Watchy - Fully Open Source E-Paper Watch

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Visit https://watchy.sqfmi.com for documentation, hardware design files, and more!

Setup

1. In the Arduino IDE Boards Manager, install support for the ESP32. You can find instructions here: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/master/docs/arduino-ide/boards_manager.md
2. Install this library (search for Watchy in the library manager), and any other depdencies when prompted
3. Check out the examples under Examples -> Watchy
4. Compile & Upload with these board settings:
   • Board: "ESP32 Dev Module"
   • Partition Scheme: "Minimal SPIFFS"
   • All Other Settings: leave to default

You may also have to install the CP2104 USB to Serial drivers if the port is not automatically detected

Have Fun! :)

New Watchy owners READ ME

As of late 2021 there is a new Real-Time Clock chip in the lastest batch of Watchys. This chip is not compatible with the older chip and the code has changed to accomdate this. This repository has a branch 'pfc8563'. Use that branch as the basis for all watch updates like clock faces. Current clock faces (other than the default face in the branch) needs to be updated to use the new RTC code if used in a new watchy. If you flash a face and all you see is 0's you know you flashed code based on the OLD chip. Switching chips was needed because of issues with the old chip.