Well I certainly want one. The only real downside is that I'd actually
like one with more display lines (or preferably a big dot matrix), and
as you mention ANT would be good. I suspect I'll be splashing the cash
for one of these though rather than waiting years in optimistic hope
though, given the price.

Chris

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:47 PM, M. Adam Davis <stienman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am very interested in this, and I bet many here might also be intereste=
d:
>
> http://www.ecnmag.com/Products/2009/11/Sports-Watch-Development-Kit-Fits-=
on-your-Wrist/
>
> It's essentially a watch with a wireless capable MSP430 processor, 3
> axis accelerometer, pressure sensor, and temperature sensor. =A0Kit
> includes the watch itself, USB jtag/ice adaptor, USB wireless dongle,
> software, and a tool to dissassemble the watch.
>
> The entire kit is only $49.
>
> Wiki:
>
> http://wiki.msp430.com/index.php/EZ430-Chronos
>
> TI link:
>
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/ez430-chronos.html
>
> It's a sub 1GHz radio, though, so no zigbee or ANT, but apparently
> another company already has compatible heart rate monitors, and they
> plan on having wireless bicycle sensors available next year.
>
> The example software (pre-programmed) includes the usual
> time/date/alarm/stopwatch functions, as well as altitude, temperature,
> pedometer, and wireless PC control (powerpoint presentation
> controller, for instance, or accelerometer controlled mouse).
>
> The LCD is limited to 96 segments - looks like four 7-segment digits
> (88:88), a bunch of indicators, then five point five 7-segment digits
> (18:88:88).
>
> The chip it's based on is a pretty spiffy SoC (
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc430f6137.html )
> including the radio, lcd driver, 16 bit mcu, 32k flash, 4k ram, and
> AES-128 cryptography coprocessor. =A0Not cheap, but probably on par with
> a separate MCU and radio combination.
>
> I havent done MSP430 in a few years, but it's very tempting to get one
> just as a toy. =A0Too much stuff on my back burner already though...
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