{"id":681973,"date":"2026-05-20T01:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/681973\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:23:08","slug":"building-a-pip-boy-themed-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/681973\/","title":{"rendered":"Building A Pip Boy Themed Smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the problems with good science fiction is that it introduces us to all kinds of cool devices that we can\u2019t actually have in real life. [Huy Vector] has tried to fix that a little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huyvector.org\/smart-devices\/fallout-smart-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with this fantastic smartwatch build inspired by everybody\u2019s favorite wrist computer from the Fallout series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The build is based around a Xiao ESP32-S3 board, which hosts the capable microcontroller and has all that useful wireless connectivity built in. It\u2019s hooked up to a MAX30102 heart rate sensor to collect the wearer\u2019s vital signs, as well as a 1.54\u2033 LCD screen for displaying the fantastic Pip Boy themed interface. Power is courtesy of a small lithium-ion cell tucked in behind the display. A little copper tubing and brass hardware helps tie everything together, with the latter serving as capacitive touch points for controlling the device. A simple leather watch strap completes the build.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit of a diversion from the classic Pip Boy design, in that it\u2019s a small smartwatch instead of a chunky device that takes up most of the wearer\u2019s forearm. However, this isn\u2019t so bad in reality\u2014it\u2019s far more practical while still rocking those classic green-on-black graphics that we all love so much.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re craving a more authentic Pip Boy recreation, <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/11\/16\/the-most-drool-worthy-pip-boy-to-date-can-be-yours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we\u2019ve featured a few of those, too<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the problems with good science fiction is that it introduces us to all kinds of cool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[64,63,213,105],"class_list":["post-681973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}