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[Kabron]

Allmost like FACES but cheaper and with full documentation.
https://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G152875062626

[Calin]

I don't know about others, but as a developer, i prefer Wrover kit and M5Stack.
That odroid is more of a gamboy than a development platform. You can play those games on a smartphone... and everyone has a smartphone this days...
M5Stack have more GPIO's available, more expansion options with modules and a nice design.
Wrover kit is a full development platform with integrated debugger but lack's the friendly design and might be too complicated for beginners.

[Kabron]

@calin 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

"more expansion options with modules"

None of these modules are crearly documented

[Calin]

@kabron 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

@calin 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

"more expansion options with modules"

None of these modules are crearly documented

What exactly do you call "documented" ?
Are you referring to real documents: schematics, datasheets, etc... like THIS ?
Or to tutorials to "how to compile hello world" like THIS ?

Regarding the M5Stack modules, they use "off the shelf" component modules for GPS, GSM and Lora.
There are documents and libraries ready to use for those modules like SIM800L, Neo-m8n, etc...
Above all, M5Stack have more GPIO's available for connection and that's enough to make me chose it over odroid.

Yes. Will be nice if M5Stack will have a better documentation/wiki.
But lack of that extended documents don't make it inferior to other products.

Odroid make some nice development platforms. But the ESP32 based "Odroid Go" just isn't a development platform...

[Rop]

@kabron 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

None of these modules are crearly documented

I tried to put all the information I have on these modules in one place here. Something like it needs to get a better place in a more definitive wiki / markdown documentation location, but it's a start.

[Calin]

@rop 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

@kabron 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

None of these modules are crearly documented

I tried to put all the information I have on these modules in one place here. Something like it needs to get a better place in a more definitive wiki / markdown documentation location, but it's a start.

Let's hope the M5Stack team read your post and they modify the modules so they can work together too.
Not just one at the time.

[Kabron]

@calin 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

Regarding the M5Stack modules, they use "off the shelf" component modules for GPS, GSM and Lora.

FACES modules have none documentation at all.
Any M5GO documentation?

[Kabron]

@calin 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

Are you referring to real documents: schematics, datasheets, etc... like THIS ?
Or to tutorials to "how to compile hello world" like THIS ?

This also applies equally to ODROID-GO

[Kabron]

I just want to note a fundamentally different approach to support from HARDKERNEL and M5Stask teams. ODROID-GO has just been announced but already with full support. M5Stask can not realize it for years. Only children's tweets and sluggish community.

[Calin]

@kabron 在 Serious Competitor Appeared 中说：

FACES modules have none documentation at all.

yeah... i must agree with you on this one...

[Kabron]

To whom it may be interested
I modified native arduino M5STACK library to suite both M5STACK and ODROID-GO.
Look in the examples folder.
Also read comments in M5Stack.h
Tested with VisualMicro for Visual Studuo
https://yadi.sk/d/0wo7ympO3Zc6RT