Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 269 Comments on Giveaway Week 2025 – M5Stack Tab5 ESP32-P4 IoT devkit

Giveaway Week 2025 – M5Stack Tab5 ESP32-P4 IoT devkit

It’s that time of the year when we organize CNX Software Giveaway Week, a global contest where we give away review samples or get companies to send units to readers. For the 12th edition of the contest, we have seven items to give away this time around: five review samples I will send myself, and two prizes from companies offering a router board and an industrial development kit. As usual, the contest is open worldwide, and CNX Software Thailand has a separate contest with four additional items for people with an address in Thailand.

The first prize will be the M5Stack Tab5 ESP32-P4 IoT development kit featuring a 5-inch touchscreen display, a 2MP front-facing camera, a speaker, a dual-microphone array, a microSD card slot, an ESP32-C6 for wireless connectivity, sensors, and more.

M5Stack Tab5 default GUI

I had some fun reviewing the M5Stack Tab5 devkit by building the default firmware with the ESP-IDF framework, flashing it to the device, testing basic features, modifying some code, and finally running some Arduino sketches instead of the factory firmware. All in all, it’s a good platform to evaluate most (all?) ESP32-P4 features.

M5Stack Tab5 CNX Software giveaway

The giveaway includes the M5Stack Tab5 unit and a cable with six wires for the ExtPort2 expansion port with I2C and RS485 signals. I’ll have to remove the battery, except if the winner is based in Thailand, due to shipping regulations.

To enter the draw, simply leave a comment with your country and whatever else you’d like to say (no links in the body of the comment). If the country is missing, I’ll consider the entry void. Other rules are as follows:

  • Only one entry per contest. I will filter out entries with the same IP and/or email address.
  • Contests are open for 48 hours starting at 10 am (Bangkok time) every day.
  • Comments will be closed after 48 hours. If comments are open, the contest is still going on.
  • Winners will be selected with random.org, and announced in the comments section of each giveaway.
  • I’ll contact the winner by email, and I’ll expect an answer within 24 hours, or I’ll pick another winner. Note that I may not be able to contact people who log in with Facebook, Twitter, or Google, so it’s better to use an email address to enter the draw.
  • Shipping
    • $19 for registered airmail small packet or ePacket for overseas shipping, payable via PayPal within 48 hours once the contest (for a given product) is complete. If PayPal is not an option in your country, we can try to find another payment solution.
    • All prizes will be shipped at the same time once we get all the winners, around November 12.
  • I’ll make sure we have 7 different winners, so if you have already won a device during this giveaway week, I’ll draw another person.

Good luck!

For reference, the Tab5 is available for about $80 on AliExpress including shipping, and $55 or $60  M5Stack online store without or with a battery, before shipping.

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269 Replies to “Giveaway Week 2025 – M5Stack Tab5 ESP32-P4 IoT devkit”

  71. France.
    I’m in… Would love to have the tab5 as a central OBD + Mqtt metrics pusher device, the only odd thing is that it doesn’t have native CAN, but well, I don’t lack transceivers and boards to do manage that.

  74. This is a great device. Definitely something to experiment with.
    Belgium calling.

  85. hey! i am from india
    discord id- satvik07790
    contact through email isnt possible

  109. Canada

    Would be a great display to continue development of my lightweight energy monitor I am developing for my RV in esphome!

  119. Hello for the middle of the United States of America though sometimes it doesn’t feel so United.

  130. United States. I’ve been looking at this devkit for a few weeks now. Pretty incredible.

  139. United States
    This will be my first project with any of these. Total noob but really excited to try.

  153. United Kingdom
    Always interesting to read CNX reviews when they appear in my news feed.

  172. Oh yes ! I would really like to play with the Tab5. Thanks for all the work from you and the team and also the reader comments.
    Australia

  190. Kenya
    I build robots, I’m currently working on a SLAM based robot, with the 5-inch TFT display and WiFi capabilities the M5Stack Tab5 would be a great addition for the robot’s UI and wireless communication with other robots in the same network.
    Would really love to get to use and review one.

  203. United States
    Recently got into some esp32 development and trying some new form factors sounds like fun.

  232. That is fantastic device, i will use tab 5 as a map screen which always show me the current traffic (My office to my Home) everday when i leaves the work

  247. I was going to cry about how esp32 kits totally ignore the audio , but checked out the ALIX link in the article ,and to my surprise …a headphones out port!!!! Finally ideal small kitchen wifi radio is becoming a reality. Best of luck to everyone 🙂 and greetings from Slovakia

  254. This is not for people living in U.S.A. .
    I just got charged “Trump tariffs” on the Radxa Fogwise AIRbox Q900 (with shipping, it was $649).
    $1500. Of course, I’m disputing this charge. We will see how it goes.

  263. United States of America , this is perfect I wanting one of these M5tablets , thank you so much for saving me a few bucks 🙂 😉 I guess I’ll just wait to give you my address as soon as you pick me in the official drawing and email me lol 😜

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