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 "slug": "m5stack-core2",
 "name": "M5Stack Core2 v1.3",
 "maker": "M5Stack",
 "category": "boards",
 "categoryLabel": "Boards & controllers",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "A stackable ESP32 controller with a 2-inch touchscreen, speaker and battery — a common host for security and mesh firmware.",
 "goodFor": "A touchscreen ESP32 base for M5 firmware and IoT.",
 "youNeed": "Firmware of your choice.",
 "tradeoff": "No Bluetooth LE on this ESP32; 2.4 GHz only.",
 "tags": [
  "ESP32",
  "Touchscreen",
  "Stackable",
  "Hacking firmware"
 ],
 "price": "US$42.90",
 "priceShort": "$42.90",
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": "2026-09-18",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/m5stack-core2/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/m5stack-core2",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/m5stack-core2.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/m5stack-core2.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/m5stack-core2.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/m5stack-core2.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "M5Stack",
   "label": "Buy from M5Stack",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=m5stack-core2&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at M5Stack when checked on 2026-09-24."
  },
  {
   "merchant": "Amazon",
   "label": "Buy from Amazon",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H79XYB8R?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=m5stack-core2&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at Amazon when checked on 2026-09-24."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "ESP32-D0WDQ6-V3 dual-core 240 MHz · 16 MB flash · 8 MB PSRAM",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "2.0″ IPS touch · 320 × 240 (ILI9342C, FT6336U touch)",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radios",
     "value": "2.4 GHz Wi-Fi",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "500 mAh battery · AXP192 PMU · 5 V USB-C",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Sensors",
     "value": "BMI270 6-axis IMU, BM8563 RTC",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Audio",
     "value": "SPM1423 microphone, NS4168 I2S amplifier",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Feedback",
     "value": "Vibration motor",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Expansion",
     "value": "Grove I2C/UART, M-Bus",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Size",
     "value": "54 × 54 × 16.5 mm · 59 g",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "US$42.90 on shop.m5stack.com",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker product page",
   "url": "https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-development-kit-v1-3"
  },
  {
   "label": "M5Stack documentation",
   "url": "https://docs.m5stack.com/"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "schematics",
  "opennessLabel": "Schematics published",
  "summary": "M5Stack publishes core-board and expansion-board schematic PDFs for Core2; no KiCad/Altium source, Gerbers, or BOM. Public schematic is labelled v1.0, the listed product is v1.3.",
  "files": [
   {
    "kind": "schematic",
    "label": "Core2 core-board schematic (PDF, v1.0)",
    "url": "https://m5stack-doc.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/644/CORE2_V1.0_SCH.pdf",
    "format": "PDF"
   },
   {
    "kind": "schematic",
    "label": "Core2 expansion-board schematic (PDF)",
    "url": "https://m5stack-doc.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/644/CORE2_EXT_Board.pdf",
    "format": "PDF"
   },
   {
    "kind": "3d-model",
    "label": "Core2 v1.3 case structure (STL)",
    "url": "https://github.com/m5stack/M5_Hardware/blob/master/Products/K010-V13_Core2_v1.3/Structures/Core2_v1.3.stl",
    "format": "STL"
   }
  ],
  "repos": [
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/m5stack/M5Core2",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true,
    "license": "MIT",
    "stars": 294,
    "pushed": "2025-07-29"
   },
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/m5stack/M5_Hardware",
    "role": "hardware",
    "official": true,
    "license": "MIT",
    "stars": 330,
    "pushed": "2026-08-17"
   }
  ],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "ESP32-D0WDQ6-V3",
    "role": "MCU (dual-core 240 MHz, Wi-Fi/BT)",
    "datasheet": "https://m5stack-doc.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/644/esp32_datasheet_en.pdf"
   },
   {
    "part": "MPU-6886",
    "role": "6-axis IMU (per docs.m5stack.com/en/core/core2)",
    "datasheet": "https://m5stack.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/resource/docs/datasheet/core/MPU-6886-000193%2Bv1.1_GHIC_en.pdf"
   },
   {
    "part": "BM8563",
    "role": "RTC",
    "datasheet": "https://m5stack.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/resource/docs/datasheet/core/BM8563_V1.1_cn.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "docs.m5stack.com/en/core/core2 (the generic Core2 doc page) is what serves the schematic and lists MPU-6886 as the IMU, not BMI270; only a v1.0 schematic PDF was found even though the product listed is 'v1.3' (M5Stack has not published a separate v1.3-specific schematic PDF that I could locate). Core2 v1.3 case STL confirmed present in m5stack/M5_Hardware.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": {
  "kicad": [],
  "models": [
   {
    "label": "Core2 v1.3 case structure (STL)",
    "format": "STL",
    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m5stack/M5_Hardware/master/Products/K010-V13_Core2_v1.3/Structures/Core2_v1.3.stl",
    "page": "https://github.com/m5stack/M5_Hardware/blob/master/Products/K010-V13_Core2_v1.3/Structures/Core2_v1.3.stl",
    "bytes": 1315284
   }
  ]
 },
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "esp32",
  "mpu6886",
  "pcf8563",
  "ili934x",
  "bmi270"
 ]
}