A couple of weeks ago, we covered PineTime smartwatch for PinePhone Linux smartphone that should be launched next year for around $25.
At the time we had limited information from a Tweet as well as information provided by TL Lim, founder of Pine64 community, such as the watch would be based on Nordic Semi nRF52832 or nRF52840 multi-protocol WiSoC. But we now have much more details about specs and other details can be found in the Wiki.
PineTime specifications:
- SoC (undecided, one or the other. See differences between nRF52832 and nRF52840 for details)
- Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 Arm Cortex-M4F MCU @ 64 MHz with 512KB Flash, 64KB SRAM, Bluetooth 5 (no long range)
- Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Arm Cortex-M4F MCU with 1MB flash, 256KB flash, Bluetooth 5 (long range), 802.15.4 (e.g. for Zigbee), Arm Trustzone, etc…
- Storage – 8MB SPI NOR Flash (final product may use 16MB flash instead)
- Display – 1.3″ 240×240 IPS capacitive touchscreen display with 65K colors
- Connectivity – Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (and others if nRF52840 selected)
- Sensors – Accelerometer, PPG Heart rate sensor
- Misc – Vibrator
- Battery
- Built-in 170-180mAh LiPo battery
- Charging – Proprietary 2-pin 5V/500mA
- Dimensions – 40 x 37.5 x 11 mm (zinc alloy and plastic body)
- Weight – 38 grams
Note most of the specifications are for the prototype, and bound to change in the final products. Depending on community support the watch is expected to run various open source RTOS such as Zephyr, FreeRTOS, Arm Mbed or NuttX.
The wiki also provides some more information about availability and pricing. The development kit will come out in October 2019, while the final products is expected to start selling on Q1 or Q2 2020.
Price for the watch will be even lower than $25, as the PineTime watch with charging cradle will sell for just $22.99, and that’s the price you’ll pay if you already have a 20mm generic wrist band. The wrist band itself will be offer as a $2 option with a choice of material from silicone, NATO, Milanese steel, leather, and others.
Via Tuxphone
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Zephyr would make the most sense to run, since Nordic’s next BLE stack is going to be running on that.
Take my money!!! (Throws money at laptop screen)
Seems pretty limited compared to Apple and Samsung smart watches. The state of the art watches already provide 1500 MB of RAM and 32000 MB of flash.
You forgot the price.
No. he just forget that pine are not apple (the fruit)
its like comparing a utility car to sports car
Looks interesting.
Would be nice to know how this compares to Mi Band 4
Mi has much smaller screen but it is an AMOLED one and is roughly at the same price (I got the chinese mi band 4 for eur 22)
I am looking forward to it. However, it really needs to have a speaker or piezo element for sound. Sometimes there is just no substitute for an audible alert.