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Introduction Introduction
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Wasp-os is a firmware for smart watches that are based on the nRF52 Wasp-os is a firmware for smart watches that are based on the nRF52 family of
family of microcontrollers, including hacker friendly watches such microcontrollers, and especially for hacker friendly watches such as the Pine64
as the Pine64 PineTime. Wasp-os includes a digital clock, a stopwatch, PineTime. Wasp-os features full heart rate monitoring and step counting support
a step counter and a heart rate monitor. All of these, together with together with multiple clock faces, a stopwatch, an alarm clock, a countdown
access to the MicroPython REPL for interactive tweaking, development timer, a caclulator and lots of other games and utilities. All of this, and
still with access to the MicroPython REPL for interactive tweaking, development
and testing. and testing.
Wasp-os includes a robust bootloader based on the Adafruit NRF52 Wasp-os comes fully integrated with a robust bootloader based on the Adafruit
Bootloader. It has been extended to make it robust for development on NRF52 Bootloader. The bootloader has been extended to make it robust for
form-factor devices without a reset button, power switch, SWD debugger development on form-factor devices without a reset button, power switch, SWD
or UART. This allows us to confidently develop on sealed devices relying debugger or UART. This allows us to confidently develop on sealed devices
on Bluetooth Low Energy for over-the-air updates. relying on Bluetooth Low Energy for over-the-air updates.
Documentation Documentation
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