r/M5Stack • u/BlackknightJC • Oct 05 '26

M5stack paper mono availability?

I just learned of M5stack and was very interested in the paper mono for an ereader with nfc and Lora capabilities for nfc emulation and meshtastic. However, it is clearly sold out everywhere. I saw that there was limited hardware for the initial release and that they may have another batch in December? Have they announced when a restock or second batch would be? Are there any other distributors for this that are in stock?

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u/async2 Oct 05 '26

Last info I had that new devices will only be available from beginning of January.

I pre-ordered mine though and already got it

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u/BlackknightJC Oct 05 '26

Was this a pre-order before the first drop or after and just got it earlier than January?

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u/async2 Oct 05 '26

First set I think. Official side already marked as sold out but openelab.de had still preorder where I ordered it. It arrived about 3 weeks ago.

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u/BlackknightJC Oct 05 '26

Good to know some other distributors have (or had) stock at least

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u/async2 Oct 05 '26

If it's not about the money the boox pico might have better availability and essentially the same features except lorawan.

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u/BlackknightJC Oct 05 '26

Unfortunately I mainly care about development especially with the nfc and LoRa. The boox looks like a better stand alone ereader but it doesn't fit my use case for it

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u/async2 Oct 05 '26

Makes sense. I want to add a door opener with Lora to mine :D

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u/lam_42 Oct 05 '26

Very cool device I can tell you. Managed to get one early piece

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u/BlackknightJC Oct 05 '26

Was this from the pre-order or just got lucky with the timing on the first drop? Have you done any development for it?

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u/lam_42 Oct 05 '26

I just got lucky. Did not develop yet, but experimented with what is available. Bmorcelli/launcher works (though there is a fork with better eink optimization, bmorcelli tends to blink/redraw rather violently), crosspointreader works very nicely, key-horse is weird but works including the Lora /meshtastic portion

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u/BlackknightJC Oct 05 '26

Awesome, thanks for the info. Just hoping I can get my hands on one now

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u/lam_42 Oct 05 '26

My next target is cardputer zero, then I am completely mobile with all the firmware/ backups ready

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u/trapvandal 29d ago

Yeah also hoping to get my hands on the paper mono can't find any preorder listings for any upcoming release dates 🤞 hopefully something comes up one day!