M5Paper Program Compilation and Flashing
1. Preparation
- Arduino IDE Installation: Refer to the Arduino IDE Installation Tutorial to complete the IDE installation.
- Board Manager Installation: Refer to the
Basic Environment Setup Tutorial
to finish the IDE and M5Stack board manager installation and select the
M5Paperdevelopment board. - Dependency Library Installation: Refer to the
Library Management Installation Tutorial
to complete the installation of the
M5EPDdriver library.
2. USB Driver Installation
Click the link below to download the driver program matching your operating system. Currently, there are two versions of driver chips (CP210X/CH9102), please download the corresponding driver package according to the version you are using. After extracting the zip file, select the installer for your operating system's bit version to install. (If you are unsure of the USB chip used by your device, you can install both drivers.
CH9102_VCP_SER_MacOS v1.7 may show an error during installation, but it is actually installed, so you can ignore it.)| Driver Name | Applicable Driver Chip | Download Link |
|---|---|---|
| CP210x_VCP_Windows | CP2104 | Download |
| CP210x_VCP_MacOS | CP2104 | Download |
| CP210x_VCP_Linux | CP2104 | Download |
| CH9102_VCP_SER_Windows | CH9102 | Download |
| CH9102_VCP_SER_MacOS v1.7 | CH9102 | Download |
3. Port Selection
- Connect the device to the computer via USB cable. After completing the driver installation, the corresponding device port can be selected in the Arduino IDE.
4. Program Compilation & Flashing
- Open the example program from the driver library, click the upload button, and the program will automatically compile and flash.
5. Related Resources
GitHub
Arduino API & Examples