CulBox, an open source Arduino based wearable hardware:

CoolBox is a tiny wearable wrist watch made for Arduino makers who are ready to make tons of applications with the easy to use Arduino libraries and samples for this new technology.   

The main processor on this watch is a tiny ARM Cortex with the built in Bluetooth Low Energy. 

Features:

• 32 bit Arm Cortex processor
• Built in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• 6 axis I2C Gyro + Accelerometer sensor
• 24bit I2C very accurate digital Altimeter / Air Pressure Sensor
• SPI Micro-SD card memory
• SPI 16bit color 1.5" OLED display
• Microphone
• 3 Push buttons
• Audio output
• Built in Piezo speaker
• USB port with FTDI converter
• Accurate battery Fuel Gauge
• Rechargeable LI-ION battery
• Build iPhone and Android apps without Xcode or the Android SDK in Arduino !
• Available in Black, Red and blue colors (we will ask user about the color before shipping)

Build iPhone and Android apps without Xcode or the Android SDK ! 

Although the SDKs are available to make Native apps for who have experience with app development, CulBox has this ability that gives you the power of making apps on your iPhone or Android device without knowing anything about app developing and using Android SDK or Xcode!

CulBox comes with a multi purpose raw app that you can download it from App Store or Google Play Store for free and then use that app as a user interface only and design your app in your Arduino code. the CulBox app acts like a raw touchscreen display that has libraries like making buttons, drawing lines and circles and etc. so with the CulBox Arduino libraries and the samples, you will be able to easily make your app and connect your CulBox watch to your phone and use it for your application.

16bit 1.5" OLED Display: 

The display is a very common Arduino OLED 1.5" 16bit color SPI display that has high resolution, good quality and low power consumption. the display is OLED that means all pixels are individual LEDs. that means when the color is black, its absolutely black!. it's supper easy to run the display in Arduino with all samples and libraries.

Built-in BLE and short range Radio: 

CulBox has a built-in radio module that can be used as a Bluetooth Low Energy or a short range 2-way radio transceiver .

BLE mode is used for communicating between CulBox and your iPhone or Android Device

The short range radio if for intercommunicating between two or more CulBox or between your CulBox and your own hardwaere to transfer data or control something with your CulBox remutely

6Axis Gyro/Accelerometer: 

A very sensitive and precise 6D motion sensor that can be used for applications such as Step Counter, Accellerometer, Gesture Detector and many many other applications. The Accelerometer can measure up to 16g and can be used for measuring the compact or level

24Bit Air Pressure Sensor / Altimeter: 

Supper sensitive digital high resolution air pressure sensor that can measure the air pressure difference even on only 3 feet change in elevation !. that means you can calculate the Altitude from the sea level without GPS and even more accurate than the GPS!

Micro-SD Memory: 

CulBox has a Micro-Sd memory socket to use high capacity memory cards as a high speed memory as a storage. it can be useful for applications such as a Music Player, Audio Recorder and/or any application that needs storage.

Audio In/Out: 

CulBox has a built in tiny piezo speaker to make beeps, ring sound, or even music. it also has a headphone jack that can be used to be connected to the headphone or audio amplifier for applications like music player or sound generator. there is an internal tiny microphone also for applications like voice recorder or voice commander or even voice recognition.

Battery and Power: 

All of the devices used in CulBox are super low power and the whole device can last for months in standby mode with the 500ma battery. in sleep mode the battery can last up to years!

There is a smart battery fuel gauge chip used in CulBox to make it easy to monitor the battery charge level all the time even when the device is off.

A built in charger chip can charge the device from the USB port or a wall charger in one hour.

Multi-Purpose USB Port: 

The USB port on CulBox is a Multi Purpose port that can be used for charging the internal battery, connecting the device to Arduino for programming, acting as a serial port to communicate with terminal software or debug the code.

 We have made several prototypes with different mechanical and electrical designs and the final revision is ready for production with your help.