Assignment 1: Install the Espressif-IDE#
To get started and perform all the workshop assignments, you need to install the Espressif-IDE. This IDE will be used to create the project, flash and debug the code.
As an alternative, you can use the VS Code extension for ESP-IDF or you can use the Command-Line-Interface (CLI) directly, however, this workshop is based on the Espressif-IDE and all the assignments will follow the steps using this IDE.
Install the Espressif-IDE#
This assignment will be done by the following tutorial: Getting Started with IDEs Workshop.
You will need to:
- Install all the necessary drivers for Windows
- Install the Espressif-IDE
- Install ESP-IDF
- Create the first project
- Build
- Flash
- Debug
Next step#
Now that you know how to use Espressif-IDE, let’s get started with ESP-IDF and create a project based on the components.