Neopixel pocket watch

"Shopping" the house for scraps and bits to "finish" a wall clock version of the neo-pixel watch yields a brass ring the right size for the 60 pixel ring, and some wood circle blanks.

using the Dremel circle routing/cutting jig, created channels for both the 60 and 24 pixel rings as well as a small lip to hold the brass ring. And with the router, I created space on the back for wires and ESP8266

Printed a basic clock face and cut it out as a defuser.

then I stumbled upon some great projects for other net-pixel wall clocks, including the Light clock. as I was just about to assemble a working version of hardware and software, I decided to try the Light clocks software to see what it looks like. now my clock face is a bit different as I will be using the center ring for hour and the outer ring for min and sec. but if I disconnect the center ring it looks great with the light clock software. there may be some ideas I may learn from in there. (who am I kidding, theres lots to learn in there!)

Got a 60 Neopixel ring today, changed just one line of code, and now the Pocket watch is a full sized watch.

Removed the super tiny switch, replaced it with a more reasonable sized switch from Adafruit

Pocket watch code now working with Neopixel rings up to 60 pixels.

including temperature display.

Temperature showing that it's in the 60s

Got my stash of miniature switches from china....

Dang these things are small....!

Installed in the watch

temporary actuator: how about the battery connector ?!

Implemented OTA updating, so now (except in emergency) the days of connecting the assembled prototype to the development rig to update it's firmware are gone.... YAY!

Still going to use the dev rig for most builds, as it's powered by the Serial cable.

Implemented OTA updating, so now (except in emergency) the days of connecting the assembled prototype to the development rig to update it's firmware are gone.... YAY!

Still going to use the dev rig for most builds, as it's powered by the Serial cable.

Next gen of this watch would have no wifi, use a small micro controller like a ATtiny 85, possibly add a RTC and small coin battery. Only use LiPo to drive the neopixel display.

Should yield a "works all convention long" (3-4 days) run time as apposed to 1-2 hours continuous on run time now. or 1-2 days run time with power off when not using.

see http://www.instructables.com/id/ATtiny-Watch-Core/ for info & insparation (without RTC module)

Watch v1.x to do list:

• manual time set mode
• wifi hotspot mode for debug / web page timeset
• manual wifi persistence for debug / reinstate turning wifi off for normal run time
• time set by scraping http header to bypass gate kept public wifi (hotel "enter your room # for access, etc.) - this is an alternate to NNTP time set
• grab temp & weather from http://openweathermap.org
• display temp & weather data as second click on watch button
• install microswitch under watch stem