Installation of software

This guide provides a step-by-step approach to installing the ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework) extension on Visual Studio Code (VS Code). By following these instructions, you will be able to set up a seamless development environment for ESP32 microcontroller projects, enabling efficient and productive IoT development.

What You Need

Hardware

1. An ESP32 board.
2. USB cable - USB A / micro USB B.
3. Computer running Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Software

1. VS Code

Installation Steps

1. Download and install Visual Studio Code.
2. Open the Extensions view by clicking on the Extension icon in the Activity Bar on the side of Visual Studio Code.
3. Search the extension with any related keyword like espressif, esp-idf, esp32, esp32s2, etc.
4. Install the extension.

5. In Visual Studio Code, select menu "View" and "Command Palette" (or press Ctrl + Shift + P) and type "configure esp-idf extension". After, choose the ESP-IDF: Configure ESP-IDF extension option.

6. Now the setup wizard window will be shown with several setup options: Express, Advanced or Use existing setup.

7. Select the Express option and pick v5.0.2 ESP-IDF version to download and click on "install".

8. Now you will see a page showing the setup progress status showing ESP-IDF download progress, ESP-IDF Tools download and install progress as well as the creation of a python virtual environment.

9. If everything is installed correctly, the user will see a message that all settings have been configured. You can start using the extension.