M5 Dial and wired ethernet is possible?

kokany

Hello all!

Is it possible M5 Dial extend with any wired ethernet module, like a W5500?
I'm open to any solution.

Thank you!

felmue

short answer: not easily / not together with the display.

Long answer: the issue I see is that the SPI pins used for the display are not accessible from the outside. This means it would need a second SPI instance using the pins available on port A and B. Unfortunately the M5-Ethernet library uses the first SPI instance hard-coded. See here.

So yes, M5Dial can be extended with Ethernet, but not together with the display or one would need to modify the M5-Ethernet library accordingly.

Please note: it's entirely possible there is another way I do not see right now.

Thanks
Felix