Maixduino

Arduino Core for K210 based devices

Supported devices

Sipeed Maix series

• Amigo
• Cube
• Go
• Maixduino
• Dock
• BiT
• Nano

M5Stack

• M5StickV
• M5UnitV

Various custom boards

• LAMLOEI AOIT DAAN
• IOXGD4

Docs

Docs: wiki.sipeed.com

Install

Refer install doc: Install

Installing

From Board Manager

1. Download and install the Arduino IDE (at least version v1.9.8)
2. Start the Arduino IDE
3. Go into Preferences
4. Add https://dl.sipeed.com/MAIX/Maixduino/package_Maixduino_k210_index.json as an "Additional Board Manager URL"
5. Open the Boards Manager from the Tools -> Board menu and install "Maixduino(K210)"
6. Select your K210 board from the Tools -> Board menu

From git

1. Follow steps from Board Manager section above
2. cd <SKETCHBOOK>, where <SKETCHBOOK> is your Arduino Sketch folder:
   • OS X: ~/Documents/Arduino
   • Linux: ~/Arduino
   • Windows: ~/Documents/Arduino
3. Create a folder named hardware, if it does not exist, and change directories to it
4. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/Sipeed/Maixduino Maixduino/k210
5. Restart the Arduino IDE

Firmware flashing

The firmware of the K210 devices is updated with a Python-based kflash cross-platform tool. Follow kflash github page on installation instruction.

Change board settings in Tools section on the top of Arduino IDE

1. Board: The same as your dev board
2. Burn Toolfirmware: leave default, for Maix Go Kit - open-ec
3. Burn Baudrate: Decrease it if download fails
4. Port: Serial port, e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0
5. Programmer: k-flash

Credits

This core is based on and compatible with the Sipeed Maixduino Core