Okay, so I’ve been meaning to mess around with this MIP Watch thing for a while, and today I finally got around to it. It’s basically a little screen you can program, pretty neat, huh?
Getting Started
First things first, I needed to actually, you know, get the watch. I already had it. It was pretty straightforward, nothing fancy.
Then, I needed to power this thing on. I found the power button and pressed that and I see the screen lighted up!
Figuring Out the Setup
Next up, I needed the software. I needed a way to send my code to the watch. No problem.
- I open the software.
- Connect my computer to the watch.
I messed around with the sample code for a bit, just to see how things worked. Uploaded it to the watch, and boom, it ran! Pretty cool seeing the little display change.
My First Project (Sort Of)
I didn’t want to do anything too crazy at first. So I thought, “Hey, let’s make a simple counter.” Just something that goes up by one every second. Seemed easy enough, right?
I started poking around the code, figuring out how to display numbers and update them. It took some trial and error, I’m not gonna lie. Lots of “wait, why isn’t this working?” moments. But eventually, I got the numbers to show up.
Then came the tricky part – making it count up every second. This is where I spent a good chunk of time, trying to understand the timing functions. Finally, after some serious head-scratching, I figured it out. I had a working counter!
The Grand Finale (It Works!)
I uploaded my counter code to the watch, held my breath, and…it worked! The numbers were ticking up, one by one. I felt like a genius, even though it was just a simple counter. But hey, it’s my simple counter, and I made it work!
It was definitely a fun little project. I can see myself doing more with this watch in the future. Maybe a custom watch face? Or even a little game? The possibilities are pretty exciting. For now, though, I’m happy with my little counting machine.