Posts made by felmue

Hello @BennoB

I can confirm that the UiFlow example doesn't work for me either. The block to connect to MQTT seems to be broken or not properly adapted for the SIM7020.

@m5stack : please fix. Thank you.

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Felix

Hello @frittna

FWIW: here in Switzerland both URLs work for me.

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Felix

Hello @aezero

I am glad to hear you found a solution. And thank you for sharing.

BTW: for me a rate limit of 10 reduces the download time (from about 70 s to 55 s).

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Felix

Hello @aezero

just to be clear, with your setup, the firmware update always fails, correct?

• Does your code have tasks (other than the mandatory loop())?
• Is your power source stable?

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Felix

Hello @BennoB

have you tried to run the example without modification, e.g. connecting to mqtt.m5stack.com as a test? Does that work?

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Felix

Hello @aezero

hmm, not sure why your sketch is taking longer (unless the firmware is bigger).

I think if you want to decouple the flash from the download process you'd need to look into examples using SPIFFS. However in my opinion this is kind of redundant as SPIFFS is in flash as well. So the download would go into SPIFFS first and then copy from flash to flash. (Unless I am missing something.)

When I check with tcpdump on my server I see it reading multiple small chunks over the period of the download (about 37s). In other words I don't think there is a buffer on the way or in the modem in my case.

Are you using the default modem.restart();? I found it can take quite some time for the modem to be ready after that. Plus the modem sometimes sends some unsolicited messages (e.g. +CPIN: READY, SMS DONE, PB DONE) as well which I think might interfere with the download.

You could try using modem.init(); instead and / or add some sort of delay / check if the modem is ready or not. I've added the following line modem.testAT(30000); before String modemInfo = modem.getModemInfo(); which helped the download when using a SIM7600G.

BTW: from what I can tell my setup uses CGNAT IP starts with 10.x.x.x.

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Felix

P.S. github example updated

Hello @RIDDSprojects

is your M5Stack running the latest UiFlow firmware (v1.10.9)? You can install it with M5Burner v3.0.

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Felix

Hello @btrex

not sure I understand why the LAN module removes port B. Do you mean the LAN module uses the GPIOs normally used for port B?

Anyways, if you are using an M5Core2 device this module might help.

And for an M5Stack device the bus module might be helpful as it exposes all pins.

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Felix

Hello @LishengKKK

cool. I am happy to hear you got it working. Thank you for reporting back.

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Felix

Hello @kilnageer

you are welcome. Thank you for reporting back. I am happy to read that it worked for you.

Same to you!

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Felix

Hello @kilnageer

when the code is downloaded to the device and is run in app mode, WiFi might no longer be connected. Try adding below blocks to your program to ensure WiFi is connected.

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Felix

Hello @aezero

the linked example works for me. It is using TinyGSM library which supports multiple modems. I've tested it with a SIM7080 modem and CAT-M1.

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Felix

Hello @teastain

Wire.begin() used to always initialize an I2C master, but in recent ESP32 Arduino framework versions an ESP32 can also be setup as I2C slave. But instead of creating a new function like Wire.beginSlave() it has been decided to overload the already existing begin() function so it can be used to initialize an I2C master or a slave.

The compiler / linker decides from the argument types which begin function to call. The I2C master begin function is defined like this:

bool begin(int sda, int scl, uint32_t frequency=0);

And the I2C slave begin function is defined like this:

bool begin(uint8_t slaveAddr, int sda, int scl, uint32_t frequency);

Now if you call Wire.begin(SDA, SCK) and SDA and SCK are defined as uint8_t the I2C slave begin is called (instead of the intended I2C master begin) since the argument types match better.

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Felix

P.S.: my original advise to typecast the arguments to (int) was useless as numbers are already defined as int.

Hello @LishengKKK

please try this - leave Wire.begin() as it is but replace Wire with Wire1 in the two functions Servo_write_us90() and Servo_write_angle().

Explanation: M5Core2 uses Wire1 for the internal I2C and Wire for the external I2C (Groove port). Wire1 is initialized in M5.begin() and used for the touch screen.

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Felix

Hello @roadfox

in case you are still looking for a suitable NB-IoT SIM card. I recently got one from Miotiq which works fine for me. See here for more detail.

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Felix

Hello @LishengKKK

my suggestion is based on other examples using I2C where the original code would initialize an I2C slave instead of an I2C master due to some recent changes in the ESP32 Arduino framework.

I am sorry, but I don't have working code to share as I don't have the necessary hardware to test (e.g. I don't have a Servo module). Sorry.

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Felix

Hello @LishengKKK

try changing this line:

Wire.begin(32, 33, 100000UL);

to:

Wire.begin((int) 32, (int) 33, 100000UL);

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Felix

Hi @dmshimself

available pins are:

• G21, G25 - on the right - first and second pin from the top
• G26, G32 - at the bottom - third and fourth pin from the left

Please note: non of the above pins can drive 5 V; they are (as are all ESP32 GPIO pins) 3.3 V only.

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Felix

Hello @jamstooks

looking through all M5Stack modules I can see about two weak candidates, none of which I think matches what you'll need though, unfortunately.

• Goplus2 DC Motor and Servo Driver Module (STM32F0) : 5 V / 1.5 A
• 4 Channels DC Encoder Motor driver module : 6-12 V 600 mA (but I think it only works with encoder DC motors.)

Sorry, I don't think a suitable module exists at this point in time.

Please also note that the GoPlus2 module doesn't properly work with M5Core2. From above description:
Note: This module has an I2C address conflict with the touch screen of the CORE2, so it cannot be used together.

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Felix

Hello @wsanders

have you tried this Arduino code? It's for M5Core2 and Thermal Unit.

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Felix