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M5Stack Electronic Blueprints

By : Don Wilcher
Book Image

M5Stack Electronic Blueprints

By: Don Wilcher

Overview of this book

As an embedded systems developer or an IoT developer, you can often face challenges in maintaining focus on prototyping a product concept while using a specific high-level programming language for implementation. To overcome these challenges, the M5Stack Core platform uses an ESP32 microcontroller and block code that allows you to focus on product creation and application instead of the high-level programming language. M5Stack Electronics Blueprints presents various design and prototyping approaches as well as UI layout and electronics interfacing techniques that will help you to become skilled in developing useful products effectively. This book takes you through a hands-on journey for a better understanding of the ESP32 microcontroller and the M5Stack Core's architecture. You’ll delve into M5Stack Core topics such as electronic units, light, sound, motion devices, interfacing circuits, SNAP circuit kits, Arduino applications, and building Bluetooth and Wi-Fi IoT devices. Further, you’ll explore various M5Stack core applications using a project-based learning method, including the fascinating 32-bit microcontroller device technology. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to design and build interactive, portable electronic controllers, IoT, and wearable devices using the M5Stack Core.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1: M5Stack Electronics Hardware Architecture
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Part 2: M5Stack Electronic Interfacing Circuit Projects
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Part 3: M5Stack IoT Projects

Detecting an M5Stack Core Bluetooth signal with the Nordic Semiconductor nRF toolbox

The Blockly code application built aligns with the UiFlow BLE-UART development process discussed in the previous section. The next step in evolving this BLE IoT application is the use of a tool that will allow an investigation into sending wireless control commands and text messages on mobile devices such as a smartphone or a tablet. The Nordic Semiconductor nRF application is a toolbox that provides a wide range of popular BLE accessories and profiles.

Further, the Nordic Semiconductor nRF application profiles demonstrations of various profiles for health monitoring. Some nRF BLE profiles include Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Proximity monitors. These BLE monitors allow developers to explore UI/user experience (UX) designs and data aggregation methods. Such monitoring applications could be explored using the M5Stack Core2 as a human-computer interaction (HCI) development tool. The Nordic UART...