Chain Mechanical Key Button

The Chain Key is a single-button M5Stack Chain input module with a hot-swappable blue mechanical switch, RGB status LED and UART chaining — ideal for smart home controls and interactive projects.

The Chain Key is a compact single-button input node in the M5Stack Chain series, designed for simple and reliable user input. It uses a hot-swappable mechanical keyboard switch with a blue tactile key, delivering clear feedback during operation. A programmable RGB LED is also built in, allowing visual status indication or interactive lighting effects. At its core, the Chain Key integrates an STM32G031G8U6 microcontroller and communicates using a UART-based serial cascading protocol. With two HY2.0-4P expansion ports, it can be easily linked with other Chain series modules to build more advanced and interactive systems. This makes it well suited to human–machine interfaces, smart home controls, and other input-driven applications.

Features

* M5Stack Chain series

* Single button input

* STM32G031G8U6 core MCU

* Hot-swappable mechanical keyboard blue switch

* 2x RGB LED

* Uses UART cascading communication protocol

* 2x HY2.0-4P expansion interfaces to extend Chain series devices

Specifications

MCU STM32G031G8U6

Input Power DC 5V

Communication Interface UART

Interface Spec 2x HY2.0-4P

RGB LED 2x WS2812B

Working Power Consumption 28.24mA

Working Temperature 0 ~ 40°C

Product Size 23.9 x 23.9 x 34.4mm

Product Weight 9.1g

Resources

* Documents

Package Contents

* 1 x Chain Key

* 1 x Chain Bridge

* 1 x Keycap Sticker