Введение
Часики тикают: целых восемь месяцев назад Apple анонсировала своё коронное (или даже коронованное с помощью Digital Crown) устройство – Apple Watch. Присоединяйтесь к нам и вы увидите, как мы остановим время, разобрав часы. Нужно же узнать, что заставляет их тикать.
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Эта статья является переводом оригинальной статьи iFixit. Перевод выполнил Леонид Клюев.
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Наиболее ожидаемые из всех умных часов уже у нас на операционном столе. Технические характеристики:
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Сенсорный Retina-дисплей на основе технологии AMOLED – гибкий и чувствительный к разным видам нажатий.
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Специально разработанный блок из нескольких кристаллов (system-in-a-package, SiP) – Apple S1.
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8 ГБ под хранение данных.
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NFC + Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0.
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Акселерометр + гироскоп + пульсометр + микрофон + динамик.
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Операционная система Watch OS.
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Ожидание подошло к концу. Релиз Apple Watch состоялся, и первым делом мы хотим достать часы из коробки.
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Внутри – сами часы и аксессуары: спортивный ремешок, кредл для зарядки и адаптер питания.
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Модная заставка отвлекла нас от вскрытия часов. У-ух, как цветасто.
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Не знаете, как нужно прикреплять ремешок? Не бойтесь – на внутренней стороне Apple напечатала инструкцию.
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Нет нужды в надоедливых кабелях для зярядки – Apple Watch заряжаются индуктивно по технологии MagSafe, то есть часы крепятся к зарядному устройству с помощью магнитов. Компания подчёркивает, что здесь используется «полностью закрытая система без внешних контактов».
Can you please post the exact measurements of the charger?
Thank you and blue skies!
The charging cradle is 6.7 mm thick with a diameter of 28 mm.
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На задней стороне корпуса – плашка из композитного материала с полимерными линзами поверх свето- и фотодиодов.
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Общий принцип тут такой же, как, например, в Moto 360.
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С другой стороны от колёсика Digital Crown расположены отверстия под динамик и микрофон.
I think the back piece on the Sport watch is composite, not ceramic
Correct. According to footnote on Apple Watch site: "Sport models have a composite back with hard
coated optical polymer lenses."
http://www.apple.com/watch/technology/
The backs on the Watch and Edition collections are zirconia ceramic with sapphire crystal lenses
Good catch. We've updated the teardown. Thanks!
Sam - So does this mean it is an OLED screen if not LCD?
..and the microphone is from?
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Прежде чем приступать, нужно снять ремешок.
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Если вы уже посматриваете на другие ремешки, то менять их несложно. Apple, правда, призывает использовать только браслеты из той же коллекции, что и ваши часы. Никаких вам блочных ремешков для Apple Watch Sport.
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Спортивный ремешок полностью пластиковый (а точнее, он сделан из эластомера). Металла вы здесь не найдёте.
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Собрано в Китае!
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Внутри слота под ремешок мы нашли таинственную плашку, своего рода дверцу. Мы постучали, но нам никто не открыл.
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Рядом – номер модели: A1553.
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Равнодушные к отсутствию винтов, мы вновь присоединили ремешок и расчехлили грелку iOpener. Теперь у нас есть серьёзные аргументы к тому, чтобы вскрыть этого зверя.
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Без нашего фирменного ножа здесь не обойтись.
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Ну а дальше уже можно орудовать куда более мягким медиатором. Надеемся, что его не придётся применять слишком часто.
What was actually holding the screen itself down? And can you show further disassembly of the screen?
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Мы очень аккуратно приподнимаем дисплей, поскольку ожидаем увидеть целую связку кабелей, ведущих, например, к дисплею и дигитайзеру.
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Так просто их не отсоединить – кабели спрятаны внутри упругого кронштейна, совсем как в случае с Touch ID в iPhone 5s.
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Но нас, опытных инженеров по демонтажу, такими трюками не удивишь.
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Хьюстон, у нас произошло отделение! Раз уж дисплей можно отложить в сторону, то мы изучим Taptic Engine и механизм колёсика.
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Похоже, даже алюминиевым часам Watch Sport перепало немного золота от Watch Edition. Apple любит золото. Наверное, перед нами антенна.
Oh , unfortunately I could not find out where's Pressure sensor underneath the display.
It's another key topics of differentiator on Apple watch
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Давайте на секунду остановимся и сравним внутренности Apple Watch с содержимым механических часов – старинных, как само время.
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Какая из этих двух моделей в итоге переживёт другую?
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Времена меняются, как и приспособления.
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С нашими друзьями по левую руку вы уже знакомы: медиатор, пинцет, отвёртка и нож.
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Инструмент с ушами Микки Мауса справа известен как вилка паллета. Ещё правей – прутковые тиски. Ниже – инструмент для балансировки импульсного камня...
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...а вот с правого краю снова пинцет. Есть вещи, которые никогда не меняются.
Interesting that you chose a tuning fork watch for a comparison device. Most of your readers might not be familiar with this fine timepiece. I would love to see a teardown on this one :).
The tuning fork timepiece mechanism is from an Accutron. If you google Accutron Spaceview you can see it in pictures. I have one of these watches, they look great!
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Одного взмаха нашей фирменной лопаткой достаточно, чтобы справиться с небольшим количеством клея, на котором держится батарея. Ура!
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Шестерёнки остались в XIX веке. Именно эта крошечная (3,8 В, 0,78 Вт·ч) батарея служит сердцем 38-миллиметровых Apple Watch. Если верить спецификациям, ёмкость в 205 мА·ч позволит часам проработать до 18 часов кряду (а именно – до 6,5 часов при воспроизведении звука, до 3 часов в режиме разговора и до 72 часов в режиме сохранения энергии).
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На фото – самый миниатюрный трёхлучевой шлиц, который мы когда-либо видели.
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Не думаю, что, проектируя Apple Watch, Apple имела в виду ремонтопригодность.
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Этот тот редкий случай, когда даже наша самая маленькая отвёртка не справляется. Пришло время её подпилить.
the S1 disintegrates into conformal powder if you try to open the case...
Is that a barcode beneath the "S1" designation?
Definitely looks like one. I'd venture a guess that it's not much different than barcodes/data matrices found on other processors, likely acting as an identifier of some sort (plate no., serial no., lot no., etc.).
The screws appear to be MicroStix 3ULR and referenced here www.j-osp.com/en/products/neji.html. The micro screws are patented by OSG Japan. As jrehwin mentions, they first showed up in Hitachi and Seagate 1" hard disk drives then later in MS Zune player and gaming systems. Licensed to Unisteel Singapore. Source for licensed bit manufacturer is unknown.
Given the quantity of Apple watches to be produced and the volume of screws needed to meet that demand, the screws will have to be formed, not machined. To deliver torque, the slanted 3-lobe recess design works with minimal depth providing enough strength for adequate clamp load. The difficulty in making and forming the screws lies within the very thin head and depth of recess required. The blue material shown on one of the screw threads is a chemical patch. It works as an adhesive to prevent vibrational loosening in very short threads.
Alternate screw recess designs are possible; 5-lobe like found on the iPhone, Torx Plus, Nacro, 00 or 000 Phillips, and MorTorq Super MTS-04 micro screw. Each design offers certain drive system strength capability but limited by head thickness and minimal thickness of the components being fastened together. Secondary function of the recess is to provide some level of tamper resistance as driver bits are not readily available.
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Отдавая должное крайне ограниченному объёму пространства внутри часов, мы обнаружили икусно сложенный шлейф, ведущий к микрофону и зажатый между слоями корпуса.
That’s the force touch sensor flex cable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292620286556
Yes the tweezer is grasping the force touch sensor. I think the writer was pointing out how the mic connector is inter-woven between the parts when you also look at the second image.
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Настало время извлечь прикреплённый к торцу динамика Taptic Engine.
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В том, чтобы соединить Taptic Engine с динамиком, был определённый смысл. Уникальные тактильные ощущения от привода призваны дополнять тонкие звуковые волны из динамика.
Can you compare the Watch's Taptic Engine with the Macbook's?
WARNING - they just ruined the watch in this step. They ripped off the flex coming from the battery. you can see it in step 16 pic 1. this is non-replaceable. Apparently, ifixit didnt put this watch back together again. i figured this out using this guide to change the housing on my watch, which is now ruined.
Correct, which is why there's a warning that this is not a repair guide right at the top of the page. When a device is dismantled for the very first time and the manufacturer doesn't publish the service manual, there's a lot of guesswork involved and things sometimes get damaged. Don't try to use a teardown as instructions!
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Ну а сам динамик оснащён О-образной прокладкой для защиты от воды. Как и всё остальное внутри часов, он крайне миниатюрен.
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Страждущим любителям технических характеристик: IPX7 означает, что часы можно продержать на глубине до 1 м в течение 30 минут.
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Apple, правда, предостерегает: «Вы можете пользоваться Apple Watch во время тренировки или под дождём и носить, когда моете руки, но погружать Apple Watch в воду не рекомендуется».
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Заправленные в специальные пазы, на корпусе поджидают две половинки антенны.
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Что это, телефон для муравьёв? Apple Watch – как миниатюрная версия iPhone: там мы тоже в своё время нашли кабель, ведущий к кнопке.
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Кнопка даже оснащена крышечкой (и ещё одной водозащитной прокладкой).
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Спереди за дверцу проникнуть не удалось – значит, зайдём сзади! Только сначала ещё пару раз воспользуемся отвёрткой под трёхлучевой шлиц.
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Ряд контактов расположен ровно позади скрытого порта диагностики.
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Отсоединить дверцу по-прежнему не получается. Поднажав через отверстия изнутри, мы её просто выдавили.
My guess is that the diagnostic port cover isn't meant to be removed. On the manufacturing line they probably have a test station that runs a series of functional tests on the device and once those are complete, they close up the port. It looks like a tight fit so the force of insertion locks it in place.
Is the cover of the diagnostic port cover plastic or metal? How is it secured to the case?
Is any part of the diagnostics port magnetic (like magsafe)? Is there any way to tell if power, rather than just data, is able to transfer though the port? If so, it would definitely point towards future smart bands. Sure, a smart band could have it's own battery supply that doesn't connect with the watch, preventing it from leaching precious battery life, but then you'd have to charge two separate devices (band and watch) every day. If power could transfer through the diagnostics port, then not only could you have battery packs in smart bands to help power the watch itself, but also you'd only have to charge one device each night (the watch could then recharge the bands).
This is cool suggestion!!!!
You don't need to unscrew to remove the tiny panel. It just comes out using a sharp tool like an artists knife. Unscrewing is only necessary to remove the contacts ribbon.
Yes, It’s coming of with little bit force, piked with thin sharp, but strong enough to not bend tool. It looks like little bit glue under, and looks like my be magnet to. I did not play with it much:)
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Кронштейн колёсика Digital Crown – последнее, что не позволяет вынуть модуль S1.
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Пучок из кабелей впечатляет, не так ли?
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Задняя сторона модуля не такая красивая, как передняя. Здесь видны шлейфы, идущие ко всевозможной периферии, и ещё уйма клея.
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В попытках вынуть всю эту связку мы случайно порвали часть коннекторов.
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Вынуждены опровергнуть слухи о том, что часы можно будет проапгрейдить. Модуль S1 слишком сложно вынимается.
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Это ещё не всё. Модуль S1 целиком скрыт под серебристой пластиковой крышкой. Всё самое интересное – внутри.
Yikes - I think you'll need Chipworks assistance getting inside that chunk. Probably have to boil it in Novec, followed by acid for several hours to reach the meat'n taters...
The wireless charging antenna inside the base is certainly compact and cute. Looks like it's not a continuous wire loop, but a U-shape printed "coil". Is this Qi-based, or something proprietary like I'd expect?
I've seen that the Moto 360 does in fact charge using the Apple Watch Charging Cable, leading me to believe that it could possibly be considered "Qi-based."
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Обратно к началу. На задней стороне конструкции дисплея расположен один-единственный чип:
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Контроллер сенсорного дисплея Analog Devices AD7166 на основе ARM Cortex M3.
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Мы очень аккуратно отогнули нечто, что, по-видимому, является датчиком освещённости.
I'm looking forward to a firm confirmation whether this "flexible Retina" display is LCD or OLED technology. If the latter is confirmed as rumored, it's a great validation of OLED technology, namely Universal Display Corporation and all players in that supply chain.
--EDIT-- I now see in step one "Pressure-sensitive, flexible, touchscreen AMOLED Retina display.". Cheers! Thanks ifixit!!
Great validation of OLED technology? Not really. Just because it's a good fit for one purpose, doesnt make it the right solution for a different task, like a cellphone display for example.
OLED and LED screens both have their individual advantages and disadvantages.
Wait, how is there an ambient light sensor behind/in the screen?! ...or am I mistaken?
I was wondering the same thing! I assume that's exactly what it is, since the watch will put the screen to sleep if you cover it with your hand, but I would also assume that the AMOLED display would interfere with the sensor.
It appears to be some new Apple tech that allows for light to be sensed through the display, using a special type of solar cell. Pretty cool right?
I'm missing the reveal of the touch force sensor.
Maybe this isn't a ALS but some kind of low distance sensor that measures indirectly the force the user presses at the display.
Well spotted. There indeed is no mention of the force pressure sensor, the black strip around the chassis rim under the glass.
это просто датчик освещенности чтобы не делать отдельную дырку как на смартфонах . очень технологично
экономия места и дизайн
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Digital Crown по примеру термостата Nest оснащена системой датчиков, считывающих положение колёсика.
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Кнопка, группа контактов для диагностики и колёсико – все эти компоненты расположены на одном кабеле.
I guess it must be magnetic encoding
Like in the sample image I also ruin this flex and I need replacement where can I order. Would you please give me source where can I order this part? https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/ig...
Hi … I also ruin this flex during the dissembly … i didn’nt find it on any website … could you help me pleas ??
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Мы поскребли по
сусекамдну корпуса и нашли пульсометр. А также линзы. -
Датчик Apple – это на самом деле плетизмограф, который выглядит и действует как пульсоксиметр, но Apple нигде не указывает, что с помощью него можно измерить уровень кислорода в крови. Почему?
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На самом дне расположен магнит для присоединения к индуктивному зарядному устройству. Кстати о нём.
In order to measure Blood oxygen levels you need a Red and an IR LED. Can you confirm that the watch has this? Just because its a plethysmograph doesn't mean it can measure oxygen levels. It needs the different wavelengths to determine the ratio of oxygenated hemoglobin, and non oxygenated. All I have ever seen is green LEDs, which are not capable of doing this. What makes you think its capable of being a Oximeter.
Hopefully they will enable O2 measurement in a future software update. The Apple Watch does have IR diodes in addition to the green ones. From <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666>:
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How Apple Watch measures your heart rate.
The heart rate sensor in Apple Watch uses what is known as photoplethysmography. This technology, while difficult to pronounce, is based on a very simple fact: Blood is red because it reflects red light and absorbs green light. Apple Watch uses green LED lights paired with light‑sensitive photodiodes to detect the amount of blood flowing through your wrist at any given moment.
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The heart rate sensor can also use infrared light. This mode is what Apple Watch uses when it measures your heart rate every 10 minutes. However, if the infrared system isn’t providing an adequate reading, Apple Watch switches to the green LEDs. In addition, the heart rate sensor is designed to compensate for low signal levels by increasing both LED brightness and sampling rate.
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Ps: Green LEDs apparently can be used for reflective oximetry, when paired with infrared. I suspect accuracy is not yet sufficient, or measurements not reliable enough yet, so Apple did not include oximetry in the initial release—but one can hope for signal processing advancements to allow for it in the future.
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I really don't think you can do it with just infrared and green LEDs. Pulse oximeters use one of two combinations: red and IR, or red and green. The common denominator (and the key to the pulse oximeter, itself) is the red light.
That's why we have the mnemonic "SeXy DARLing", which stands for "at SiX hundred nm wavelength DeoxyHb Absorbs Red Light". At green wavelengths, both oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin absorb equally, and the same is true at 780nm IR. So, IR and green are the wavelengths you use to calibrate red.
My best guess, Apple uses IR for the "any time" pulse because it's invisible, and green for the more accurate "on demand" pulse because it's relatively unobtrusive. Shine a green light into skin and it does not go far. Shine a white light, and you get a red halo. Red is the band that propagates through a human body. If they had red LEDs, the light would diffuse a cm or two, enough to light up the skin all around the watch, forming a "halo".
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the Gyro should be one the FCB which ifixit has not tear down yet.
So, a magnet on the watch. I was wondering why there isn't a compass. Was building a business around a magnetometer. Very disappointed!
It's imposible to measure the relation between oxygenated hemoglobyn and reduced (not oxygenated) hemoglobyn (Hb) without the pair of ir and red lights, is necesary to have this two ligths and receptors for each one light to make a relation between both Hb (oxygenated and reduced) to get a porcentage like 95% of oxygen saturation ( 95% SpO2)
wondering how the watch calculates the heading angle?Isn't compass mandatory for it.I am sure the watch has the pedometer abilities but what about heading or is it calculated with acc+gyro data + mag data from the GPRS/GSM ?
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Знаковое событие – Apple впервые предлагает заряжать девайс индуктивно. Ну а мы всегда любим вскрывать новые эппловские адаптеры.
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Официально известный как «кабель для зарядки Apple Watch с магнитным креплением», он включает в себя кредл толщиной 6,7 мм и диаметром 28 мм.
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Нагрели, попытались подцепить крышечку и – сломали корпус зарядника.
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А всё для того, чтобы обнаружить внутри тонну клея.
To find it filled to the brim with glue! AND SOME WINDINGS + A CORE
Please take it further apart. Is there a kind of half ferrite potcore in it? Are those real windings inside or is it a coil made of PCB traces?
I support the wish to take the loader further apart.
(btw: Login via Yahoo does not work, states that iFixit uses a deprecated protocol)
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This may be actually step 25 - the photo of the brass colored coil is kind of odd. It is punctured with about 30 random round holes. Can you see if you can determine what purpose those holes serve?
If it's step 25, I think that's a PCB, not a coil. Those holes might be vias.
The brass plate supports the plastic studs which the coil windings are secured to. The holes in the plate are filled with the studs.
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Мы срезали остатки корпуса.
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Счистив клей, мы нашли несколько маркировок, но ничего кроме них.
Please teardown the charging disc completely... there appear to be other goodies inside if you do a complete teardown... such as a flexible printed circuit board, copper wiring for inductive charging, and a magnet for attaching the Apple Watch to the charging disc, and other small metal parts around the perimeter of the disc for unknown purpose... Thanks!
Yes, the charger needs a more complete teardown.
People are reporting that other magnetic chargers, such as the Qi, do not work with the Apple Watch, yet the Apple charger reportedly can be used with at least one other inductively-charged watch. Something's got to be causing this, and some proprietary chip in the charger would explain it (or, it could just be a more powerful field).
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It looks like they potted the whole unit in this clear glue. Is it soft goo, like hot glue, or is it hard like epoxy? Does it soften with heat? I'd love to see the business-end of the charger electronics...
Could be interresting to understand how the waveform genereted through the coil are produced (is there any electronic inside the cable? ) THere should be some.
I second that call for further investigation of the charger. If you plug one into a Mac and investigate it, first with System Information and then with USB Prober (the latter being an optional download once you have XCode), you find it's got a lot of USB personality. It claims to implement the HID (Human Interface Device) profile with a transfer speed of 12Mb/sec, and provides more (uninterpretable) information when attached to a Watch than when it is not. So there's definitely smarts in there. To what end? Beats me.
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Ремонтопригодность Apple Watch – 5 баллов из 10 (при 10 баллах починить устройство не составляет труда).
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Ремешок, хоть он и крепится не по стандартам, легко снять и заменить на новый.
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Снять дисплей сложно, но возможно – собственно, это первый компонент, который вообще можно отсоединить. Тем самым ремонт упрощается.
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Забравшись внутрь, вы сразу же сможете вынуть батарею – она расположена сверху и держится на совсем небольшом количестве клея.
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Крошечные трёхлучевые шлицы на винтах – не проприетарные, но всё равно сложные для откручивания. Тем более, что Apple могла воспользоваться обыкновенными Torx или Philips.
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Отсоединить какие-либо другие компоненты (помимо батареи и дисплея) практически невозможно – все периферийные кабели припаяны к нижней стороне модуля S1.
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Сам по себе модуль S1 является единым неразборным компонентом, так что ремонт на уровне платы тоже невозможен.
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Не расходимся. Мы без SMS и регистрации разберём для вас два гаджета по (нулевой) цене одного.
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Встречайте настоящие Apple Watch – из нержавеющей стали.
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Любопытно, что у «простых» Apple Watch совсем другая коробка, чем у Apple Watch Sport. Возможно, это связано с тем, что многие из браслетов для стальной модели нельзя уложить так же плоско, как спортивный ремешок.
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Уж теперь-то у нас всё получится!
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Внутри – всё те же зажимы и коннекторы.
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По сравнению с Apple Watch Sport поменялось не слишком многое. Кронштейн для колёсика выглядит гораздо более надёжным, а ещё глубоко внутри используются золотые винты с трёхлучевыми шлицами.
Interesting that the bracket holding the digital crown on the steel model seems far more substantial than that of the Sport watch - it looks like a casting rather than sheet metal. I'm guessing that's to keep the weight/cost of the Sport model down, but interesting that the differences aren't just skin deep. The encoder barrel looks like a different design too.
Is the battery bigger? EDIT: Forget that, I thought you were doing a 42mm compared to a 38mm. Silly me.
Any word on the battery size of the 42mm?
ditto - would like to know how much bigger it is
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I have a apple watch sport series 3 and would like to put my apple watch watch stainless steel series 0 casing on it is that possible? and will it still be water resistant?
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Will you be tearing down the charging disc? Please say, YES!
Yes, please show us
qiun -
How do you tear down solid plastic?
I'm missing the repairability score. Guess it must be almost zero for the complete watch, although just replacing the battery must be doable for a skilled repairsman.
Well the Moto 360 received a 3/10, citing the replaceable bands as a positive, but apparently the battery was quite a bit less manageable to remove. I'm betting this will receive a 3 or a 4.
I don't think you completely tore down the charging disc… please try some more heating and prying to expose every little thing… I suspect there are some other goodies to be revealed … Thanks!
Is the Apple Watch that you teased us with the 38mm or the 42 mm? It looks like it has the same battery as the Apple Sport 38 mm . . .
Great Job - as Always - Thank You!
38mm, as it's stated in the back of the Watch
So much empty space below battery in Stainless Steel.
I expected even denser guts.
Do you know the RF Chipset used to talk to The IPhone ?
will it blend?
ST Micro is the manufacture for Gyroscope. Chipworks' discovery of Invensense is based on the prototype iwatch, not the one went to massive production.
You keep posting that STMicro won the gyroscope in the Applewatch. Do you have a link, or just an agenda>
The Chipworks conclusion that INVN won the gyro in Applewatch was released 2 weeks ago - but was not conclusive... although the component they speculated was an INVN gyro is shown in the actual teardown images. Other outlets speculated STMicro is in the watch.
I am pretty sure that no one knows for sure yet... if you do, then please offer something up. Otherwise stop stating speculation as fact.
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ST Micro did both the accelerometer and the gyroscope. That's according to Chipworks teardown anyways...
@JohnA:It's Chipworks who concluded that it's an STMicro part. Please try and pay attention before accusing others of unwarranted speculation. It's not like we're being overrun with Apple Watch teardowns after all.
I wonder if you could get a job working for Apple - using this as your CV :)
you mean they can't get those little watch batteries that last two decades on these things??? read our humourous review of Apple Watch here: http://entryrevel.com/2015/04/23/just-th...
who made the gyroscope? is anything in watch made by INVN? thanks, nice job.
ST Micro made the gyroscope.
OK... You know what CPU is inside of the S1?
I'll tell you...
Ready?
It's a single core version of the A5.... You heard it here first. How do I know?
Can't tell, but here's something to think about: Remember when a new version of the 3rd Gen Apple TV showed up, featuring a 28nm, reworked single core version of the A5?
And remember there was a lot of speculation, that it was a test run of sorts, and that Apple was planning to use the chip for something else? Since it didn't really make sense to go through all that trouble just to save a few watts in an Apple TV?
The 6 axis Accel/Gyro in the Apple Watch is Labeled "C 451". How does this tie it to STM? STM uses their ST letter logo and doesn't have a part "C" anything. How is it that an analyst named Blair at Rosenblat announced STM as the Apple Watch design winner two weeks ago?
At some point the winner needs to brag. No one is taking credit yet...
I find it hard to believe there would be any upgrade path for this device. The case, screen and band are probably about $20 in material/assembly cost. While exquisitely designed, the case is $1.00 worth of metal. The full assembly and ASICs (and R&D and profit) is where the cost is.
-portable RF design engineer
Can you unbox the case for the Stainless Steel? I want to see if it is possible to make a case like the apple watch edition.
I'm interested to see the tear down of the leather band.. I'd love to find a way to use a 3rd party band without resorting to a kickstarted band adapter.
It's imposible to measure the relation between oxygenated hemoglobyn and reduced (not oxygenated) hemoglobyn (Hb) without the pair of ir and red lights, is necesary to have this two ligths and receptors for each one light to make a relation between both Hb (oxygenated and reduced) to get a porcentage like 95% of oxygen saturation ( 95% SpO2)
A more powerfull battery replacement will be needed in the future.
Please please please tear open the link bracelet components. The spring mechanisms in both the butterfly enclosure and the individual removable links are works of engineering too.
Guys, any idea whether everything can be removed from the casing without destroying parts?
I'm really confused as to how the electroplating companies are managing to plate the casing without frying the board if they leave it in there or whether they even remove it before applying raw voltage to it.
What language is the game created for this device written in?
Anyone could tell the name of the optical sensor for hearth monitoring or some sensor similar?
A Green LED and a photo sensor which is tuned to measure the reflection of the light is what’s used. The amount of reflection changes with your hearts pumping of the blood cells in your skin.
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The topic engine is nothing more than a weighted piston which is moved from one side to the other by a magnetic coil and returned by a spring, repeating the throw over and over again. The speed of the action sets off the vibration you feel.
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Hello, can you tell me what is the difficulty to separate the LCD screen of the touch glass? Can only do we replace the glass easily? Or the glass is glued to the LCD screen? Thank you and good day
Hi. I need the same. Did you solve it? I find the spare parts: the external crystal and the glue (adhesive stick) but I have some doubts: How separate brocken cristal from usable lcd and how Stick the new crystal with lcd.
The screen is less than a millimeter thick! You are just not going to be able to peel it away without damaging it.
Which is why we replace the entire display assembly Apple Watch Screen Replacement
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Can anyone tell me if buying a replacement screen from ebay (http://ebay.eu/1RvsqPT) and replacing it using this guide will destroy the waterproofing of the watch. If so, by how much, I'm not going swimming or anything but I wear it in the shower at the moment.
The scratch is very deep and noticeable so I'd really like to remove it :(
Hi. I need the same. Did you solve it?
Waterproofing is more than the parts its the skills of the person doing the work.
Even still even Apple won’t warranty a fixed watch to be waterproof after a repair. There are too many variables to be assured it will be as tight as it was from the factory.
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Awesome. Very Helpful!!
please help?
how i replace the display cable from the s1 board?????
Sorry you can’t it’s part of the SIP package
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What's the black seal for that runs on the inner of the watch once the screen is removed. As mine came off when pulling off the screen it has two long bits that go near battery connection. How difficult would it be to replace/refit
Besides the adhesive there is the touch sensor that runs around the rim of the case which you can damage when taking off the display assembly.
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Where I can buy my new Iwatch 42mm battery ist generation in USA please ???????
mauroendara@me.com
regards
Review the iFixit guide here Apple Watch Battery Replacement on how and a link to the needed battery.
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if i damaged the pop connectors trying to get the metal bracket off (nearly impossible) can i replace them? if my lcd was working despite shattered glass--how to separate the two?
Sounds like your watch lost the band button. Apple has been replacing them if they come off. But, you also need a new display assembly if the crystal is cracked. Review the iFixit guide Apple Watch Screen Replacement on how to do it and a link to the needed part.
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It is possible to modify qi charger to work with apple watch?
Sorry no, You would need to redesign the SIP module from the ground up!
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I actually got a notification for this teardown on my watch! Almost like it's brother watch was crying out for help...
Sean Titmarsh - Ответить
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground
Kevin Taylor -
Man, some months from now we will all laugh at this but right now almost everyone who pre-ordered their Apple Watch is crying at the sight of this.
Carlos Perea - Ответить
The watch is OK, I guess, but the band is a winner!
lainelee - Ответить
Going through the breakdown steps of the Apple watch, it appears to be a nice piece of kit. One question I may ask, would it get any new firmware updates and how will be done?
Taki59 - Ответить