用 Claude 在一块 27 美元智能手表上折腾
Pine Time 智能手表配合 Claude 等 AI 编程代理，成功复刻 Casio 风格表盘。这款 $27 手表运行开源固件 InfiniTime，配有 InfiniSim 模拟器，反馈循环快。作者用 Claude 克隆仓库、构建环境，再以现有表盘代码为起点，根据 Casio 表盘照片生成新界面。实际开发中主要使用 OpenCode 配合 Kimi K3/K2.6 和 DeepSeek v4 Pro/Flash 等开源模型。
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I'm a husband, I'm a father, and I'm Catholic. I'm an Ubuntu Linux user, and I'm a staff software engineer at Strava. I write about DIY tech projects, from 3D printing and electronics to home networking and Linux laptops.
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