Turn a cheap smartwatch into a Morse code navigator for your scooter
With no earphones or phone mount on his two-wheeler, a builder used Claude Code to reverse-engineer a cheap boAt smartwatch's Bluetooth protocol so Google Maps turns arrive on his wrist as dots and dashes.
Source
@anurag25phadnis on X · 2026-10-18
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-19.
What they did
With no earphones or phone mount on his two-wheeler, a builder used Claude Code to reverse-engineer a cheap boAt smartwatch's Bluetooth protocol so Google Maps turns arrive on his wrist as dots and dashes.
Result (as claimed)
Turn-by-turn directions felt on the wrist while riding.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
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Define the job
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Share only what is needed
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Review the plan
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Check the result
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Turn a cheap smartwatch into a Morse code navigator for your scooter What the original author did: With no earphones or phone mount on his two-wheeler, a builder used Claude Code to reverse-engineer a cheap boAt smartwatch's Bluetooth protocol so Google Maps turns arrive on his wrist as dots and dashes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Turn-by-turn directions felt on the wrist while riding. Source: https://x.com/anurag25phadnis/status/2111910257496932558 Tools they used: Claude Code, BLE Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Turn a cheap smartwatch into a Morse code navigator for your scooter What the original author did: With no earphones or phone mount on his two-wheeler, a builder used Claude Code to reverse-engineer a cheap boAt smartwatch's Bluetooth protocol so Google Maps turns arrive on his wrist as dots and dashes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Turn-by-turn directions felt on the wrist while riding. Source: https://x.com/anurag25phadnis/status/2111910257496932558 Tools they used: Claude Code, BLE Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Turn a cheap smartwatch into a Morse code navigator for your scooter What the original author did: With no earphones or phone mount on his two-wheeler, a builder used Claude Code to reverse-engineer a cheap boAt smartwatch's Bluetooth protocol so Google Maps turns arrive on his wrist as dots and dashes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Turn-by-turn directions felt on the wrist while riding. Source: https://x.com/anurag25phadnis/status/2111910257496932558 Tools they used: Claude Code, BLE Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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