Which 'New Device' to select when using M5Stack devices

[themusicman]

Hi All

I have previously used Adafruit IO with a dashboard to view data from my RPi PicoW board, but am now wondering if I am able to use any of the M5Stack devices (M5Stack, M5Core2, M5Atom, M5Stick) with AdafruitIO. When I try to make a start at a new dashboard, I am presented with a question asking which 'New Device' do I wish to use - and of course there are no M5 devices listed.

So, does this mean it isn't possible to use M5 devices with Adafruit IO, is there an alternate method, or do I select one of the ESP32 S3 boards?

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction please.

Thanks all.

[adafruit_support_mike]

Adafruit.io doesn't care what microcontroller you use. It just wants to see the correct text-based data protocol.

Between the Arduino IDE and MicroPython, yoou should be able to get the basic IO code working.

[themusicman]

Sure, but step 1 in the process is to select a “new device, none of which are any M5Stack boards. I have to select one, but which one. It wont allow me to continue without selecting a board. Oh, and I prefer to use native Arduino C++ not micropython.

[brubell]

When I try to make a start at a new dashboard, I am presented with a question asking which 'New Device' do I wish to use - and of course there are no M5 devices listed.

You can make a new dashboard without this by visiting io.adafruit.com/dashboards and clicking "New Dashboard". I do not know where you see this step on the site but am really interested. Could you please attach a screenshot?

For clarification, the "new device" and "devices" pages are for boards running the Adafruit WipperSnapper firmware.

If you are using Arduino, you can connect your device using Arduino/C++ and the Adafruit IO Arduino Library (or a MQTT library).

[themusicman]

You can make a new dashboard without this by visiting io.adafruit.com/dashboards and clicking "New Dashboard". I do not know where you see this step on the site but am really interested. Could you please attach a screenshot?

For clarification, the "new device" and "devices" pages are for boards running the Adafruit WipperSnapper firmware.

If you are using Arduino, you can connect your device using Arduino/C++ and the Adafruit IO Arduino Library (or a MQTT library).

Many thanks for your helpful reply. Couple of things here... mainly down to ignorance on my part I think... !!

I can't specifically recall how I connected to the dashboard using my RPi previously, but I was using Python. This time I am using ESP32 devices, coding using VSCode in C++. I may have totally misunderstood how I connected my sensors to the dashboards, but I must have used MQTT etc to do so. it's just that I am sure I recall 'adding' a device somewhere, but I think age is finally catching up with me and I may not have. I will read the documentation again and re-familiarise myself with how to connect a device using MQTT etc. I can see now how to access previous dashboards and feeds etc, so I guess it is a question of using the required library in my code, and connecting to one of my feeds! So sorry for the confusion.

In any event, here's the screenshot I alluded to... many thanks for your helpful advice.

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