Application Launcher for Cardputer, M5StickC, M5StickC Plus, and M5StickC Plus 2.
Ir is mandatory that you have an SDCard Hat to use with this Launcher and i have instructions Here, Cardputer users naturaly don´t need this Hat!
You can learn more about how it works o M5Launcher Wiki.
Where/How do I find Binaries to launch -> Obtaining binaries to launch
- Use M5Burner, or
- Download the .bin file from Releases for your device.
- Use https://web.esphome.io/ or esptool.py and flash the file:
Launcher-{ver}-{YourDevice}.bin
into your device.
- Turn your Device on
- Press M5 (Enter) in the Launcher Start Screen to start Launcher
- Choose your .bin file and press M5 (Enter)
- After installed, when turn on the device, if you don't press anything, the installed program will be launched.
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Install the following libs:
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Open ~Launcher/Launcher.ino
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Choose your device, uncommenting the line
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Build Launcher project in Arduino IDE, and "Export Compiled Binary"
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Copy the binary generated in
~Launcher/build/{your-device}/Launcher.ino.bin
the the folder~support_files/
(there are some binaries inside there) -
use esptool to flash in your device
- M5StickC and M5StickC Plus
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
esptool -p COMx -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset --chip esp32 write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size detect 0x1000 bootloader_4Mb.bin 0x8000 partition-table_4Mb.bin 0x10000 Launcher.ino.bin
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
- M5StickC Plus 2
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
esptool -p COMx -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset --chip esp32 write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 80m --flash_size detect 0x1000 bootloader_8Mb.bin 0x8000 partition-table_8Mb.bin 0x10000 Launcher.ino.bin
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
- Cardputer
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
esptool -p COMx -b 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset --chip esp32s3 write_flash --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 80m --flash_size detect 0x0 bootloader_CP.bin 0x8000 partition-table_8Mb.bin 0x10000 Launcher.ino.bin
- Run in "~support_files" folder:
- M5StickC and M5StickC Plus
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1.2.0:
- Excluded ota_data.bin file as it is not needed
- Excluded StartApp application
- Excluded OTA_1 partitions form .csv files because i found out it is not needed
- Realocated free spaces into "SPIFFS" partition, giving room to improvements, and support to applications that use it (OrcaOne)
- Added Bootscreen with battery monitor
- Added Restart option and battery monitor to launcher
- Added auto orientation to M5StickCs
- Laucher does not create .bak files anymore!!
- .bin file handling to avoid some errors: File is too big, file is not valid, etc etc..
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1.1.3:
- Fixed menu files that ware occasionally hiding files and folders.
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1.1.2:
- Adjusted Magic numbers to work with some apps (Volos Watch).
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1.1.1:
- Changed OTA_0 Partition size from 3Mb to 6Mb on Cardputer and M5StickCPlus2
- Added verification to identify MicroPython binaries and don't corrupt them with the cropping process (these apps still don't work, need more work...)
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1.1.0:
- Fixed issues that prevented M5Launcher to launch apps on Cardputer
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1.0.1:
- Fixed blackscreen and keyboard capture on Cardputer.