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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

Exploring the M5Stack Core

You are the proud owner of a small and powerful microcontroller development platform called the M5Stack Core. The M5Stack Core uses the Espressif ESP32 microcontroller to allow you to create a variety of programmable electronic gadgets and devices. You can build programmable gadgets such as touchscreen controllers, Wi-Fi-operated devices, wearables, robots, and portable electronic games using the M5Stack Core. In addition, with the M5Stack Core, you can add visually appealing graphics and sound to your electronic creations easily and effectively using the Arduino Integrated Development Environment and the UiFlow Blockly code programming environment.

By the end of this chapter, you will understand the ESP32 microcontroller and the internal supporting electronics hardware. You will understand the M5GO Core hardware architecture’s inner workings. Finally, you will know about applying the internal support electronics hardware to create an interactive electronic widget device.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Welcome to the M5Stack Core
  • Overview of the M5Stack Core hardware architecture
  • UI design basics
  • UiFlow overview
  • Communicating with the M5Stack Core