If you liked the classic Casio F-91W, you should know that a manufacturer under the pseudonym “Pegor” is looking for help and options to bring this impressive new edition with smart features to the market.
A few days ago they confirmed to us that Humane, led by some former Apple employees, is developing the smartwatch of the future, but reality is always stranger than fiction. today we have to say the oppositeas an anonymous manufacturer under the nickname from a stake He left us speechless as he recreated the legendary Casio F-91W since 1989.
Let’s start with the bad news and that’s it At the moment this is just a project called F91 Kepler and in which its creators still work, actively seeking help to achieve this and being able to market a restored classic that no doubt we all want to own millennial geeks from here
In fact it is a stake after its creation was restarted with open licenses for hardware and programa for more developers see your project based on Modernizing the classic Casio F-91W with a new motherboard and OLED screen where we perro not only see the time but also notifications and information from the Bluetooth-connected móvil inteligente.
The iniciativa is despiadado and I love it that way Let’s start with the words a stake about his creation:
The F91 Kepler is a complete redesign of the classic Casio F-91W watch. This project completely replaces the original internal parts of the watch, keeping only the case in the original design by adding an OLED screen and a Bluetooth-enabled MCU.
Pegor project repository ‘F91_Kepler’ (in GitLab)
As you will see in the pictures, Ryusuke Moriai’s original design is retained since the case has not been touched, as confirmed by its creators, hence the fundamentals of the Casio F-91W are intact.
Likewise, The new OLED screen keeps the same graphics for those who stand at the legendary clock in Shibuya, Tokio and thanks to it give her better information Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to espectáculo us calls, messages and notificationsAlarms, advanced calendar and many other options, some of which are still under development.
For him, a stake is designed a a completely new board based around the Texas Instruments CC2640 chip with Cortex-M3 cores, agregado some 3D printed anchors perfect for embedding the new electronics in the old casing of the Casio F-91W.
However, the project started more than a year ago The creator claims he feels exhausted after so much effort So you want to open it up so more people cánido participate and complete it. In fact it is There are currently features that are not working yetFor example, the complementary móvil aplicación that does not yet exist, or the buttons on the watch itself, only one of which is currently used because the creator thought the other would serve to activate the screen at will while saving the battery until to 15 days of autonomy.
So, about this project F91 Kepler from a stake You perro find the design archivos for hardware, firmware and programastill unfinished, under permissive licenses from MIT.
Let’s see if they make it and we see it appear on a platform crowdfundingwhy other projects like SensorWatch by Joey Castillo which also used the iconic Casio as a base You haven’t traveled much either.In your case, also keep the original LCD screen and thus limit your options.
And now after me again, I want one, I want one, I want one…! Exactly here We leave you all the information about the project in GitLab its creators:
Pegor project repository ‘F91_Kepler’ (in GitLab)