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- This would be perfect for boats if only they ever decided to make a waterproof version. Of any of their displays, actuallyby cromka
- nice flex
- It has LoRa, so it will be interesting to see if meshtastic or meshcore support it.
Although it seems like it's OOS everywhere already.
by RobotToaster - nice, out of stock
would need a cheaper one esp32, display the same size, battery and few buttons, no need for lights or even chassis, can 3d print it. but only found screens too small or costs more than this device!
btw where does these ship from?
by anonymous344 - When I order from m5, box is postmarked from Californiaby hackcasual
- Sounds like the usual m5stack story, beautiful hardware, software as an afterthought. Out of stock everywhere already too.by akshay_akula
- These are hobbyist devices for makers... you shouldn't consider them an Apple-esque device that just works. M5 bring the hardware, you bring the software.
- I have the cardputer adv , stackchan a ai pyramid. Pyramid is a paperweight, the stack chan works OK sometimes. Not current 1.5 sometimes the is voice crackly and cuts out. Cardputer functions as marketed. I waiting for the cardputer zero to play with flipper and hack rf. Fingers crossed most likely my last purchase from them.by glitchbot
- This announcement is from a few days ago. And it seems everywhere is out-of-stock. Any news about potential availability? (In the US ideally.)by 3D30497420
- i can't remember where i read it, but a few days ago i saw they didn't expect a restock until next yearby notatoad
- M5Stack's twitter says 2 to 3 months [0] to restock because they're out of eink driver ic.
When I submitted the story maybe 8 hours[1] after the announcement, it was already out of stock. This person says it sold out in 1 second - https://x.com/henry19840301/status/2090652363434647738 - if that's possible.
by big_toast - I was just thinking that I could port rePalm to it. But for now I only support arm mips Riscv and aarch64. I guess maybe time for an LX7 portby dmitrygr
- I have the older Paper-S3, which has better specs (larger screen and battery, 16-level grayscale) and also has a Crosspoint Reader port. Nice device, clearer screen than my Pocketbook Verse.by fmajid
- this has a frontlightby leecming
- I think you can get 60 fps out of the old Paper S3. There was a gameboy emulator I saw recently that did it with some trickery I haven't reproduced on mine, but super impressive piece of hardware.by a2dam
- This is competition for the new XTEINK X4 Pro. Cost about half the price and is compatible with Crosspoint too.by NDlurker
- and has a touchscreenby fmajid
- I just for the one that's a hair smaller than the 4, flashed it with Crosspoint, and man, I'm pretty happy with it.by burnte
- M5Stack and LilyGo products aren't necessarily end user ready. They are awkward middle grounds between shoebox sized literal circuit level prototype of smartphones and on-stage-CEO-showing-off prototypes. A bit like bake at home dough. Not competitors to real products.by numpad0
- I really don't understand why the XTEINK X4 Pro doesn't have a built-in USB-C port. A good part of the appeal of a device like that is less lock-in, but then you're stuck with a proprietary connector.
I guess this makes it a bit thinner and maybe a larger battery? I'd much rather have a slightly larger/thicker device and built-in USB-C.
by 3D30497420 - For the same ~ $55 as their lite model you get some other options:
slightly larger screen, plus a microphone and speaker: https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/05/zectrix-note-4-a-4-2...
same screen size with microphone and speaker, plus a magnetic fridge mount: https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/31/reterminal-sticky-3-...
I'd actually love something like the reTerminal sticky, but larger, for a fridge mounted home automation dashboard / calendar.
by gigel82 - This has a frontlight. Also, the Zectrix has half the resolutionby leecming
- $65, out of stock, store link: https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5papermono-with-lora-nfc-...
- I wouldn't anticipate too much from m5stack. They have a habit of developing products that are well designed from a physical standpoint... but when you try to develop with them one finds that the software and support needed to achieve your goals are half-baked and downright annoying. UIFlow1/2, I'm looking at you...
For reference, see the M5dinmeter
by g8425 - That's when their documentation site is even up!by shermozle
- I have a tiny devboard collection habit, and gotta say coding agents work great with these. I've got a stick and a few dials running various hyper specific UIs for home assistant.by hackcasual
- That's been my experience too. That has lead to a small community and little real excitement around them.by burnte
- You can just use freeink.org to develop for it fwiw
- I use plain arduino-cli to develop for them. UIFlow looks like an awful experience.by ricardobeat
- as long as they include a schematic for their products, i'm set
i've always viewed m5stack / seeed / tindie as 'dev board marketplaces'; once i proof the rest of the design using their board, i take the known-working schematic and simply cut out the parts i dont want to spin rev 2, then once that is working i optimize the remaining parts for rev3, and project done :)