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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)
1
Part 1: M5Stack Electronics Hardware Architecture
5
Part 2: M5Stack Electronic Interfacing Circuit Projects
9
Part 3: M5Stack IoT Projects

Hands-On with M5Stack Units

You learned about the inner electronics of the M5Stack Core in Chapter 1. You also learned about UI design basics and received overview information on the UIFlow Blockly coding software. The new knowledge obtained in the previous chapter will allow you to learn about and use M5Stack units for creating interactive and engaging electronic devices.

In this chapter, you will explore M5Stack units for control and detection applications. The units are small electronic circuits such as an infrared (IR) remote, an angle sensor, an RGB LED, and a passive motion sensor. We will use the UIFlow Blockly code to investigate the function of the extendable electronic units.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to perform the following technical tasks with M5Stack units:

  • Draw a typical M5Stack unit connector electrical pinout
  • Code an RGB LED unit UIFlow test application
  • Code an IR remote unit UIFlow test application
  • Code an angle sensor...