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Arduino MKR WAN 1310 vs M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3

A side-by-side comparison of source-backed specifications within the same subcategory.

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ArduinoArduino MKR WAN 1310MKRWAN1310WANT

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M5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3K128

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Specifications

16 specifications compared side by side.

Arduino MKR WAN 1310 / M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3
Compare bySpecification	AArduinoArduino MKR WAN 1310	BM5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3
Electrical2
Minimum input voltageUse-dependent	5 V	9 V
Maximum input voltageUse-dependent	7 V	24 V
Control & communication14
Board kind	Main controller	Main controller
Board architectureUse-dependent	Standalone board	Microcontroller board
Primary applicationUse-dependent	iot;lpwan;robotics	robotics;embedded_control
Processor vendorUse-dependent	Microchip	Espressif
ProcessorUse-dependent	SAMD21	ESP32-S3
Processor architectureUse-dependent	Arm Cortex-M0+	Xtensa LX7
Processor cores	1	21 higher
Flash	2 MB	16 MB14 MB higher
SDK available	Yes	Yes
Firmware updatable	Yes	Yes
Wireless interfacesUse-dependent	LoRa;LoRaWAN	Wi-Fi
Communication interfacesUse-dependent	LoRa;LoRaWAN	Wi-Fi;USB-C OTG;USB CDC;microSD;GPIO
Compute board kind	microcontroller	microcontroller
MicrocontrollerUse-dependent	SAMD21	ESP32-S3

AArduinoArduino MKR WAN 1310

BM5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3

Electrical2

Minimum input voltageUse-dependent

Part A5 V

Part B9 V

Maximum input voltageUse-dependent

Part A7 V

Part B24 V

Control & communication14

Board kind

Part AMain controller

Part BMain controller

Board architectureUse-dependent

Part AStandalone board

Part BMicrocontroller board

Primary applicationUse-dependent

Part Aiot;lpwan;robotics

Part Brobotics;embedded_control

Processor vendorUse-dependent

Part AMicrochip

Part BEspressif

ProcessorUse-dependent

Part ASAMD21

Part BESP32-S3

Processor architectureUse-dependent

Part AArm Cortex-M0+

Part BXtensa LX7

Processor cores

Part A1

Part B21 higher

Flash

Part A2 MB

Part B16 MB14 MB higher

SDK available

Part AYes

Part BYes

Firmware updatable

Part AYes

Part BYes

Wireless interfacesUse-dependent

Part ALoRa;LoRaWAN

Part BWi-Fi

Communication interfacesUse-dependent

Part ALoRa;LoRaWAN

Part BWi-Fi;USB-C OTG;USB CDC;microSD;GPIO

Compute board kind

Part Amicrocontroller

Part Bmicrocontroller

MicrocontrollerUse-dependent

Part ASAMD21

Part BESP32-S3

Product sources

Product sources used by this comparison

Arduino MKR WAN 1310Open source ↗

M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3Open source ↗