M5StickC Program Compilation and Flashing
1. Preparation
- Arduino IDE Installation: Refer to the Arduino IDE Installation Tutorial to complete the IDE installation.
- Board Management Installation: Refer to the
Basic Environment Setup Tutorial
to complete the IDE and M5Stack board management installation and select the
M5StickCdevelopment board. - Dependency Library Installation: Refer to the
Library Management Installation Tutorial
to complete the installation of the
M5StickCdriver library.
2. USB Driver Installation
Connect the device to the PC, open the device manager to install the
FTDI driver
for the device. For Windows 10, download the driver file that matches your operating system, extract it, and install it through the device manager. (Note: In some system environments, it might be necessary to install the driver twice for it to take effect. Unrecognized device names are usually
M5Stack or USB Serial. It is recommended for Windows to use the driver file for direct installation through the device manager (custom update); executable file installation methods might not work properly).
Click here to download the FTDI driver
.
For MacOS users, before installation, please check
System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Allow apps downloaded from: -> App Store and identified developers.
3. Port Selection
- Connect the device to the computer via USB cable. After completing the driver installation, you can select the corresponding device's port 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