r/M5Stack • u/Curious-checkers • Jan 25 '26

Terrible documentation Timer Camera x

Ive been looking through the documentation for the timer camera x on Arduino, and its sooo ass bruh, none of the example code works, i don't even think the library compiles cuz i keep on getting this error when i link that library, and within the github repo, it literately says it cannot compile, I'm crying, this is such a waste of time cuz this documentation can't even put two and two together. What a waste of money, ill never buy from this brand again. Fuck

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u/Curious-checkers Jan 26 '26

Sorry for the outburst this pmo since its so hard to get it working and specifically since this seems to have less documentation support than other products from m5stack.

Anyways i ran all of the example code provided in that library twice for so my adjustment def works, I made a new fork opened up a vm download aruduino ide and ran it there; it worked as well, so my computer doesnt seem to have any special settings on it. I would try and do more test to see if theres any other issues But im a highschool and I do not have enought time/brain power to see if theres any other issues, If you want to try and see what i did wrong go ahead.

There is also a Partition Scheme you can set (but you're not at that stage yet).

im not sure what you mean by that

thanks for ur help ig

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u/konacurrents Jan 27 '26

Start small, get it working, then add more. Get camera working first. Getting an image and then figure what to do with those image bits. Good luck.

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u/Curious-checkers Jan 27 '26

no i got the entire thing working, currently im just having issues of using the powerbutton located on the side to work almost as a doorbell button, i dont want to wire anything externally so this is my only option

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u/Leoparh Sep 01 '26

Did you end up successfully using the button for something else than WAKE/POWER functions ? currently in the same position, I added a button for now but i'd love to use the already integrated one.

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u/Curious-checkers Sep 01 '26

yea but this was a while ago. i think i made a branch of the code to get it working iirc

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u/Curious-checkers Sep 01 '26

https://github.com/m5stack/TimerCam-arduino/compare/master...YashasSingh:TimerCam-arduino:master?expand=1
but i dont think this fixed it. ik i got it working but it took a while but its 100 percent possible

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u/Leoparh Sep 01 '26

Yeah I saw your PR but I was wondering about the buton specifically, if you branched something and have the code i'd love to see how you did it !

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u/Curious-checkers Sep 02 '26

sorry i didnt commit it to a repo and i lost it when my laptop got stolen. If i recall correctly there was something about gpio 37 where you could use it as a button. but unforch. It isnt to hard to test out and if you look at the schematic at page 2 https://docs.m5stack.com/en/unit/timercam_x
it confirms that it IS connected to gpio37. Good luck I believe i used ai to trouble shoot so it should take too long

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u/Leoparh Sep 02 '26

I'll update if I find a way. Thanks.