I Led a Team to Design And Build A Freediving Smart Watch That Won 2nd Place at MakeMIT2021. We did it in 16 days
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MakeMIT link: devpost.com/software/d3pth
Why would someone use a freediving smart watch? The ability to know how deep you are diving and for how long can be critical to make safe diving decisions. D3PTH provides that information and more. In addition, a freediving smart watch can log your dive sessions for review later. What is freediving?
Challenges we ran into Many, many challenges. We had lots of hardware issues with our PCB due to component spacing being so tight. Once the PCB was working we had a pretty stable system. Accomplishments that we're proud of We are super proud that it works! We had our doubts that we could design and build a 3D printed waterproof smart watch in 16 days. We programmed our board on a test-bench while it was in transit to maximize our time. What we learned
We plan on building D3PTH with even more features and a more durable CNC'd metal case. New features we are looking to include:
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