Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch
A software engineer experiments with using AI coding agents to develop custom watch faces for a PineTime smartwatch. The project highlights the practical application of LLMs in embedded systems development.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the growing accessibility of hardware hacking through AI-assisted coding, lowering the barrier to entry for hobbyist electronics.
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X (Twitter) GitHub LinkedIn Email RSS Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch 19 Aug 2026 The Pine Time is a $27 smart watch that runs open source firmware. I’ve had one sitting in the back of a drawer for a year or two. When I saw @steveruizok ’s Tweet about hacking on ESP32 devices with Claude, I found some inspiration to pull my PineTime out of the drawer and see what Claude might be capable of!
if you know what a "coding agent" is then go buy this or something very similar (not sponsored but they're on amazon, pi hut, ali, all over) pic.twitter.com/iPvHxBiltf
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