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M5Stack: High-quality products for your IoT projects
M5Stack has made it its mission to significantly accelerate and simultaneously simplify IoT development with its products. Thanks to its extensive product range, which is distributed and used all over the world, the technology company founded by Jimmy Lai in 2017 has succeeded in realising this ambition. The M5Stack platforms are primarily intended for use in the prototyping and development phases of electronics projects. With its eponymous development system, the company has created the ideal platform for the most diverse applications in the field of IoT, so that you can give free rein to your creativity. Meanwhile, the name of the Chinese company comes from the fact that the system is "stackable" and the modules used for expansion are about 5 x 5 centimetres in size.
Cores, modules, units: this is how diverse the M5Stack portfolio is
The central component of the system are the compact M5Cores, of which there are various versions. Particularly popular is the M5Core Basic, an inexpensive model that is equipped with, among other things, an ESP32 microcontroller, a circuit board and a TFT screen and is also available from Berrybase. The battery-powered device also has a microSD slot and a loudspeaker on board. Thanks to WLAN and Bluetooth interfaces, the compact cores can communicate wirelessly, but a wired connection with other devices can also be established without any problems. The particularly robust plastic housing reliably protects the IoT controller from damage.
So that you can easily expand the system and create complex IoT applications, M5Stack has developed a variety of different modules and units that can be connected to the M5Core. The pluggable modules can be easily placed between the board and the base plate and ensure that you can use the system even more individually and flexibly. Available modules include card write modules, external battery modules, DC drivers, stepper motor driver modules, GPS position determination modules and display drivers.
Furthermore, the M5Stack portfolio includes various units that the company calls M5Sticks and M5Stamps. These expansion components, which are as high-quality as they are compact, are sensors, expansion boards, actuators and other HATs that are used for data acquisition and guarantee an even more versatile use of your core.
Practical: Some of the high-quality products from M5Stack are even available as a kit, so you don't have to buy each item separately and benefit from a particularly attractive price. Various accessories such as an Ethernet control module or a charging station are also part of the company's wide range.
Which Maker projects can be realised with M5Stack?
With the M5Stack you can implement a wide range of Maker projects. Some examples of projects you can do with the M5Stack are:
- Creating wearables such as smartwatches or fitness bracelets.
- Developing Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smart home controls or environmental monitoring sensors.
- Automation of household appliances or industrial machines.
- Creation of robots or drones.
- Developing user interfaces for devices or machines.
- Creation of games or interactive applications.
The M5Stack is a modular electronics development platform that allows you to realise a variety of projects by connecting the different units and functions and programming them accordingly. So you can realise almost all projects that deal with electronics and programming.
What software is used?
With the help of the M5Core and various expansion components, a wide variety of IoT projects can be programmed. The software used is the UIFlow web system developed by M5Stack itself. The tool scores with a clear, user-friendly interface and allows you to use MicroPython, a Python compiler written in C.
What do I have to consider when buying?
If you are interested in an M5Stack module because you might want to do an automation project, M5Stack can be a good choice for you, as it contains many functions and sensors that are useful for automating devices and machines.
For example, you can use sensors for temperature monitoring, humidity monitoring or motion detection to create automated control systems. It is important to note that in order to carry out automation projects with the M5Stack, you should have a basic understanding of electronics and programming. You must be able to design and build electrical circuits, and you should have a basic knowledge of a programming language to program the control systems.
