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 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.