FIRE
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Description
M5Stack FIRE Kit, as one of the M5Stack developing kit series, is an upgrade from the Gray kits. Providing 9-Axis IMU sensor(6-Axis posture acceleration measurement + 3-Axis magnetic measurement), it equips with more hardware resources : 16M Flash + 8M PSRAM , enhanced Base (M5GO Base and M5GO CHG Base), larger battery, etc. For those developers who ask for hardware performance, Fire will be a good choice.
With a IMU posture sensor, there are a lot of situations which you can apply this kit to: detecting acceleration, angulation, and trajectory. You can make relative products like sports data collector, 3D remote gesture controller and more base on the above functions.
FIRE is M5 Core device. Its modular, stackable, scalable, and portable device is powered with an ESP-32 core, which makes it open source, low cost, full-function, and easy for developers to handle new product development on all stages include circuit design, PCB design, software, mold design and production.
M5Stack Fire comes with three separable parts. The top part ,just like Basic and Gray Kit, has all kinds of processors, chips ,sockets, 2.4G antenna, ESP32, power management IC , a LCD screen and some other interface components. The middle part is called M5GO base which provides a lithium battery, M-BUS socket , LED bar and three more GROVE Ports. The bottom part is a charge table, which can be connected to the M5GO base via POGO pins.
Supportive development platforms and programming languages: Arduino, Blockly language with UIFlow , Micropython. Regardless of what level programming skill you have, M5Stack would guide you in every step of the way to realize your idea as well as to the final productlzation.
If you ever played with ESP8266, you would realize that ESP32 is a perfect upgrade out of ESP8266. In comparison, ESP32 has more GPIOs, more analog inputs and two analog outputs, multiple extra peripherals( like a spare UART ). Official developing platform ESP-IDF has transplanted with FreeRTOS. With dual-core and real time OS you can get more organized code and much high speed processor.
The GPIO 16 / 17 in Fire is connected to the PSRAM by default, so when you connect or stack other function modules, you need to avoid conflicts with these two pins to prevent the device from working improperly and causing instability.
Power on: click the red power button on the left
Power off: Quickly double-click the red power button on the left
Note: By default, when USB is powered, it cannot be shut down
Product Features
- ESP32-based
- Speaker, 3 Buttons, LCD(320*240)
- TF card slot (16G Maximum size)
- Battery Socket & Lithium Polymer Battery
- Extendable Pins & Holes
- M-Bus Socket & Pins
- Compatible with multi-platform development:
Include
- 1x FIRE
- 1x M5GO CHG Base
- 2x LEGO block
- 5x LEGO connector
- 1x M3 HEX KEY
- 1x Type-C USB(100cm)
- 1x User Manual
Applications
- Internet of things terminal controller
- Stem education product
- DIY creation
Specification
| Resources | Parameter |
|---|---|
| ESP32 | 240MHz dual core, 600 DMIPS, 520KB SRAM, Wi-Fi |
| Flash Memory | 16MB |
| PSRAM | 8MB |
| Power Input | 5V @ 500mA |
| Port | TypeC x 1, GROVE(I2C+I/0+UART) x 1 |
| IPS Screen | 2 inch, 320x240 Colorful TFT LCD, ILI9342C, max brightness 853nit |
| Speaker | 1W-0928 |
| Button | Custom button x 3 |
| MEMS | BMM150 + SH200Q/MPU6886 |
| Battery | 500 mAh @ 3.7V |
| Antenna | 2.4G 3D Antenna |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C to 60°C |
| Net weight | 62.3g |
| Gross weight | 162g |
| Product Size | 54mm x 54mm x 30.5mm |
| Package Size | 105mm x 65mm x 40mm |
| Case Material | Plastic ( PC ) |
Driver Installation
CH9102_VCP_SER_MacOS v1.7, an error may occur, but the installation is actually completed, just ignore it.)| Driver name | Applicable driver chip | Download link |
|---|---|---|
| CP210x_VCP_Windows | CP2104 | Download |
| CP210x_VCP_MacOS | CP2104 | Download |
| CP210x_VCP_Linux | CP2104 | Download |
| CH9102_VCP_SER_Windows | CH9102 | Download |
| CH9102_VCP_SER_MacOS v1.7 | CH9102 | Download |
EasyLoader
EasyLoader is a concise and fast program writer, which has a built-in case program related to the product. It can be burned to the main control by simple steps to perform a series of function verification.
Load UIFlow firmware, built-in demo program supports testing of accelerometer, LED BAR, microphone, buttons and some peripheral sensors. The firmware can be used for UIFlow graphical programming.
Peripherals Pin Map
LCD & TF card
LCD :320x240 TF card Maximum size 16GB
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO23 | GPIO19 | GPIO18 | GPIO14 | GPIO27 | GPIO33 | GPIO32 | GPIO4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILI9342C | MOSI/MISO | / | CLK | CS | DC | RST | BL | |
| TF Card | MOSI | MISO | CLK | CS |
Button & Speaker
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO39 | GPIO38 | GPIO37 | GPIO25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Button Pin | BUTTON A | BUTTON B | BUTTON C | / |
| Speaker | Speaker Pin |
GROVE Port A & IP5306
We've use the customized I2C version of IP5306, on power management.
Its I2C address is 0x75. Click here to check its datasheet
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO22 | GPIO21 | 5V | GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROVE A | SCL | SDA | 5V | GND |
| IP5306 | SCL | SDA | 5V | GND |
IP5306 charging/discharging,Voltage parameter
| charging | discharging |
|---|---|
| 0.00 ~ 3.40V -> 0% | 4.20 ~ 4.07V -> 100% |
| 3.40 ~ 3.61V -> 25% | 4.07 ~ 3.81V -> 75% |
| 3.61 ~ 3.88V -> 50% | 3.81 ~ 3.55V -> 50% |
| 3.88 ~ 4.12V -> 75% | 3.55 ~ 3.33V -> 25% |
| 4.12 ~ / -> 100% | 3.33 ~ 0.00V -> 0% |
6-Axis MotionTracking Sensor MPU6886
MPU6886 I2C address 0x68
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO22 | GPIO21 | 5V | GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPU6886 | SCL | SDA | 5V | GND |
3-Axis Geomagnetic Sensor BMM150
BMM150 I2C address 0x10
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO22 | GPIO21 | 5V | GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMM150 | SCL | SDA | 5V | GND |
M5GO Base Port
GROVE Port B
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO36 | GPIO26 | 5V | GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROVE B | GPIO36 | GPIO26 | 5V | GND |
GROVE Port C
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO16 | GPIO17 | 5V | GND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROVE C | RXD | TXD | 5V | GND |
LED Bar & Microphone & Speaker
| ESP32 Chip | GPIO15 | GPIO34 | GPIO25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwares | SIG Pin | MIC Pin | Speaker Pin |
M5PORT DEFINE
| PORT | PIN | Note: |
|---|---|---|
| PORT-A(Red) | G21/22 | I2C |
| PORT-B(Black) | G26/36 | DAC/ADC |
| PORT-C(Blue) | G16/17 | UART |
ESP32 ADC/DAC
| ADC1 | ADC2 | DAC1 | DAC2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 channels | 10 channels | 2 channels | 2 channels |
| G32-39 | G0/2/4/12-15/25-27 | G25 | G26 |
M-BUS
When using the RGB LED of gpio15, it is recommended to initialize,pinMode(15, OUTPUT_OPEN_DRAIN); For more information about Pin assignment and Pin Remapping, Please refer to ESP32 Datasheet
Schematic
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Example
Arduino
- Click here to get Arduino code
Video
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Version Change
| Release Date | Product Change | Note: |
|---|---|---|
| 2018.6 | Initial public release | / |
| 2019.7 | MPU9250 changed to SH200Q+BMM150, TN screen changed to IPS screen | before use . pls upgrade your M5Stack lib to the latest version (after 0.2.8) to solve screen reverse color problem. |
| 2019.8 | SH200Q changed to MPU6886 | / |
| 2019.11 | Battery capacity changed from 600mAh to 500mAh | / |
| 2020.4 | PSRAM Size changed from 4MB to 8MB | / |
2018.2A PCB version of the device does not support C2C (TypeC to TypeC) connection and PD power supply.