M5stack Faces LCD REPL Micropython SOLVED

[oviking99]

Re: [Solved]Where to get basic (offline?) MicroPython firmware with lcd module support?

[oviking99]

Days of trying to install micropython on the Faces Kit I bought on Amazon. The solution I used is this. On my Mac;

1. M5Burner; erase device.
2. Go to https://github.com/m5stack/FACES-Firmware/
3. Download the master.zip Unzip. Find m5stack-micropython-tft-repl-v1.0.bin
4. On the Mac goto Applications, right click M5burner App, "Show Package Contents"
5. Navigate to the /FW/ directory, in resources, I believe.
6. Copy the file UIFlow-v1.7.1-en.bin to a safe place.
7. Copy the m5stack-micropython-tft-repl-v1.0.bin to this directory.
8. Rename the file m5stack-micropython-tft-repl-v1.0.bin to UIFlow-v1.7.1-en.bin
9. M5burner, burn the UIFLOW(CORE).
   Micropython REPL should now work with the Faces keyboard and LCD.

I never could get Esptool to erase or flash directly on the M5stack. I wasted many hours trying. I have successfully used esptool on all of my ESP8266 and ESP32's.

[josephwallack]

@oviking99 is there a way to burn this using the M5burner and using the user custom setting?

[olav]

I've successfully flashed the FACES-Firmware, using this command line

esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash -z 0x1000 ./m5stack-micropython-tft-repl-v1.0.bin

After this, I got this prompt:

The OSError is due to a missing main.py. After adding this with mu-edit, the error no longer occurs.

The REPL is also available on the serial interfaces, accessing it with tio /dev/ttyUSB0