Pocuter Inc., the creators of Pocuter One, a coin-sized microcomputer, is launching a Kickstarter campaign for the Spectra smartwatch. This wearable aims to open the world of high-end smartwatches to the maker community. Atypical in the closed world of high-end smartwatches, the Spectra allows unprecedented access for hacking and user-repairability.
Ensuring ease of repairability, the Spectra smartwatch is held together with just 7 screws. Its CNC-milled aluminum casing may seem a bit larger than other watches currently on the market, but the Spectra is designed for direct access to its many high-end components.
At the heart of the Spectra smartwatch is Espressif’s flagship ESP32-S3, maxed out with 8MB RAM and 32MB executable flash memory. The Spectra boasts a 368 x 448 OLED display, speaker, microphone, and a crown on the side with a magnetic encoder allowing for fine adjustments.
The watch also features a full suite of sensors for tracking fitness activity and monitoring environmental conditions. The ESP32-S3 chip’s AI functionalities facilitate speech recognition. Although Pocuter expects that 32GB will be enough to run most apps, the Spectra includes a Micro SD card slot that allows users to expand storage up to 512GB.
Although the mechanics and electronics of the Spectra smartwatch are mostly complete, the software end is still in the works, with their SpectraOS development at 50% and their software development kit at 70%.
The same is true on the app side where their app store and first-party apps are both at 50% and their iOS and Android app development at only 20%.
At this point, the Spectra smartwatch looks promising, but it is still in its early days. As with any Kickstarter campaign, there are risks in contributing, but this is not Pocuter’s first rodeo, having successfully delivered five previous campaigns.
In any case, the Spectra should prove to further elevate the user-repairable, hackable maker market.
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