# Shiny New Pebble with Eric Migicovsky

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2026-02-10
- Length: 58m
- Episode: 715
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/715-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky/

## Summary

Eric Migicovsky, founder of the original Pebble and CEO of CoreDevices, discusses the relaunch of Pebble and the development of the Index 01 smart ring. He contrasts the early days of Pebble—where he made costly mistakes like designing custom Bluetooth hardware instead of using modules—with the modern ease of finding factories and using off-the-shelf components like the Sifly chip for the new watch. Migicovsky explains the design philosophy behind the Index 01, which prioritizes a two-year battery life and 100% reliability over health tracking, using a Dialog Semiconductor chip to achieve its 'external brain RAM' function.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=0) Introduction and Hardware Return
- [2:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=173) Pebble Relaunch and Philosophy
- [9:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=566) Index 01 Smart Ring Design
- [22:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=1342) Early Pebble Mistakes and Validation
- [30:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=1852) Manufacturing in China and Waterproofing
- [44:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=2678) Chip Selection and Pebble OS
- [55:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-02-10-shiny-new-pebble-with-eric-migicovsky#t=3342) Index 01 Manufacturing and Sizing

## Topics

- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up, early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Pebble (product)
- Index 01 (product)
- CoreDevices (company)
- Beeper (product)
- Y Combinator (company)
- Sifly (chip)
- Dialog Semiconductor (chip)
- Nordic (chip)
- STM32 (chip)
- NXP (chip)
- Zephyr (other)
- FreeRTOS (other)
- Pebble OS (product)
- Nimble (other)
- LVGL (other)
- GitHub (other)

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