Thanks @alextil I'm glad I haven't (completely) lost my mind. I haven't had any progress with this issue besides creating a workaround with a Proto and some Grove ports- assembling a sort of..."Port Board." It certainly isn't pretty, but here's a pic for fun: [image: 1575484626076-portboard-cc.jpg] It's 2 "Port B"s - to accommodate devices that want GP26, GP36, or BOTH. And a simple male header to Serial2. (16/17) I've had some thoughts on other things to try (mostly in configuration or digging deeper into M5 and ESP32 libraries), but have been busy with another project that requires much smaller hardware. If you (or anyone) find something that in any way changes this functionality, please post. All info helps. -Atlas

Hi the solution is Turning of the PSRAM in tools in the arduino IDE. Also you need to go outside for signal. If you have "no gps connection" try to switch the tx and rx pin in the ss.begin()