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[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Idk I feel like the people who back things on kickstarter have their expectations set way too high (and obviously the people running it are naive and play into that) but good lord you guys funded $70k for an oscilloscope and you’re upset it takes a decade? You are astoundingly lucky this even came out, and it only did because the guy that ran it has a heart of gold.

People really need to start to understand what it takes to bring a product to market before they start backing kickstarters

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah that dude probably could have ran with the money everyone forgot about. Amazing that he kept going tbh.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's 70k, it's not going to get him a private jet he can fly to belize, it's half a year of engineering salary, probably less.

1 person files a complaint and he's done for life.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'd take 70k once please thx.

U act like he'd be unable to find a job if he walked away with the cash. Lol

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

People really need to start to understand what it takes to bring a product to market before they start backing kickstarters

Alternatively people should stop looking at Kickstarting as buying or investing in a product. It's closer to a donation to help someone try and realize their idea. You support cool idea you think should exist and that should by your primary motivation. Getting something out of it is just added bonus.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm sorry. It looks like garbage. I can't stand 3D printed stuff for anything other than prototypes.

And that armband is definitely a cheap Aliexpress bulk item. Seen a hundred of them.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago

Bruh a single dude made this over 10 years and shipped this all by himself. And that too on a total budget of 70k. I'm just glad this wasn't just outright abandoned.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

The band is a NATO strap, pretty standard across the board.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The 3D printed watches are prototypes. Here's what the shipped product looks like: https://twitter.com/BitBangingBytes/status/1695192177310150993

[–] jana@leminal.space 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That just looks 3d printed on a textured sheet

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 3 points 2 years ago

It is... Looks like the textured plate from Prusa. Not even the "nicer" satin plate.

[–] ElZoido@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 11 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Ten years ago on Kickstarter, Gabriel Anzziani unveiled plans to produce an oscilloscope watch.

After nearly forgetting about the project, early backers were surprised this month to receive a package containing the oscilloscope watch.

The watch mode has several useful features including formatting options for 24 vs 12 hour layouts and even an alarm.

The watch is powered by an 8-bit Xmega microcontroller with an internal PDI.

According to Anzziani, one goal of the project was to enable users to create their own apps for the watch.

Anzziani explains the expected battery life varies depending on whether or not the oscilloscope is in use.


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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

200kHz bandwidth is not a lot, but can be useful sometimes, especially on some car sensors, but not really on embedded development. I have a small FNIRSI DSO152 for fun too :)

[–] TomMasz@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It would be fine for audio work, for instance, but the overall size and resolution could make measurements a challenge.

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a little shocked it's not a Watchy with a custom app on it

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what the effective number of bits are on this thing.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] _joe_king@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

My znaps must be right behind em