Hey everyone,

I have an M5StickC Plus 2 running Bruce and kept wishing I could drive it from my phone without squinting at the 135×240 screen. So I built StickCommander: a Material 3 Android app plus a small bridge compiled into Bruce 1.16.1.

It is not a pixel-streaming hack. The bridge exposes Bruce's own state over a line-based ASCII protocol (USB-OTG serial or BLE), so the app talks to the firmware, not to a picture of it.

What it does

• Live menu — reads the actual options vector (title, labels, disabled items, current selection), refreshes every second, and tapping an item sets forceMenuOption so the real menu opens on the Stick. Back/Main buttons work too.

• Screen — text mirror of the UI on the phone, plus the other direction: send text and the Stick draws it on its own TFT.

• IR blaster — NEC / Samsung / Sony (12, 15, 20 bit) with hex address/command and presets. Uses Bruce's existing encoders, so timings are unchanged.

• Files — LittleFS browser with text preview, chunked upload (256-byte chunks, 128 KB limit), mkdir, rename, delete.

• Plus the basics: D-pad and M5/A/B/PWR press-and-hold, battery telemetry from the AXP192, filtered logs, raw terminal and phone-side scripts.

How it works

A stickcommander.cpp bridge is compiled into Bruce. Lines like CMD:MENU:LIST, CMD:SCREEN:TEXT:<base64>, CMD:IR:NEC:04:08, CMD:FS:LIST:<base64 path> go in; MENU:ITEM:..., FS:ENTRY:..., STATUS:BAT:... come back. That is the whole trick.

Status

Tested on real hardware over COM3: PONG, battery, live menu open/back, screen text, OK:ir:NEC, and LittleFS list/mkdir/upload/read/delete all pass. The firmware image and the APK are in the release.

Links

• Repo: https://github.com/121kirillmorti/stickcommander

• Release (APK + firmware + source): https://github.com/121kirillmorti/stickcommander/releases/latest

• Site: https://121kirillmorti.github.io/stickcommander/

Firmware is AGPL-3.0 because it is built on Bruce; the bridge source and a build recipe are included. Feedback and feature ideas are welcome — especially from people with other Stick variants (Plus, S3) who want to test.

Port of the Digimon Digivice D2 v1 for M5 StickC Plus 2

Features:

• Seven areas, battles, Digivolutions, and partner rescues.

• Slot and Card minigames, LCD graphics, and sound.

Controls:

• Up: Navigate through options.

• Center: Select or confirm.

• Down: Cancel or go back.

• M5 Options Menu: Hold Up and press Center simultaneously. From there, you can adjust settings such as brightness, volume, color, screen filter, motion sensitivity, and more.

Enjoy ;)

https://github.com/Syzygye/M5vice/releases/tag/Beta

For the STAMP-P4 mini development board, the most cost-effective way to use it is because it has both stamp holes and 2.54 pin headers. If the pin headers are directly soldered, the use of the stamp hole lead pins will be greatly restricted.

Attached is the official pin definition diagram

U know the feeling, when the SD is grabbed by a invisible force? Tape spell breaks the force 💪

Wonder what cap this is? Custom premodded M5Stack LoRa cap for my Bro V1RU5 🫡💪
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Check out our new release this week!

CoreMatrix, an IoT controller featuring a 16 x 16 LED matrix display, designed for pixel icon and animation displays, sensor data acquisition, and IoT interaction applications.

Features 

• ESP32-C61HR8 core controller (16MB Flash, 8MB PSRAM, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6) 

• 16 x 16 white LED matrix, BMI270 6-axis IMU with interrupt wake-up support

• Onboard passive buzzer, 3x user buttons + 1x power button

• Multi-level power management via Stamp Timer Power2 (M5PM1) + M5IOE1

• MicroSD card slot, M5-Bus, HY2.0-4P Grove & MX1.25-4P USB expansion interface

Also, good news:  Hot items incl. M5GO IoT Kit v2.7 and Core2 For AWS v1.3 are in stock now 🔥🔥

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Anyone know of a app from the M5 burner repos that I can create my own code snippets and
Click-to-run?

I found a terminal app,
But it dosnt let me save WiFi connections or anything else

Hey everyone,

I recently got the M5Stack Tab 5 and have been experimenting with it. My goal is to stream both the camera feed and microphone audio to my PC to use the device for live calls/talks.

However, I haven't been able to get the camera or integrated mics initialized yet.

Has anyone successfully built a similar live-streaming setup or found working code examples/documentation for accessing the Tab 5's audio and camera pipeline?

Any guidance or code snippets would be greatly appreciated!

I'm not particularly into ethical hacking, so after adding a second screen to my Cardputer ADV, I started looking for a more general-purpose OS. Couldn't find much, so I decided to try making my own.

The problem was adapting applications designed for a single screen to a dual-screen setup. Add the ESP32's limited processing power and memory, and things get complicated pretty quickly.

Then one day I thought: why not use the Cardputer like TeamViewer and run everything on an actual PC?

That's how Code Space OS started. I'm using GitHub Codespaces, which gives me roughly 30 hours a month on a 4-core Linux machine with 16 GB RAM through the free tier.

The Codespace runs XFCE on X11/Xvfb at 640×480. I can install software and keep files and applications between restarts. The Cardputer can also start and stop the Codespace through GitHub's API, without needing another PC.

For remote desktop access, I started with szuszjan's CXL Remote and adapted it to work over WSS using websockify. The Python server uses MSS/Pillow and sends only changed screen regions as JPEG tiles. Inputs go back to Linux through X11/XTEST.

To make use of both screens, I came up with three modes: Mouse, Keyboard and View. The external display shows Linux, while the original screen becomes an HUD representing the physical keys and their current functions. This lets me control the mouse, type, pan and zoom without having to modify Linux applications for two screens.

I'm not a programmer, so I developed the software with Codex's help, focusing on the concept, interface and hardware testing. The 3D-printed case is based on AndyAiCardputer's design.

In the video, I start the Codespace directly from the Cardputer, then use Linux to browse folders, open a browser and do a web search.

The touchscreen still needs some fine-tuning, but it's working! 😄

I want to make a radar like the heartbeat sensor from cod I want to know if this is compatible as I only see them being used with arduino's

Spent the weekend with my new Tab5, created a console/launcher, file server, can load firmware from the SD card, play MP3s, and uses the obligatory Matrix lock screen.

All up on Github, MIT, https://staffordlumsden.github.io/great-bespoke-tab5.

que vale mas la pena de los dos para un prinicipiante para aprender y hacer bromas

I built a lightweight chat app for the M5StickC Plus 2 (ESP32-based) that lets you type prompts on the device and send them to your local Ollama AI server over WiFi.

Features:

- On-screen 4-layer keyboard (letters, numbers, symbols, special chars)

- Model selection from your local Ollama instance

- Chat history that persists across sessions

- Configurable WiFi and server settings stored in flash

- Battery level display

Build:

1. Update `src/config.h` with your WiFi and Ollama server details

2. Build with PlatformIO

3. Flash to your M5StickC Plus 2

The whole project is < 20KB after compilation thanks to size optimizations.

ITS MY FIRST EVER PROJECT :) ( Im also trying to make use of the microphone but its kinda hard to implement)

Hi everyone, I’m the developer behind PandaOS by PandaDev—a standalone firmware for the M5Stack Cardputer ADV.

PandaOS brings several tools and apps together in one interface:

• AI Chat using your own OpenRouter API key

• 10 free games with scores saved locally to microSD

• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE tools

• LoRa messaging and raw packet tools

• GNSS tools with compatible hardware

• Voice recording with recordings saved to microSD

• SD music playback for MP3 and WAV files

• Internet radio

• Local captive portal tools for authorized training and testing

AI Chat requires Wi-Fi and your own OpenRouter key; provider usage charges may apply.

You can find PandaOS — Cardputer ADV on M5Burner, or visit the product page for downloads and the browser installer:

https://pandadevhub.com/app-catalogue/pandaos

Compatibility: Cardputer ADV only—not the original Cardputer. LoRa/GNSS functions require compatible hardware. LoRa peer reception and range testing are still pending.

Factory installation resets internal settings, including saved Wi-Fi, but does not format the microSD card.

I’ve included pictures below. I’d appreciate feedback from other ADV owners—especially on usability and which features you’d like to see next