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If you want something similar to this RIGHT NOW that has thousands of available parts and millions of users, see https://m5stack.com/ https://m5stack.com/

by dmd 2y ago

Etheryte 2y ago
That looks pretty interesting, do you happen to have any first hand experience with this? In my experience, platforms like this live and die by the pain of unhandled edge cases, so even if the happy path works fine, it can still be something to avoid.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  I've released projects based on M5Stack. Not much to say: it does what it claims. Getting the right software libraries in place is a minor pain, but all in all it's pretty straightforward as far as embedded development goes. GP points to the home page, so I don't know which of the very many devices was being referred to. My experience is with M5Stack Tough and I recommend it.
  - aa-jv 2y ago
    >Getting the right software libraries in place is a minor pain The developer experience is pretty good though, if you use platformio in the same way you might use Linux package management.
    - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
      Oh, yeah. By "minor pain" I meant it took a couple of hours as opposed to a few minutes.
- M95D 2y ago
  I'm using 2 M5StickC with ESPHome to automate stuff. ESPHome is very easy to configure. Just check if the add-ons you want are supported or not.
- argsnd 2y ago
  It is an ESP32 with reasonably off the shelf components so for hobbyist purposes I think the concern is minimal. Obviously because it’s an ESP32 you can’t expect to run Linux on it.
zokier 2y ago
Esp32 is completely different league than anything linux based
shoaibmerchant 2y ago
Disclaimer: Founder here M5 is based on ESP32 so it is microcontroller based so you are limited to things a MCU can do. But yea I love the M5 platform, funnily I am here at CES and met the Founder of M5 just yesterday!
- sureglymop 2y ago
  Your disclaimer made it seem like you are the founder of M5. Luckily the context in the second sentence made it a bit more clear.

If you want something similar to this RIGHT NOW that has thousands of available parts and millions of users, see https://m5stack.com/ https://m5stack.com/

by dmd 2y ago

If you want something similar to this RIGHT NOW that has thousands of available parts and millions of users, see https://m5stack.com/ https://m5stack.com/

Etheryte 2y ago

That looks pretty interesting, do you happen to have any first hand experience with this? In my experience, platforms like this live and die by the pain of unhandled edge cases, so even if the happy path works fine, it can still be something to avoid.

HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
I've released projects based on M5Stack. Not much to say: it does what it claims. Getting the right software libraries in place is a minor pain, but all in all it's pretty straightforward as far as embedded development goes. GP points to the home page, so I don't know which of the very many devices was being referred to. My experience is with M5Stack Tough and I recommend it.
- aa-jv 2y ago
  >Getting the right software libraries in place is a minor pain The developer experience is pretty good though, if you use platformio in the same way you might use Linux package management.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
    Oh, yeah. By "minor pain" I meant it took a couple of hours as opposed to a few minutes.
M95D 2y ago
I'm using 2 M5StickC with ESPHome to automate stuff. ESPHome is very easy to configure. Just check if the add-ons you want are supported or not.
argsnd 2y ago
It is an ESP32 with reasonably off the shelf components so for hobbyist purposes I think the concern is minimal. Obviously because it’s an ESP32 you can’t expect to run Linux on it.

zokier 2y ago

Esp32 is completely different league than anything linux based

shoaibmerchant 2y ago

Disclaimer: Founder here M5 is based on ESP32 so it is microcontroller based so you are limited to things a MCU can do. But yea I love the M5 platform, funnily I am here at CES and met the Founder of M5 just yesterday!

sureglymop 2y ago
Your disclaimer made it seem like you are the founder of M5. Luckily the context in the second sentence made it a bit more clear.