It's time! InfiniTime, the fully #opensource firmware for the #PineTime, has reached version 1.0. With this first end-user release, the PineTime is now considered an enthusiast-grade daily usage device.
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We received the new prototype of the @thepine64 PineTimePro!
Together with Gamiee and Marek, we managed to power it up and flash/run/debug our code into the device!
Here are a few pictures of my setup!
ALT Development setup :
- nRF PPKII that powers the device via the battery pins
- JLINK that connect to the SWD headers on the board
- Serial adapter that connects to the serial port via the external connector
ALT The internals of the PineTimePro plus a few additional wires for debugging. The SWD wires are on the top left and the power on the bottom right (the battery is currently disconnected).
The watch demo is the one I planned to show off at @fosdem this year. The other app is a selftest application I'm working on to test all devices and functionalities of the hardware !
Our priority is validating the HW so that PineStore can build the pilot batch.
ALT The selftest application showing all I²C devices
ALT Watch demo running on the PineTimePro prototype
Bambu Lab 3D printers: never again.
They're breaking the open source social contract (for the nth time...), and I'm past hoping they'll amend their ways.
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Newest Featured Work – See what others are building on RISC-V
Docker on RISC-V is moving at a different pace now.
With community-maintained packages, Docker v29 is available on RISC-V64 within days of release, not months. Fully automated pipelines compile natively on RISC-V hardware and deliver the full stack as installable .deb and .rpm packages: Engine, CLI, Compose, and Buildx.
No workarounds. No missing features. Just parity.
This is what it looks like when a community gets ahead of the ecosystem.
Explore how it all came together and what it unlocks for developers working on RISC-V.
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Solar-powered ESP32 E Ink smartwatch with long battery life
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Inspired by Watchy, the LightInk open-source hardware watch features a 1.54-inch e-paper display and supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, and GPS, all running on a 100mAh battery.
Thanks to its built-in solar panel and firmware optimization, the watch can last up to 10 months on its battery.
Linux 7.0 is out! Here's a changelog.
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We look at some notable changes, like AI tools' policy documentation and Rust being promoted as "not-experimental".
Then we go through the details of the changes for the Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures.
We're going to be hosting a @Pebble developer contest starting in a few days! We've got dozens of Time 2 or Round 2 (winner's choice) as prizes, plus...
**drumroll**
3 extremely limited edition transparent Pebble Time 2!!
Start thinking of ideas for apps and watchfaces!
CLion 2026.1 just dropped 🎉 This release brings GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and other AI agents into the IDE via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). It also offers DAP debugging over TCP, support for custom project formats, enhanced Bazel tooling, and more. Get the full picture: jb.gg/cl_261_release_x
CLion gets some great debugger and CMake updates in 2026.1 EAP!
🔌 The IDE can now communicate with DAP debuggers over TCP, with Launch and Attach modes available.
🔢 You can now change number formats for variables on the fly while debugging – decimal, hex, octal, or binary.
⚡ Code completion is now available in the CMake options and Build options fields.
🏗️ CMake preset names in the UI now use displayName from CMakePresets.json for more human-friendly labels.
Read our blog post to learn about these and other updates in detail: jb.gg/cl_261_eap7
Cool to see @openclaw on another @risc_v board! I built a riscv64 @Docker image for OpenClaw: cuts those 19 steps down to docker pull && docker run. Available on Docker Hub: gounthar/openclaw.
Also got llama.cpp running natively on a Banana Pi F3 for fully local inference.
Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 H.265 and H.264 video decoders gain mainline Linux support
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This post summarizes the work done by @Collabora to upstream the drivers to mainline Linux, and looks at future work such as AV1 codec support.
I containerized an AI assistant on RISC-V hardware. npm install took 23 minutes, Docker's credential store has a case-sensitivity bug I spent an embarrassing amount of time on, and yes, it works. Thread.
🧵 I spent a few days testing #Atym, a WebAssembly platform for embedded devices. I've been running #Docker on tiny ARM boards for 12 years. Here's what I found.
I moved my #quartz64 NAS to my #minirack !
I designed (using #FreeCAD) a 100% custom shelf for the power supply, the SATA controller and the SBC and 3D printed it.
This is the first time I design a 3D model! It's not perfect, but I'm happy with the result!
@thepine64
.@fosdem 2026 will take place next weekend in Brussels.
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We've put up a virtual schedule for the 2-day event with a selection of talks related to embedded systems, IoT, (embedded) Rust, RISC-V, open hardware, and other interesting topics.
We've eleased #InfiniTime 1.16.0 for your #PineTime!
It's packed with new features, bugfixes and improvements : heart rate measurements in the background, step counter history, new calculator app and pride flag watch face, improved terminal watch face and many more!
@thepine64