AtomS3

Overview

M5Stack AtomS3 is an ESP32-based development board from M5Stack.

It features the following integrated components:

  • ESP32-S3FN8 chip (240MHz dual core, Wi-Fi/BLE 5.0)

  • 512KB of SRAM

  • 384KB of ROM

  • 8MB of Flash

  • LCD IPS TFT 0.85”, 128x128 px screen (ST7789 compatible)

  • 6-axis IMU MPU6886

  • Infrared emitter

Supported Features

The m5stack_atoms3 board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

m5stack_atoms3/esp32s3/appcpu target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

Espressif Xtensa LX7 CPU2

espressif,xtensa-lx7

ADC

on-chip

ESP32 ADC2

espressif,esp32-adc

Bluetooth

on-chip

Bluetooth HCI for Espressif ESP321

espressif,esp32-bt-hci

CAN

on-chip

ESP32 Two-Wire Automotive Interface (TWAI)1

espressif,esp32-twai

Clock control

on-chip

ESP32 RTC (Power & Clock Controller Module) Module1

espressif,esp32-rtc

Counter

on-chip

ESP32 Counter Driver based on RTC Main Timer1

espressif,esp32-rtc-timer

on-chip

ESP32 general-purpose timers1 3

espressif,esp32-timer

DMA

on-chip

ESP32 GDMA (General Direct Memory Access)1

espressif,esp32-gdma

Flash controller

on-chip

ESP32 flash controller1

espressif,esp32-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

ESP32 GPIO controller2

espressif,esp32-gpio

I2C

on-chip

ESP32 I2C2

espressif,esp32-i2c

I2S

on-chip

ESP32 I2S2

espressif,esp32-i2s

Input

on-chip

ESP32 touch sensor input1

espressif,esp32-touch

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ESP32 Interrupt controller1

espressif,esp32-intc

IPM

on-chip

ESP32 soft inter processor message1

espressif,esp32-ipm

Mailbox

on-chip

ESP32 soft mailbox1

espressif,mbox-esp32

Memory controller

on-chip

ESP32 pseudo-static RAM controller1

espressif,esp32-psram

MTD

on-chip

Flash node1

soc-nv-flash

on-chip

Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1

fixed-partitions

Pin control

on-chip

ESP32 pin controller1

espressif,esp32-pinctrl

PWM

on-chip

ESP32 LED Control (LEDC)1

espressif,esp32-ledc

on-chip

ESP32 Motor Control Pulse Width Modulator (MCPWM)2

espressif,esp32-mcpwm

RNG

on-chip

ESP32 TRNG (True Random Number Generator)1

espressif,esp32-trng

SDHC

on-chip

ESP32 SDHC controller1

espressif,esp32-sdhc

on-chip

ESP32 SDHC controller slot2

espressif,esp32-sdhc-slot

Sensors

on-chip

ESP32 temperature sensor1

espressif,esp32-temp

on-chip

ESP32 Pulse Counter (PCNT)1

espressif,esp32-pcnt

Serial controller

on-chip

ESP32 UART3

espressif,esp32-uart

on-chip

ESP32 UART1

espressif,esp32-usb-serial

SPI

on-chip

ESP32 SPI2

espressif,esp32-spi

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM description2

mmio-sram

Video

on-chip

ESP32 LCD CAM Peripheral interface1

espressif,esp32-lcd-cam

Watchdog

on-chip

ESP32 XT Watchdog Timer1

espressif,esp32-xt-wdt

on-chip

ESP32 watchdog2

espressif,esp32-watchdog

Wi-Fi

on-chip

ESP32 SoC Wi-Fi1

espressif,esp32-wifi

m5stack_atoms3/esp32s3/procpu target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

Espressif Xtensa LX7 CPU2

espressif,xtensa-lx7

ADC

on-chip

ESP32 ADC2

espressif,esp32-adc

Bluetooth

on-chip

Bluetooth HCI for Espressif ESP321

espressif,esp32-bt-hci

CAN

on-chip

ESP32 Two-Wire Automotive Interface (TWAI)1

espressif,esp32-twai

Clock control

on-chip

ESP32 RTC (Power & Clock Controller Module) Module1

espressif,esp32-rtc

Counter

on-chip

ESP32 Counter Driver based on RTC Main Timer1

espressif,esp32-rtc-timer

on-chip

ESP32 general-purpose timers3 1

espressif,esp32-timer

Display

on-board

ST7789V 320x240 display controller1

sitronix,st7789v

DMA

on-chip

ESP32 GDMA (General Direct Memory Access)1

espressif,esp32-gdma

Flash controller

on-chip

ESP32 flash controller1

espressif,esp32-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

ESP32 GPIO controller2

espressif,esp32-gpio

on-board

GPIO pins exposed on Grove 4 pins headers1

grove-header

I2C

on-chip

ESP32 I2C2

espressif,esp32-i2c

I2S

on-chip

ESP32 I2S2

espressif,esp32-i2s

Input

on-chip

ESP32 touch sensor input1

espressif,esp32-touch

on-board

Group of GPIO-bound input keys1

gpio-keys

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ESP32 Interrupt controller1

espressif,esp32-intc

IPM

on-chip

ESP32 soft inter processor message1

espressif,esp32-ipm

Mailbox

on-chip

ESP32 soft mailbox1

espressif,mbox-esp32

Memory controller

on-chip

ESP32 pseudo-static RAM controller1

espressif,esp32-psram

MTD

on-chip

Flash node1

soc-nv-flash

on-chip

Fixed partitions of a flash (or other non-volatile storage) memory1

fixed-partitions

Pin control

on-chip

ESP32 pin controller1

espressif,esp32-pinctrl

PWM

on-chip

ESP32 LED Control (LEDC)1

espressif,esp32-ledc

on-chip

ESP32 Motor Control Pulse Width Modulator (MCPWM)2

espressif,esp32-mcpwm

Regulator

on-board

Fixed voltage regulators1

regulator-fixed

RNG

on-chip

ESP32 TRNG (True Random Number Generator)1

espressif,esp32-trng

SDHC

on-chip

ESP32 SDHC controller1

espressif,esp32-sdhc

on-chip

ESP32 SDHC controller slot2

espressif,esp32-sdhc-slot

Sensors

on-board

MPU-6000 motion tracking device1

invensense,mpu6050

on-chip

ESP32 temperature sensor1

espressif,esp32-temp

on-chip

ESP32 Pulse Counter (PCNT)1

espressif,esp32-pcnt

Serial controller

on-chip

ESP32 UART1 2

espressif,esp32-uart

on-chip

ESP32 UART1

espressif,esp32-usb-serial

SPI

on-chip

ESP32 SPI1 1

espressif,esp32-spi

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM description2

mmio-sram

Video

on-chip

ESP32 LCD CAM Peripheral interface1

espressif,esp32-lcd-cam

Watchdog

on-chip

ESP32 XT Watchdog Timer1

espressif,esp32-xt-wdt

on-chip

ESP32 watchdog1 1

espressif,esp32-watchdog

Wi-Fi

on-chip

ESP32 SoC Wi-Fi1

espressif,esp32-wifi

Start Application Development

Before powering up your M5Stack AtomS3, please make sure that the board is in good condition with no obvious signs of damage.

System requirements

Prerequisites

Espressif HAL requires WiFi and Bluetooth binary blobs in order work. Run the command below to retrieve those files.

west blobs fetch hal_espressif

Note

It is recommended running the command above after west update.

Building & Flashing

Build and flash applications as usual (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b m5stack_atoms3/esp32s3/procpu samples/hello_world

The usual flash target will work with the m5stack_atoms3 board configuration. Here is an example for the Hello World application.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b m5stack_atoms3/esp32s3/procpu samples/hello_world
west flash

The baud rate of 921600bps is set by default. If experiencing issues when flashing, try using different values by using --esp-baud-rate <BAUD> option during west flash (e.g. west flash --esp-baud-rate 115200).

You can also open the serial monitor using the following command:

west espressif monitor

After the board has automatically reset and booted, you should see the following message in the monitor:

***** Booting Zephyr OS vx.x.x-xxx-gxxxxxxxxxxxx *****
Hello World! m5stack_atoms3

Debugging

M5Stack AtomS3 debugging is not supported due to pinout limitations.