The world is in the big confrontation modular concept, such as Google's modular mobile phone Project Ara, Lenovo Moto Z modular mobile phone ....
Modularity may bring a revolution in the shape and function of the product, so the smart watch is also modular!
Blocks is the world's first module smart watch. They also took the 2015 red dot design award. This extensive smart watch has been raised $ 1.6 million on Kickstarter on the crowdfunding website, which is very simple because there is no similar product in the market!
It allows you to add a variety of features to your watch.
The core module of Blocks can run on Android Marshmallow, and can be compatible with the iPhone, Android phones. The core module is a circular, 1.4-inch, colored, 400 * 400 AMOLED display, APQ8009W processor, with 512MB, 4GB storage, 300mAh battery.
This core itself has a significant difference in the traditional smart watch, including: smartphone reminder function, sports record, voice control, and a series of APPs, even a traditional strap, it is already like a model.
But more amazing, of course it is its scalable module!
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Custom module
You can add your desired module, customize your blocks, such as battery modules, flashlight modules, GPS modules, heart rate monitor modules, and more.
Module internal structure
Just take the custom module to pick up a piece of land button, it also acts as a strap.
When the outdoor movement, Blocks is fast, decisively takes out the battery module ~
Want to pay attention to your health data, install a heart rate module, detect the pressure module, and measure the module of the body temperature ~
Patch gesture module, freely control the appliances and lights at home ~
When shopping payment, don't turn your phone, save your hand, pay it directly ~
Use the wireless RF identification module, do not have a key to go out ~
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Adafruit BME280 Pressure Sensor Development Board provides design flexibility, ideal for space-limited mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and wearable devices.
Invensense MPU-9250 9-AXIS Development Board The world's first nine-axis motion sensing tracking component, specially designed for smart phones, tablets, wearing sensors, etc. must be low power, low cost, high performance Electronic product equipment design.
MURATA Heart Impact Scan Module Based on MEMS Ultra-low Noise Heart Impact Scan Module (BCG) uses MEMS accelerometers to continuously monitor the heart rate. It will not disturb the patient.
In addition, when there is a new module release, you don't need to buy a new smart watch, you can enjoy a variety of new features as long as you buy a new module.
Amoughly, you can also develop new modules on the open platform of Blocks! Now that you have already launched a programming button, you want to implement a "one-click acquisition" feature, you can DIY yourself. There have been more than 1,500 blocks registered developers worldwide. These people will have far-reaching impact on their follow-up.
In addition to these interesting and practical modules, small explorations have also got some modules that have not been launched from the block of Blocks:
Air Quality Detection Module: Exploring the quality of peripheral air, identifying toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, etc.
SIM card module: Let your smart watch second mobile phone, after inserting your SIM card, you can throw your phone at home.
Flash card module: You can imagine, equivalent to you wearing a U disk on the wrist, no need to worry about the mobile phone storage space is full, not shooting the problem
Fingerprint recognition module: Add another security setting for smart devices that have not fingerprint recognition, providing more protection for mobile lock screens, mobile payments.
GPS module: Road idolic, they are combined with both GPS and GLONASS (Soviet Global Navigation Satellite System) to provide more accurate location information, directly accurate to longitude latitude.
Camera module: This module does not have to say more, it feels that armed to the watch will make the capture more convenient.
Pebble is also doing similar things. As a crowdfunding star on another Kickstarter, they have always adhered to the smart watch of the independent operating system, and recently, they launched a product called Pebble Core, using the Android system, is a clamp Smart button hardware on clothes.
The big button is on the default to open Spotify listening to music, and the little button is programmable. You can take it to achieve some other features you want, such as, called a drop, or give you a male ( Female) Friends send a message "I miss you". At this point, this Pebble Core and Blocks custom buttons modules have a wonderful work.
At present, Blocks accepts bookings, and the predetermined price of the official website is $ 330, and the price of each module is $ 35.
Blocks has three colors: white, black, red. Generally normal people's wrists, you can bring 4 modules at the same time, if your wrist size is relatively large, it may be able to bring 5 modules at the same time.
Modularity of wearable device
Modularity has become a trend of smart devices, such as Google modular mobile phone Project Ara mentioned earlier.
But smart watch modularization is actually not simple. Since the volume of the watch cannot be too large, and each person is not the same, we don't have enough space to implement all the functions on a watch, and modular watches solve personalized demand. You only need to select the module you want according to your needs.
Sensor-related board recommendation:
Adafruit BME280 Pressure Sensor Development Board provides design flexibility, ideal for space-limited mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and wearable devices.
Invensense MPU-9250 9-AXIS Development Board The world's first nine-axis motion sensing tracking component, specially designed for smart phones, tablets, wearing sensors, etc. must be low power, low cost, high performance Electronic product equipment design.
MURATA Heart Impact Scan Module Based on MEMS Ultra-low Noise Heart Impact Scan Module (BCG) uses MEMS accelerometers to continuously monitor the heart rate. It will not disturb the patient.
In fact, another important significance of modularization is that it can stimulate developers' participation, you can develop your modules according to your own needs!
Under this setting, the smart watch is a box, everything can be contained, most of the wearable devices can integrate, as long as we are completed in space restrictions, we can implement it in this smart watch.
This extensive smart watch has raised $ 1.6 million on Kickstarter on the crowdfunding website, and more importantly, they make it it, you can book!
Future possible development direction
This modular watch future "imagination space" is actually very large, as wearable equipment, can be combined with medical, health and other fields.
As a smart watch, add a gesture control module and networking module, or as a port of the Internet of Things, if blocks can develop, expand the number of users, the developer community, users will easily join the user desired function module The function will become more complete and can become the entrance of the Internet of Things.
Powerful hardware is not a future, "connection" has become a very important element, while different modules cooperate with each other, and can also have a wonderful chemical reaction.
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Sensor-related board recommendation:
Adafruit BME280 Pressure Sensor Development Board provides design flexibility, ideal for space-limited mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and wearable devices.
Invensense MPU-9250 9-AXIS Development Board The world's first nine-axis motion sensing tracking component, specially designed for smart phones, tablets, wearing sensors, etc. Electronic product equipment design.
MURATA Heart Impact Scan Module Based on MEMS Ultra-low Noise Heart Impact Scan Module (BCG) uses MEMS accelerometers to continuously monitor the heart rate. It will not disturb the patient.
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