https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-99802-smartwatches/134574/pine64s-30-linux-smartwatch-launches
@lupyuen any idea why they're calling it a "Linux" smart watch?? As far as I'm aware you can't run Linux on a cortex-M lol
@zpartacoos @lupyuen
Looks like it should...
https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/
Wiki on default OS
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTime#Default_OS
Wiki on InfiniTime
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/InfiniTime
@lucifargundam @lupyuen I dont understand your point. Could you clarify?
@zpartacoos @lupyuen
"capable of running custom-built open operating systems. "
"Software: Any open-source operating systems built on top of numerous RTOSes"
"InfiniTime (also known as JF's project, FreeRTOS firmware or Pinetime-JF) is an open source (GPLv3) firmware written in C++ and based on FreeRTOS, LVGL and NimBLE. "
Currently not running on a Linux kernel, but seems to be preluding implicate that it can if someone wants to port one out.
@lucifargundam hmmm I don't think so. An RTOS is very very different from something like linux or even MacOS or Windows. And just to clarify, PineTime does *not* run Linux or any Linux based OS as it stands. Additionally, the chip for the watch is an nRF52832 which is Arm Cortex-M based. This would make the theoretical "porting" very difficult and even if you were able to I don't see how that would be beneficial as the battery would die incredibly fast due to not having the sleep and realtime functionality of an RTOS given the low capacity battery it has.
Having said all of that, I'll let @lupyuen comment as he is most certainly the expert on this.
@zpartacoos @lucifargundam #PineTime doesn't run Linux ... But that's OK! ;-)
https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/pinetime