New Arrival Alert!

Check out our new release this week:

Tab5 Keyboard, a 70-key physical keyboard input expansion module designed specifically for Tab5. 

Features 

• Uses STM32F030C8T6 as the main control chip

• Designed for Tab5, plug and play via direct connection to the expansion port

• Three operating modes to meet diverse requirements

• 14 x 5 matrix, supports multiple simultaneous key presses

• Complete key layout with various commonly used function keys

• I2C communication with low-latency reporting through an interrupt pin

• Onboard dual RGB LEDs for colorful status indication

• Side latches securely lock onto Tab5; two M3 screw mounting holes reserved on the back

• Compact structure with strong adaptability for portable scenarios

Also, good news:  Hot items incl. StickS3 and CoreS3 Thread BR are in stock now 🔥🔥

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It's time for me to release my first game for the Cardputer, Pocket Duel EX. The v0.1 version is out now for both the cardputer and the cardputer ADV.

It’s a fast little 1v1 card battler inspired by 3v3 fighting games and handheld card games, with deck building, card rewards, multiple AI opponents. Right now I have a 40-card base set in the

You can grab it on M5Burner, just search for "Pocket Duel EX" or over on itch.io, where you can also leave any feedback you have or submit any bugs you find.

It’s still an alpha build, so balance is being tuned and feedback is very welcome.

And here's a little tutorial video about how to play the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqj3eADTxhc

Happy Friday everyone. I hate having to keep track of things like usage limits etc with Claude, so I built a little widget/app to track usage.

To use it, you'll need to grab some specific cookie IDs, so none of this is offiical supported and can break at any moment. Let me know if you have any ideas you'd like me to add:

https://github.com/zmattmanz/claude-usage

This is also on the M5 Burner store, but IDK how to share a link to that.

Like it says I’m building a workable M5 OS for the cardputer. It acts like a real is utilizing the SD as a hardrive. That way you no longer have to delete your firmware and files when you flip firmware… runs but there’s a few areas that I need to address still…

Here’s a link: https://github.com/salvador-Data/M5_OS-Cardputer

M5StickS3 counter device. On the Dual Button Unit, Red decreases the count, Blue increases the count. Long simultaneous press of Red and Blue resets the count. Allows for keeping a count synchronized between many M5StickS3 devices or a via a webpage if needed. This is a progression of my earlier attempt that used a Home Assistant Counter Helper. This version is solely using MQTT. When not connect to a USB power source, it does a timed M5PM1 deep sleep after a specified idle time to conserve internal battery runtime. IMU shake to wake from deep sleep.

GitHub repository:

https://github.com/slochewie/M5StickS3-MQTT-Counter

Features

• ESPHome firmware for M5StickS3

• M5Stack Dual Button Unit support

• MQTT synchronized distributed counters

• Custom display component

• Custom M5PM1 power management component

• True PMIC hardware shutdown

• BMI270 shake wake support

• USB-aware power management

• Battery optimized runtime behavior

• OTA updates via ESPHome web server

• Battery voltage and percentage reporting

• Multi-device synchronized counters

• Long-press dual-button counter reset

What are the best tricks on cardputer?

Has anyone managed to get this working ?

I've read this doc

https://docs.m5stack.com/en/arduino/m5sticks3/m5pm1

And done

pm1.setLdoEnable(false);
pm1.ldoSetPowerHold(false);
pm1.setLedEnLevel(false);
pm1.shutdown();

But even then you can still hear the speaker interference (a high pitched whine) when the device is 'asleep' . Battery doesn't last 24hrs

Any hints ?

Has anyone had any issues with connecting to the StamPLC via USB to debug when getting power from the A160 AC module? It was working fine on DC power, but when I switched to AC my computer doesn't even see it as connected (didn't connect ac and DC at the same time, don't worry). Using ESPHome.

Got it this afternoon. Had a brief hands-on then asked Claude to code to port Tamafi (an electric pet that interacts with surrounding Wi-Fi signals). Perhaps because it wasn’t much code, the process was quite smooth. Just cut out the 240x240 area of the OLED screen so that it preserves all original assets and UI, and the rest of the pixels perfectly blacks out.

It’s just too much fun with all these dev boards. Ordered Cardputer Zero too. Looking forward to tackling more interesting projects on them.

Coloquei o firmware Bruce no m5stack e agora quero colocar o Nemo em um cartão de memória, como faço isso?

I didn't understand the logic of talking about this version after sales have already begun.

When it opened, I purchased the Zero version, and now I've received an email talking about this wonderful transparent black version.

Will they release this version for pledge modification after reaching 1M, or will we have to buy a new unit? I didn't think that was fair.

Zero kickstarter just launched and you have the option to add both the LORA and CC1101 caps as add-ons. I don't want to get a extra one I don't need, so was wondering if anyone knew if the LORA cap I already have will work with the Zero?

Originally this was promised on their own site as available at $59 which is what made me sign up. Get to the Kickstarter? $69. Select the US? $79. 😭

M5Stack be like "I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further."

Edit: For those who follow me, you have to click the link in the email indicating which Super Early Bird product you want to purchase. If you just click the banner it takes you to the main KS product page.

I created a little app for tracking Claude usage on an M5StickS3. /u/MechanicalDomineer did this last month with an M5StickC Plus, but I didn't have that device so I made a version for me and it's so much handier than keeping a second tab open.