W800_Smart_Watch

Why this project :

I was interested in working on a bigger project with more challenges and which could be useful.
I am also quite unhappy with the smartwatches that are on the market (expensive, no access to the firmware, data collection and privacy issues), that's why I decided to try doing my own that I can fully customize. This is going to be a long adventure with a lot of discoveries along the way :).
I also wanted to test this W800 SOC more deeply and see what it could do and I think it is a perfect fit for the project.
So let's go !

A Smart Watch project using the Chinese W800 SOC.

The W800 is a pretty interesting chip with impressive characteristics for its price (around 1$) :

Core :

• 32bit XT804 CPU
• 240 Mhz max clock

Memory :

• 2 MB on chip flash
• 288 KB RAM, ~130 KB available to the user

Wireless connectivity :

• Bluetooth EDR(Classic) and BLE 4.2
• WiFi 2.4Ghz 802.11 b/g/n

Getting started :

So, you'd like to try this project yourself ?

Here are the steps to follow, in order to build the firmware and flash the board :

On Windows :

1. Start by cloning this repository.
   Put it in a path that doesn't contain any spaces ie : "C:\Users\Bob\Desktop\projects" for example.
2. Once cloning is done, you will need to install the MSYS2 tool/environment. This tool is needed to compile the project using Make.
3. Open a terminal by clicking on the MSYS2 icon and execute the following commands to prepare the environment :
   1. Update packages :

   pacman -Syu
   

   2. Install make :

   pacman -S msys/make
   

   3. Install automake :

   pacman -S msys/automake
   

   4. Install autoconf :

   pacman -S msys/autoconf
   

   5. Install gcc :

   pacman -S msys/gcc
   

   6. Install git :

   pacman -S msys/git
   

   7. Install utils needed for menuconfig :

   pacman -S msys/ncurses-devel
   pacman -S msys/gettext-devel
   

4. You now, need to download the toolchain required to compile and link the app here and extract it somewhere you remember on your hardrive.
5. Now, go back to the MSYS terminal window and move to the src/W800_SDK_v1.00.10/ directory which is located in the cloned repository, using the cd command.
6. Then, execute the make menuconfig command, this should greet you with a crude configuration window.
   Move to the Toolchain Configuration --> option using the arrows and hit enter.
   Using the same controls, move to the toolchain path and set the location to where you extracted the toolchain in step 4.
7. To be able to flash the board, you will also need to set the used com port in the Download Configuration ---> option.
   TIPS : set the download rate to : 2000000, this should speed up the flashing process.
8. Now save your configuration and exit.
9. Finally, type :

#This will remove all builded object to start from a clean environment (Needed only once)
make distclean

#This will only compile the library part of the firmware
make lib

#This will compile the actual firmware using the libraries and produce the .bin file
make 

#This will flash the board using the previously generated .bin file
make down

#This will do both previous commands in one (build and flash)
make flash

Sensors :

The goal is to embed the following sensors in the watch :

• An accelerometer (for wrist tilt detection, single and double tap detection , foot step counting and more) Possible choices :
  • ADXL345
  • MPU6050
  • BMI160
  • LSM6DS3
  • BMA456 <-- SELECTED i2c addr : 0x18 or 0x19 7 bit address, has the wrist tilt detection feature.
• A magnetometer (possible choices):
  • HMC5883L <-- After reading some comparison articles between the HMC5883L and QMC5883L and the datasheets, the later seems better in term of perfomances.
  • QMC5883L <-- SELECTED i2c addr : 0x0D 7 bit address, better soldering footprint
  • LSM303DLHC
  • BMM150 <-- Package with balls, hard to solder
• An air pressure/temperature sensor (to display the altitude for example)
  • BMP280 <-- SELECTED i2c addr : 0x76 or 0x77

Actuators :

• A vibration motor to notify events to the user.
• A piezo buzzer : dropped, maybe in next version.

Power source :

• A single 450 mAh cell lipo battery.
• A charge/discharge controller.

Screen + touch element :

• Screen with touch : GC9A01 with touch panel. It uses the required 4 line Serial Interface.
• Touch element i2c addr : 0x15, CST816D I2C touch driver.

Programming and charging :

• The smart watch programming and charging is done through the same USB port
  using a magnetic 4 pin plug.

MCU Pin assignement table :

Pin Number	Pin Name	Type	Function	Pull UP/DOWN	Connected to	Comment
	PB_20	I/O	UART0_RX/PWM1/UART1_CTS/I²C_SCL	U/D	USB/Serial TX flash pin
	PB_19	I/O	UART0_TX/PWM0/UART1_RTS/I²C_SDA	U/D	USB/Serial RX flash pin and BMA456, Touch Panel, HMC5883L and BMP280 SDA pins
	WAKEUP	I	External Wake Up Pin	D	BMA456 IRQ 1 line and Touch Panel IRQ line through NAND Gate	The chip is waken up when the pin is HIGH
	RESET	I	Reset Pin	D	Micro switch and USB/Serial RTS pin
	XTAL_OUT	O	External crystal output
	XTAL_IN	I	External crystal input
	AVDD3V3	P	Chip power supply, 3.3V
	ANT	I/O	RF Antenna
	AVDD3V3	P	Chip power supply, 3.3V
	AVDD3V3	P	Chip power supply, 3.3V
	AVDD3V3_AUX	P	Chip power supply, 3.3V
	TEST	I	Test function configuration pin
	BOOTMODE	I/O	BOOTMODE and I²S_MCLK/LSPI_CS/PWM2/I²S_DO	U/D	Touch Panel Reset line
	PA_1	I/O	JTAG_CK/I²C_SCL/PWM3/I²S_LRCK/ADC0	U/D	BMA456, Touch Panel, HMC5883L and BMP280 SCL pins
	PA_4	I/O	JTAG_SWO/I²C_SDA/PWM4/I²S_BCK/ADC1	U/D	Battery resistor voltage divider output
	PA_7	I/O	PWM4/LSPI_MOSI/I²S_MCK/I²S_DI/Touch0	U/D	LCD backlight N-MOSFET driver
	VDD3V3IO	P	IO power supply, 3.3V
	PB_0	I/O	PWM0/LSPI_MISO/UART3_TX/PSRAM_CK/Touch3	U/D	Vibration motor control pin
	PB_1	I/O	PWM1/LSPI_CK/UART3_RX/PSRAM_CS/Touch4	U/D	Touch Panel IRQ line
	PB_2	I/O	PWM2/LSPI_CK/UART2_TX/PSRAM_D0/Touch5	U/D	Debug UART serial output
	PB_3	I/O	PWM3/LSPI_MISO/UART2_RX/PSRAM_D1/Touch6	U/D	TP4056A Charging Signal
	PB_4	I/O	LSPI_CS/UART2_RTS/UART4_TX/PSRAM_D2/Touch7	U/D	TP4056A Charged Signal
	PB_5	I/O	LSPI_MOSI/UART2_CTS/UART4_RX/PSRAM_D3/Touch8	U/D	Battery resistor voltage divider enable
	VDD3V3IO	P	IO power supply, 3.3V
	CAP	I	External capacitor, 4.7µF
	PB_6	I/O	UART1_TX/MMC_CLK/HSPI_CK/SDIO_CK/Touch9	U/D	LCD Serial Clock Pin
	PB_7	I/O	UART1_RX/MMC_CMD/HSPI_INT/SDIO_CMD/Touch10	U/D	LCD Serial Data Pin
	PB_8	I/O	I²S_BCK/MMC_D0/PWM_BREAK/SDIO_D0/Touch11	U/D	LCD Data or Command Selection Pin
	PB_9	I/O	I²S_LRCK/MMC_D1/HSPI_CS/SDIO_D1/Touch12	U/D	LCD Reset Pin
	PB_10	I/O	I²S_DI/MMC_D2/HSPI_DI/SDIO_D2	U/D	LCD Chip Select Pin
	VDD3V3IO	P	IO power supply, 3.3V
	PB_11	I/O	I²S_DO/MMC_D3/HSPI_DO/SDIO_D3	U/D	BMA456 IRQ 2 line
	GND	P	Ground (Central Pad)

What is done/working so far - HARDWARE :

• Schematic :
  • First version of the schematic is done an available here.
• 2 layer PCB version 1.0 design is done based on the schematic. Waiting for the PCBs from JLCPCB.
• Wake up interrupts handling :
  • Wrist tilt MCU wake up working
  • LCD touch wake up
• MCU sleep feature :
  • Sleep and Standby modes working but implemented in a crude way.
    Can and should be improved.
• PIFA antenna tested, performance isn't the best but it is working well for what it will be used for (BLE).

What is done/working so far - SOFTWARE :

• LVGL 8.3.3 running on the SOC using DMA.
  • Supported LCD drivers :
    • ILI9341 in 4-line serial mode (8 bits) with D/C pin
    • ST7789 in 4-line serial mode (8 bits) with D/C pin
    • GC9A01 in 4-line serial mode (8 bits) with D/C pin
  • Supported LCD touch screen :
    • CST816D I2C capacitive touch ic.
  • Four screens designed and working with LVGL :
    • 1 watch face based on a casio watch.
    • 1 menu screen with a list of icons.
    • 1 setting screen with basic settings (date and time + display brightness) (work in progress).
    • 1 compass application using the QMC5883L.
• Debug UART on PB_2 (output only)
• Sensors/Actuators :
  • QMC5883L driver working
  • BMA456 driver working
  • BMP280 driver working (temperature + pressure + altitude)
  • Battery voltage sense using ADC is working
  • Vibration motor controlled by PWM working
• Update the W800 SDK from version 1.00.08 to version 1.00.10 released in January of 2023.

To do - HARDWARE:

• Add the MAX30102 Heart Rate Monitor to the current design.
• Fix the issue with the DW01A chip, should be as easy as to replace the 100nf C12 cap with a lower value, let's say 80nf.

To do - SOFTWARE

• Finish to design the settings page.
• Implement watch settings persistency using the integrated flash memory
• Implement a good algorithm to handle adaptiv MCU clock to save power
• Drivers:
  • Write/port the MAX30102 Heart Rate Monitor driver to the project.
• Add a wake up alarm app (using the vibration motor).
• Add BLE functionality.

Achieved power consumption recap:

(Need to work on sleep current :-( )

Mode	Current draw	Estimated battery life (450 mAh lipo)
Active (40Mhz clk) (No BLE / No WiFi)	~52 mA	~8 hour
Active (240Mhz clk) (No BLE / No WiFi)	~72 mA	~6 hour
Sleep	~4.5 mA	~4 days and 4 hours
Standby	~1.8 mA	~10 days and 15 hours

Some screenshots of the achieved visuals currently running on the watch using lvgl :

Here is a preview of what the PCB should look like :

The front :

The back :

Update 21/03/2023 : PCBs were received from JLCPCB and this what they look like :

And the watch running :

Almost everything works :

• BMA456 ✓
• BMP280 ✓
• QMC5883L ✓
• Screen + touch panel ✓
• CH340E for chip programming ✓
• Vibration motor ✓
• Charge IC ✓

To sort out :

• DW01A chip not driving the double N mosfet as expected :-(
• Round lipo battery not having the capacity advertised, will have to change it :-(

Next steps :

• Finish to design and print the casing.
• Find an other battery 450 mAh or bigger would be great.
• Add BLE.
• Write and release a usable firmware for every day use.

If you are interested by the project or if you just want to say hi, you can contact me at the email address : bugreport[at]laposte.net .