Re: Fossil wristwatch wearable

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:40:46 -0500, Bryan Hurley <> w=
rote:
> You would have to make an IrDA to serial adapter, then use a Bluetooth
> to serial adapter, but it would just be addressable on the Fossil as a
> serial port... but you could probably connect to a phone or laptop
> with it.
>=20
> The USB would be harder since it is slave, not master, so that is
> pretty much out.
>=20
> I have some IrDA dev boards I think still that would do this.. of
> course they are about the size of an iPaq, so not much good.. if
> anyone wants to try this I can send them to you if I can find them.
>=20
> -Bryan Hurley
Well this is the smallest bluetooth "wireless serial cable" I could find.
http://www.free2move.se/prod_spp.htm
Then if connecting a serial to IrDA device like this:
http://www.expansys.se/product.asp?code=3DIR220L
Then that would look like a normal IrDA connection to  both the Fossil
and computer wouldn=B4t it. (Those modules might have some powerissues
between them but except that)
but the size of bluetooth+irda modules+extra batteries.........

Another way might be that hack I heard about that rotates the
palmscreen and wearing the Fossil with upside down so the IR would be
easy to direct towards a bodyworn ir-module. Good for syncing but I
doubt it would work with VNC.

Is there even a VNC-server for PalmOS? I couldn=B4t find one. I would
like to do remote control both ways.
http://www.pebbles.hcii.cmu.edu/ seems to be the only way to
remotecontrol the palm.

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