Dot Matrix display

[Nikolai Simonov]

Just created my minimal watchface inspired by led matrix displays.

[mich heller]

that’s what we need

[bobbyfw03]

@Nikolai-Simonov How could you build this?

[bobbyfw03]

@mich-heller
Yeah, something like the Suunto Core Watchface (Equalizer Style) would absolutely blow my mind

[Squirrel]

@Nikolai-Simonov said in Dot Matrix display:

Just created my minimal watchface inspired by led matrix displays.

Really nice retro style. When you sync the watch with the app, is it deleted from the watch and replaced with generic one?

[Strulian]

@Nikolai-Simonov this looks awesome! How did you make it?

[Nikolai Simonov]

@bobbyfw03

i build it with suunto’s vs code extension. currently there isn’t a menu item like a “create watchface”, but you can create it manually.

@Squirrel yes it live from sync to sync. However, I’ve figured out that figured out that i can’t upload it in suuntoPlus store yet

[sebchastang]

@Nikolai-Simonov said in Dot Matrix display:

@bobbyfw03

i build it with suunto’s vs code extension. currently there isn’t a menu item like a “create watchface”, but you can create it manually.

Do you mean you have built a “real” watchface or is it a suuntoplus app which displays a watchface during an activity?

[Nikolai Simonov]

@sebchastang said in Dot Matrix display:

@Nikolai-Simonov said in Dot Matrix display:

@bobbyfw03

i build it with suunto’s vs code extension. currently there isn’t a menu item like a “create watchface”, but you can create it manually.

Do you mean you have built a “real” watchface or is it a suuntoplus app which displays a watchface during an activity?

“real” watchface of course

[sebchastang]

@Nikolai-Simonov Thanks for your confirmation! I am really interested in designing custom watchface. I hope Suunto will release official documentation soon.

[Arnaldo Rodriguez]

@Nikolai-Simonov This gives me hope that we would be able to create custom watch faces soon. !!

[Arnaldo Rodriguez]

@nikolai-simonov Any chance you can email me the code for that watch face so I can better understand how to start working on these. And try to create one myself !! My github is arodriguezgb and my email is nalrodriguez.ar@gmail.com.

its been a while, I only work with Flutter nowadays, but I want to give it a go.

[Manuel Extreme]

I saw that in the SuuntoPlus Editor extension library there are also watch faces, but… how do you compile them?

[Thibault B.]

You (and Suunto and their anniversary watch face font) gave me some inspiration and I’ve been working on one as well

Edit: playing with background images…

[Thibault B.]

@Nikolai-Simonov How have you done? A sync with my phone deletes it

[OutdoorMan]

@Thibault-B. yes, this is also written somewhere, that if the app is not officially in the store, it gets deleted after every sync.

[Thibault B.]

@OutdoorMan I know that for apps, but Nikolai was saying that watch faces were not deleted by sync.

[Squirrel]

@Thibault-B. said in Dot Matrix display:

I know that for apps, but Nikolai was saying that watch faces were not deleted by sync

I haven’t seen him saying that anywhere.
But it is an inconvenient constraint. Ideally there would be a setting or flag for the S+ apps and personal watchfaces, that would make them persistent through syncs, thus would not require publishing into Suunto app store.

[Thibault B.]

@Squirrel Sorry, I thought that’s what he meant by “yes it live from sync to sync”.

[Horizontal_2]

@Thibault-B. Amazing! It’s beautiful.
What is the battery drain? And can you also make a beautiful AOD?

Would love to see that upper ring to be toggled between sunset/sunrise and weather!

On the down room for complications. I always like to have 3 or 4.

EDIT: Maybe I’ll have to try this myself. I graduated as an engineer (but never became one). I couldn’t get started with the Suunto College clips. Does someone have a way for a flying start? (I’d like to try this when my training will be less in May)