like front-light and touch screen.

so, it would be great to see the Watchy 3.0 upgrade with those modules (as in this module)! basically, the front-light (or back-light) is great in dark environment. and touch screen may help with more user-friendly ui (e.g. with LVGL support).

shtrom commented 1 year ago

I gotta say, backlighting is the feature I miss the most from my Pebble. I still have that occasional wrist flick muscle memory when I want to know the time in the dark.

scott8 commented 10 months ago

Same here. It really needs a backlight!

shtrom commented 1 month ago

There is a backlight-enabled pin-for-pin compatible version for the v<=2.0 module here: GDEH0154D67-FL https://www.e-paper-display.com/GDEH0154D67%20V2.0%20Specificationc58c.pdf?method=picker&flag=all&id=47775e88-2e8c-44e8-a410-2e24006ed9a7&fileId=805&v=1.zip

csm10495 commented 3 weeks ago

There is a backlight-enabled pin-for-pin compatible version for the v<=2.0 module here: GDEH0154D67-FL https://www.e-paper-display.com/GDEH0154D67%20V2.0%20Specificationc58c.pdf?method=picker&flag=all&id=47775e88-2e8c-44e8-a410-2e24006ed9a7&fileId=805&v=1.zip

Is there a way to make it light up on wrist flick though?

scott8 commented 3 weeks ago

There is a backlight-enabled pin-for-pin compatible version for the v<=2.0 module here: GDEH0154D67-FL https://www.e-paper-display.com/GDEH0154D67%20V2.0%20Specificationc58c.pdf?method=picker&flag=all&id=47775e88-2e8c-44e8-a410-2e24006ed9a7&fileId=805&v=1.zip

A light seems to require a second ribbon cable, which the circuit board does not support. I see no indication that the display mentioned has any kind of light, front or back. The one I ordered does not.