All of the new smart watches that I have seen are closed, meaning developers must use an SDK or something like that. I have decided I am going to build a smartwatch myself running an arm processor with debian installed, so software development is much easier. To this end, I am hoping to make a decent smart watch that isn’t to bulky and provides health functions and (gasp) is not insanely expensive (~$100 is good).
I currently am thinking that an Arrietta http://www.acmesystems.it/arietta is the best option for my computing needs, as most of my other options are either a) too big, or b) not powerful enough. Also, this board seems to work well with some framebuffer displays, allowing the tft panels to be treated as a “normal” display for x11. Enough of that.
My real question is this: do you think this would work? Should I use the gesture sensor for my main control, or should I resort to touch input, or even buttons?
I have listed the parts on a google spreadsheet for convenience https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ … edit#gid=0.
Also, any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms?