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1. Click connect button

2. After connected successfully, pick a firmware

3. Click the burn button

4. After burning successfully, Unplug the device and restart.

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M5GO IoT Starter Kit v2.6

SKU:K006-V26

Tutorials & Quick Start

Select the development platform you want to use, view the corresponding tutorials to get started.

UIFlow Arduino Micropython

Description

The M5GO IoT Starter Kit is a cost effective IoT starter development kit. The kit contains Core Controller M5GO + 6 expansion units with different functions (sensors/actuators/splitters) + . The core controller M5GO adopts Espressif ESP32 chip, equipped with 2 low-power Xtensa® 32-bit LX6 microprocessors, with a main frequency of 240MHz. With 16M FLASH memory for larger program size. Besides its powerful , the MCU also supports Wi-Fi, which can be used to build smart wearable devices, smart home and other applications.

Product Features

  • Based on ESP32 development
  • 16M FLASH
  • Integrated HD IPS display panel with various hardware peripherals
  • Rich resources interface, compatible with M5Stack stacking modules and sensors, Strong expandability
  • The base is compatible with 8mm size LEGO blocks, the structures just so interesting!
  • Microsoft Azure authentication device
  • Compatible with multi-platform development:

M5GO IoT controller

  • Low code development:
    • Supports UIFlow graphical programming platform, scripting-free, cloud push
    • Fully compatible with Arduino, ESP32-IDF and other mainstream development platforms
    • FreeRTOS support, with dual-core and multitasking mechanism, it can perform the tasks efficiently, Program optimization.
  • High integration.
    • 2.0-inch IPS display panel, 6-axis IMU, programmable RGB lights x10, microphone, speaker, custom buttons x3
    • Built-in Li-ion power supply, integrated power management chip, supports TypeC interface and POGO PIN interface power supply
    • Finely tuned RF circuitry for stable and reliable wireless communication
  • Strong expandability.
    • GROVE expansion ports x3 (I2C, GPIO, UART)
    • Easy access to M5Stack hardware and software system, stackable module design, plug-and-play sensor expansion

6x expansion units

  • ENV UNIT III: Temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure sensors, with I2C communication interface for rapid acquisition of environmental information.
  • PIR UNIT: Body sensor, passive pyroelectric for human body sensing, digital signal output status.
  • ANGLE UNIT: Knob Potentiometer, analog signal input for music/lighting adjustment
  • IR UNIT: Integrated infrared transmitter, receiver. Free coding, infrared transceiver.
  • RGB UNIT: 3x Programmable RGB LED, support programming to control any color display
  • HUB UNIT: I2C device splitter, expand single I2C bus to 3 channels, can access different I2C address devices

Switch on/off operation:
Power on: Click the left red button
Power off: Quick double click the left red button
USB power: By default, It can not be shutdown when USB power is on.

Included

  • 1x M5GO
  • 6x Units(ENV III, IR, RGB, PIR, ANGLE, HUB)
  • 4x LEGO Blocks
  • 12x LEGO Connections
  • 4x GROVE cable
  • 1x Type-C USB (20cm)
  • 1x Quick Start Guide

Applications

  • STEM Education
  • IoT Controller
  • Smart Home
  • Smart Weather Station

Specifications

Specifications Parameters
ESP32-D0WDQ6-V3 240MHz dual core, 600 DMIPS, 520KB SRAM, Wi-Fi
Flash 16MB
Input Voltage 5V @ 500mA
Host Interface TypeC x1, POGO PIN x1, I2C x1, GPIO x1, UART x1
IPS Screen 2 inch, 320x240 Colorful TFT LCD, ILI9342C, 853nit max brightness
Keys Custom Keys x 3
Speaker 1W-0928
Microphone Analog BSE3729 Microphone
IMU 6-axis MPU6886
USB Chip CH9102F
LED SK6812 RGB LED x 10
Antenna 2.4G 3D antenna
Battery 500 mAh @ 3.7V
Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C
Net Weight 56.4g
Gross Weight 228g
Product Dimensions 54 x 54 x 21 mm
Package Size 147 x 90 x 40 mm
Cover Material Plastic ( PC )

M5GO base

Click for details of parameters

Driver Installation

Click the link below to download the driver that matches the operating system. There are currently two driver chip versions, CP210X (for CP2104 version)/CP34X (for CH9102 version) driver compressed package. After decompressing the compressed package, select the installation package corresponding to the number of operating systems to install. (If you are not sure of the USB chip used by your device, you can install both drivers at the same time. During the installation process of CH9102_VCP_SER_MacOS v1.7, an error may occur, but the installation is actually completed, just ignore it.) When using it, if If the program cannot be downloaded normally (the prompt is overtime or Failed to write to target RAM), you can try to reinstall the device driver.

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

EasyLoader

EasyLoader is a simple yet fast program burner has a built-in product-related case programs, which can be burned to the master in simple steps to verify function verifications.

Download Windows Version Easyloader

Case Description:
Load the UIFlow firmware, the built-in demo program supports accelerometer, LED BAR, microphone, keypad and some peripheral sensors testing, the firmware can be used for UIFlow graphical programming.

Pin Mapping

LCD screen & TF card

LCD Pixel: 320x240 TF card support up to 16GB

ESP32 Chip GPIO23 GPIO19 GPIO18 GPIO14 GPIO27 GPIO33 GPIO32 GPIO4
ILI9342C MOSI/MISO / CLK CS DC RST BL
TF卡 MOSI MISO CLK CS

Button & Speaker

ESP32 Chip GPIO39 GPIO38 GPIO37 GPIO25
Button Pins BUTTON A BUTTON B BUTTON C
Speakers Speaker Pin

GROVE Interface A & IP5306

The power management chip (IP5306) is a custom I2C version, and its I2C address is 0x75. Click here to view the IP5306's register manual.

ESP32 Chip GPIO22 GPIO21 5V GND
GROVE A SCL SDA 5V GND
IP5306 SCL SDA 5V GND

IP5306 charge/discharge, voltage parameters

Charging Discharging
0.00 ~ 3.40V -> 0% 4.20 ~ 4.07V -> 100%
3.40 ~ 3.61V -> 25% 4.07 ~ 3.81V -> 75%
3.61 ~ 3.88V -> 50% 3.81 ~ 3.55V -> 50%
3.88 ~ 4.12V -> 75% 3.55 ~ 3.33V -> 25%
4.12 ~ / -> 100% 3.33 ~ 0.00V -> 0%

MPU6886 3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope

MPU6886 I2C address 0x68

ESP32 Chip GPIO22 GPIO21 5V GND
MPU6886 SCL SDA 5V GND

M5GO Base Pins

GROVE Interface B

ESP32 Chip GPIO36 GPIO26 5V GND
GROVE B GPIO36 GPIO26 5V GND

GROVE Interface C

ESP32 Chip GPIO16 GPIO17 5V GND
GROVE C RXD TXD 5V GND

LED strip & microphone & speaker

ESP32 Chip GPIO15 GPIO34 GPIO25
hardware SIG Pin MIC Pin Speaker Pin

M5 Port Description

PORT PIN Note:
PORT-A(red) G21/22 I2C
PORT-B(black) G26/36 DAC/ADC
PORT-C(blue) G16/17 UART

ESP32 ADC/DAC

ADC1 ADC2 DAC1 DAC2
8 Channel 10 Channel 2 Channel 2 Channel
G32-39 G0/2/4/12-15/25-27 G25 G26

M-BUS

M_BUS

When use the RGB LEDs of GPIO15, we recommend initialize the pins Mode(15, OUTPUT_OPEN_DRAIN); For more info about pin assignment and pin remapping, please refer to ESP32 datasheet

Schematic

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Case program

Arduino

  • Click here to see the Arduino example
  • About M5Stack

Version Updates

Release Date Product Changes Notes
2018.4 First Release /
2019.6 MPU9250 changed to MPU6886+BMM150 /
2019.7 Change TN screen to IPS screen Please upgrade your M5Stack library to the latest version (v0.2.8 or above) to solve the screen reflection problem.
2019.11 Battery capacity 600mAh changed to 500mAh /
2020.6 Change ENV Unit to ENV II in the package /
2021.8 Upgrade to v2.6: BMM150 magnetometer removed, CP2104 changed to CH9102, structure details optimized, ENV Unit changed to ENV III /

Note: 2018.2A PCB version of the device does not support C2C (TypeC to TypeC) connection and PD power supply.

FAQ

Q1: How do I remove the speaker floor noise when the M5Core is on or running?

Execute the following statement in Setup() of the Arduino program

Q2: How does M5Core2 stack modules?

When M5Core2 is stacked with other M5 modules, you need to remove the battery base of Core2, which does not support module stacking.

Q3: A timeout error is displayed when uploading the program to the device

Reason and solution: The power supply current of the port is insufficient, which can cause the device to not enter the download mode normally. You can try to connect a capacitor (>0.1uF) between the RST pin and the GND pin, or when uploading the program, set the G0 Short-circuit to GND, so that G0 can be set to a low level state normally

Q4: How to solve the phenomenon of automatic signal triggering of M5Core button A

Add the header file #include <driver/adc.h> and the function adc_power_acquire(); in the Arduino program

Q5: M5 device battery life

The battery life of the controller is affected by various factors such as battery capacity, operating status, and load, so there is no fixed value. Reducing the load and adopting a sleep strategy can effectively increase the battery life.

Q6: Can multiple modules with batteries be stacked at the same time?

Support multiple stacks, the total capacity of the batteries in parallel increases, and the voltage remains unchanged. However, since the discharge of each battery is not balanced during use, there is a voltage difference between the batteries, which may cause the battery to charge backwards. .(will lose part of the battery capacity)

Q7: M5 master supports WiFi connection to 5G frequency band

ESP32 module currently does not support WiFi in 5G band, only 2.4G.

Q8: The RS485 device cannot communicate normally/data is garbled. Packet loss, etc.

Confirm whether the TX/RX pin on the TTL side of the pin is correct, try to add two 120Ω terminal resistors at the beginning and end of the device line to reduce signal reflection interference

Q9: The difference between different masters and camera products

Click the link below to view the product comparison table

Q10: M5 camera image blur, how to adjust the focal length

Rotate the lens to adjust the focal length within a certain range

Q11: The control RGB LED pin of FACE II BOTTOM conflicts with the I2S DOUT pin of CORE2

FACE II BOTTOM NOT CORE2 COMPATIBLE

Q1: How to read the programmed firmware?

Use esptool to read the flash content of esp32 and export the bin file. Refer to the detailed operation

Q2: Several solutions for esp32 board download failure in Arduino IDE board management

Restart the Arduino IDE, the computer uses the mobile AP mobile network to download.

Method 3: Download the resource package provided by M5Stack for direct installation, and extract the contents to the board management path of Arduino, such as (C:\Users\Sean\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages), https://m5stack.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/resource/arduino/packages/m5stack_v2.0.0.zip
Q3: Arduino SPIFFS file upload operation

Refer to the Github link below, use arduino-esp32fs-plugin for file upload

Q4: When M5Burner burns firmware, an error pop-up window or exception occurs

Check if the COM of the corresponding device is selected and if the M5Burner is the latest version

Q5: Does the M5 master device support multi-language display (Chinese, English, Japanese, Russian, etc.)?

UIFlow users can switch the Label font to Unicode, Arduino users can use the Chinese font library provided in the M5GFX driver library

Q6: The program cannot load the SD card normally

Confirm whether the SD card format is FAT32, and no partitions exist.

Q7: How to use Bluetooth, HTTP, SD, WebServer, FreeRTOS and other features in Arduino IDE

You can refer to the following link for other ESP32 users to share the case program

Q8: How to download programs for STAMP C3U

STAMP C3U enters program download mode operation: 1. Long press the center button (G9) of STAMP C3U when the power is off. 2. Connect to the computer, after the port is successfully identified, program burning.

Q9: How STAMP C3U defines UART0 output mode

By default, USB CDC is not enabled, the serial port output started by C3U will be output through the default pins (G20, G21) of UART0. If you want to output through USB, please use the IDE to output Its USB CDC option is enabled. (Arduino users can enable it through Tools->USB CDC on Boot-Enabled. For IDF users, please refer to the ESP IDF official documentation.)

Q10: Unable to connect to UIFlow Desktop IDE

Refer to the UIFlow documentation of the corresponding device to check whether the device has entered the USB programming mode.

Q11: NBIoT devices cannot connect to the network normally

Make sure that the NBIoT used is not locked. Frequent device replacement or after activating the IoT card, using traffic in different places may cause the card to be locked. If the above situation occurs, please contact the IoT card supplier. If you are using the IoT card matching M5, please contact M5 after-sales through e-commerce or email. (provide the ICCID of the IoT card)

COMMON

Q1: Consultation for after-sales problems of products

Describe the problems encountered in detail. Screenshots of the programs involved or files can be added as attachments and sent to M5Stack's official after-sales email

Q2: Code Resources, Cases, User Communication

M5Stack related resource links: Official Github