Muse gadgets / M5Stack StopWatch

M5Stack StopWatch board
Screen and voiceOfficially supportedESP32 SDK

M5Stack StopWatch

Board $45 · about $55 with cable/parts

Beginner · no toolsIt flashes over its own USB with one command; nothing special.

ESP32-S3 with a round 1.75" 466x466 touch AMOLED, 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM and the StickS3's ES8311 audio. Full Muse UI: yellow button for push-to-talk, blue for sleep, settings on the touch screen, battery status. M5Stack listed it at $45 on 2026-10-05.

What it can do

  • Voice · Voice in, text repliesyes
  • Images · Coloryes
  • Touchscreenyes
  • Camerano
  • Air sensorsno
  • Home-network tunnelyes
  • Batteryyes
  • Over-the-air updatesyes

Things to say to it

“(Hold the yellow button) What's next today?”“Show me the image you just found.”

What you need

  • 1 × M5Stack StopWatchBuy
  • 1 × USB-C data cableBuy
  • 1 × USB-C power adapter (5 V / 2 A or more) (optional)Find
Developer details · build command and SDK notes

Your coding agent runs this for you. The full sequence (token, flash, pair) is on the build page.

tools/muse/board.sh build stopwatch

Limits

Good to know

  • The home-network tunnel lets Muse reach devices on your LAN that expose a local HTTP API. Treat it like giving the agent a foothold on your network.
  • Pairing has no manufacturer verification and can't prevent an active man-in-the-middle attack.
  • Builds are signed with the included development key and never enable Secure Boot. Enable NVS encryption (CONFIG_HOMEHUB_NVS_ENCRYPTION).
  • Custom ESP32 commands are not a documented API yet: the command set (display.draw_url, sensors.read, camera.capture, ...) is hardcoded in main/app.c.

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