ESP32 Tutorial – How To Create An ESP32 Project With VSCode

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Introduction

We can use the GUI provided by VSCode and ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework) to quickly create a new ESP32 project. This is more efficient than using the ESP-IDF command line method and avoids using too many commands to complete the task. This can speed up the software development process for ESP32 chips or modules.

Prepare ESP-IDF And VSCode

1. Install Visual Studio Code from official website.
2. Install the ESP-IDF plug-in.

Create A New ESP32 project

Press Ctrl(Cmd)+Shift+P or F1 to open the command panel. Then enter "esp idf new project".
ESP-IDF
"Project Name", "Enter Project directory", "Choose ESP-IDF Target" can be set according to your own needs.
"Choose serial port" is determined by the serial port of the computer and module, other things can remain unchanged.
ESP-IDF
After clicking "Choose Template", you can see the following screen and select "template-app".
ESP-IDF
Click "Create project using template template-app".
ESP-IDF

main.c

After you finish creating the project, you can open the "main.c" code.
ESP-IDF
You can click "Build Project" to perform compilation.
ESP-IDF
Completed as shown below.
ESP-IDF

Add some code

Add your own code as shown below...
#include <stdio.h>

#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "freertos/task.h"
#include "driver/gpio.h"

void app_main(void)
{

    gpio_set_direction(2, GPIO_MODE_DEF_OUTPUT);

    while(1)
    {
        gpio_set_level(2, 1);
        vTaskDelay(100);
        gpio_set_level(2, 0);
        vTaskDelay(100);
    }

}
Compile again.
ESP-IDF
If the relevant ESP32 development board is already connected, you can directly select "Build, Flash and Monitor" and verify the results on the development board.
ESP-IDF

Conclusion

Through the above steps, you will quickly use VSCode and ESP-IDF tools to establish a convenient and complete development environment. This allows you to focus more on the development of ESP-IDF without being affected by the establishment of the entire development environment. Make sure you have set up ESP-IDF and VSCode correctly. You can also refer to official and website resources.
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