"Apple II Watch" makes smart watch a great machine of the former years at a great level

Friday, April 24, 2015 is the release date of Apple Watch, but the shipping situation is still unknown and there should be certainly someone who is smothering saying "When Apple Watch arrives ...". So, why?Apple II"I put a band on the terminal and made it possible to wear it on my arm, change the dial like Apple Watch, can watch exercise in the fitness app"Apple II Watch"Has appeared.

Apple 2 Watch - YouTube


Knob of a mystery reflected in which up.


This object that looks like "Apple II" ......


Not "Apple Watch" but "Apple II Watch" a watch of a rain.


It looks like a toy, but the display also works properly. What is displayed on the screen is "II" instead of "] [The character of.


"CLOCK" "FITNESS" PICTURE "" PHONEBOOK "" WEATHER "" MUSIC "" UTILITY "" DISC MANAGER "Menu items likely to be seen in smart watches.


Turning the knob on the right side will move the cursor in the display and you can see that the software is built in.


Flickering indicator on the side flickering.


How do you use a fluent floppy? ...


It can be inserted into the drive with tweezers.


After inserting the floppy, we were able to change the dial design.


It is possible to display different dial according to the floppy to be inserted.


When you start the fitness application, the progress bar is displayed as "I I I I I I I I" after the text "MOVE" "EXERCISE" "STAND", you can record the number of fitness you did.


Although it is not compatible with displaying color photos, it corresponds to bitmap display of photos.


And at the end of the movie is written "make your own" and it is made to be able to make it by oneself.


The way to make such "Apple II Watch" is published on Instructables.com of DIY site.

Apple II Watch
http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/?ALLSTEPS


The thing necessary for the production of Apple II Watch is the 72 MHz ARM processor "Teensy 3.1, 60 x 128 display "1.8 "TFT LCD", An audio module"SOMO II MP3"500 mA charger"LiPo charger, Switch module "Push-button Power Switch, The sensing switch module "Tactile Switch Buttons", Encoder"Rotary Encoder", Speaker module"18 mm Speaker: 4 Ohm, 2.0 W"," 3 mm LED (red) × 2 "" 1 KΩ resistor "" LiPo battery (800 mAh) "" CR 2032 coin battery "" crystal resonator (32.768 kHz band) "" microSD card (2 GB) 4 inch knob "" M 2.5 x 6 mm screw x 8 "" M 2.5 x 10 mm screw x 4 "" wire (26 gauge) ".


Apple II Watch production is a total of nine steps, the parts of each part, the necessary software (Arduino), the STL file for the case 3D printer, the print data for floppy, etc. are released, so if you follow the procedure , It has become possible to complete Apple II Watch. People who say "Can not wait until Apple Watch arrives" may try.