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- What you need<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Installation Software<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Operation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Code Appendix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What you need<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1x M5 AtomLite<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Getting Started with TipControl Designer and AtomLite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- \n
- \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Connect Your Device<\/strong> Launch TipControl Designer<\/strong> and plug in your AtomLite<\/strong> via USB. Make sure the correct USB driver<\/strong> is installed for your system. If you’re unsure, refer to the Tutorials<\/a><\/strong> section for help with firmware<\/a> installation and USB setup. Rename the device and the device will restart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Restore Configuration<\/strong>\n
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- Right-click on your newly detected device and select \u201cConfiguration Restore.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Navigate to:
Documents\/TipControl\/backups\/M5\/AtomLite.img<\/code> and choose the file named ATOMLite<\/strong>. Wait till the restore process finished.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Reset the chip if not done automatically. Wait a few seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Scan & Rename<\/strong>\n
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- Perform a device scan<\/strong> again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click on the new device and rename it from
M5_AtomLite.cpy<\/code> to your preferred name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Configure Wi-Fi<\/strong>\n
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- Click the wifi driver and open the Config Tab<\/strong> and enter your Wi-Fi credentials. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Configure MQTT<\/strong>\n
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- Click mqtt Config Tab<\/strong>, enter the password<\/strong> you used during cloud registration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The username<\/strong> is your registered cloud username.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you only have one user, you can leave the User<\/strong> field blank.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click Save<\/strong> to apply the settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- \u2705 Preconfigured Features<\/strong> Your device already comes with I2C<\/strong>, button<\/strong>, Neopixel<\/strong>, and other essential components configured\u2014no extra setup needed!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Code Apendix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Events\n
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- button\n
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- pressed – changes the lead to red<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- released – turns led off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- sys\n
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- “Timer” – sends a report to your *.designer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “Equ_enabled” – calls a macro open<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Macros\n
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- multireport – change “username” to your user name and save it. It sends the data from the button, neopixel and rtc to the designer. Event “Timer” must be enabled. For RTC to work you must have a wifi connection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- open – on boot play a led show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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It creates a naked M5AtomLite. That is you do not need to drag and drop the drivers for the features of the device. You will upload a config file and you are done. The M5Atom is neat little device based on the ESP32. While small it has all the technical characteristics to control many sensors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tipcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- button\n
- Events\n
- The username<\/strong> is your registered cloud username.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Configure MQTT<\/strong>\n
- Click on the new device and rename it from
- Navigate to:
- Restore Configuration<\/strong>\n
- \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Connect Your Device<\/strong> Launch TipControl Designer<\/strong> and plug in your AtomLite<\/strong> via USB. Make sure the correct USB driver<\/strong> is installed for your system. If you’re unsure, refer to the Tutorials<\/a><\/strong> section for help with firmware<\/a> installation and USB setup. Rename the device and the device will restart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n