M5StickC (ESP32 based) gives psram error-infinite reboots

I charged my M5StickC to full and flashed a blinky sketch. It's been working just fine (including console log of the time) for hours now.

Have you tried charging yours fully?

It would be nice to get some bindings with the AXP192 though, as it also controls the backlight of the LCD :P It's using the st7735 but without the backlight getting power, we can't see anything on the screen (or at least that's what I think; maybe I'm just using the lcd wrong).

Would also be nice if we can somehow get something like https://www.espruino.com/Reference#l_NRF_getBattery working through the power management chip :P

This initialisation code seems to work - it turns the backlight on, charges the battery etc. Needs to be put into a module when time permits. You can get the battery voltage and current using batV and batA:

I2C1.setup({scl:22,sda:21,bitrate:400000});

function init(){
    function Write1Byte(a,d) { I2C1.writeTo(0x34,a,d);}
    // Set LDO2 & LDO3(TFT_LED & TFT) 3.0V
    Write1Byte(0x28, 0xcc);  
    // Set ADC to All Enable
    Write1Byte(0x82, 0xff);
    // Bat charge voltage to 4.2, Current 100MA
    Write1Byte(0x33, 0xc0);
    // Enable Bat,ACIN,VBUS,APS adc
    Write1Byte(0x82, 0xff);
    // Enable Ext, LDO3, DCDC1
    // Close DCDC2 output
    // with out LD02 LCD light it is 0x49 
    Write1Byte(0x12, 0x4D);        
    // 128ms power on, 4s power off
    Write1Byte(0x36, 0x0C);
    // Set RTC voltage to 3.3V
    Write1Byte(0x91, 0xF0); 
    // Set GPIO0 to LDO
    Write1Byte(0x90, 0x02);
    // Disable vbus hold limit
    Write1Byte(0x30, 0x80);
    // Set temperature protection
    Write1Byte(0x39, 0xfc);
    // Enable RTC BAT charge 
    Write1Byte(0x35, 0xa2);
    // Enable bat detection
    Write1Byte(0x32, 0x46);
}

init();

function batV() {
    I2C1.writeTo(0x34,0x78);
    var d = I2C1.readFrom(0x34,2);
    var v = d[0]*16+d[1];
    const ADCLSB = 1.1 / 1000.0;
    return v * ADCLSB;
}

function batA() {
    function read13(a){
        I2C1.writeTo(0x34,a);
        var d = I2C1.readFrom(0x34,2);
        return d[0]*32+d[1];
    }
    // current in - current out (ma);
    return ( read13(0x7A)-read13(0x7C))/2;
}

Thanks, I can confirm this does indeed activate the power management functions and allows the USB to charge the battery :)

Have a look at this module used for a specific hardware design as a starting point for creating a m5s, m5c or m5a module.

This is what I just started for a M5StickC:

require('Storage').write('.boot1',`
global.M5C = {
      BTNA: D37,
      BTNB: D39,
      LED: D10,
      IR: D9,
      lcd: {
        // AXP192: { id: 0x34 }, LD02: power lcd, LD03: lcd on
        power: (state) => { M5C.lcd.flipBit(state, 2); },
        backlight: (state) => { M5C.lcd.flipBit(state, 4); },
        flipBit: (state, bit) => {
            I2C1.setup({ scl: D22, sda: D21 });
            I2C1.writeTo(0x34, 0x12);
            buf = I2C1.readFrom(0x34, 0x12, 1)[0];
            if (state)
                I2C1.writeTo(0x34, 0x12, buf | bit);
            else
                I2C1.writeTo(0x34, 0x12, buf & ~bit);
          }
      },
      header: {
          Grove: [D32, D33],
          Front: [D26, D36, D0]
      }
  };`);

Is there a way to create a custom .hex that runs code on startup? I know we can add modules ourselves so it's already available in the firmware without internet access, but in this case can we automatically add code to .boot1 for example during the .hex flashing process?