{"id":160235,"date":"2025-06-05T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160235\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:48:09","slug":"piko-your-esp32-powered-fitness-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160235\/","title":{"rendered":"Piko, Your ESP32 Powered Fitness Buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over on Hackaday.io there\u2019s a fun and playful write-up for a fun and playful project \u2014 the Piko, an <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/203224-piko-your-esp32-powered-fitness-buddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESP32 powered smartwatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our hackers [Iloke Alusala], [Lulama Lingela], and [Rafael Cardoso] teamed up to design and manufacture this wrist-worn fitness wearable. Made from an ESP32 Beetle C6 and using an attached accelerometer with simple thresholds the Piko can detect if you\u2019re idle, walking, jogging, or sprinting; and at the same time count your steps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pico-aside.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"771460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2025\/04\/13\/the-spade-hardware-description-language\/spade_thumb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spade_thumb.png\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spade_thumb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spade_thumb.png?w=200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spade_thumb.png?w=200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-771460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pico-aside.png\" alt=\"Design sketches\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team 3D printed the requisite parts in PLA using the printer in their university makerspace. In addition to the ESP32 and printed parts, the bill of materials includes a 240\u00d7240 IPS TFT LCD display, a LIS331HH triple-axis accelerometer, a 200 mAh battery, and of course, a watch strap.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrating splendid attention to detail, and inspired by the aesthetic of the Tamagotchi and pixel art, the Piko mimics your current activity with a delightful array of hand-drawn animations on its display. Should you want to bring a similar charm to your own projects, all the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Iloke-Alusala\/ESP_Piko_Firmware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source is available under the MIT license<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in smartwatch technology be sure to check out our recent articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2025\/03\/04\/smartwatches-could-flatten-the-curve-of-the-next-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smartwatches Could Flatten The Curve Of The Next Pandemic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2025\/02\/02\/custom-smartwatch-makes-diabetes-monitoring-easier-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Smartwatch Makes Diabetes Monitoring Easier For Kids<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over on Hackaday.io there\u2019s a fun and playful write-up for a fun and playful project \u2014 the Piko,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-160235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114630839938271508","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}