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The following procedure shows how to build ESP32 microcontroller projects with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP32 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp-idf-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Eclipse IDE. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/installing-eclipse-ide-on-linux.html 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the Eclipse IDE, click on the following to install ESP-IDF plugins for Eclipse. [ Help -> Install New Software -> Add... ] Name: Espressif IDF Plugin for Eclipse Location: https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-eclipse-plugin/updates/latest/ Click [ Add ]. Go to [ Espressif IDF dropdown ]. Check [ CMake Editor ]. Check [ Espressif IDF Plugins for Eclipse ]. Click [ Next -> Accept license terms -> Finish ]. Wait for plugins download and installation to complete. Click [ Select All -> Trust ] if asked to trust some so...

The following procedure shows how to build ESP32 microcontroller projects with the Visual Studio Code Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP32 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp-idf-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Visual Studio Code IDE. https://code.visualstudio.com/ 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the VS Code menu, go to [ File -> Open Folder... ] and open the target ESP32 project folder. Example: ~/esp/esp-idf/examples/get-started/hello_world 2.2. On its bottom panel, click on the Terminal tab. This will automatically change to the location of the opened folder. 2.3. Temporarily add the ESP-IDF toolchain to the shell path. user@host: $ . ~/esp/esp-idf/export.sh or user@host: $ source ~/esp/esp-idf/export.sh 2.4. Verify if the toolchain has been added to the shell path. user@host: $ echo $PATH 3. UTILIZATION 3.1. Maximize the bott...

The following procedure shows how to use Espressif's Internet-of-Things Development Framework for ESP32 microcontrollers on Debian-based Linux distributions. The ESP-IDF uses the Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Software Development Kit (SDK). ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Update package indexes and install the prerequisites. user@host: $ sudo apt-get update user@host: $ sudo apt-get install bison libbison-dev user@host: $ sudo apt-get install cmake user@host: $ sudo apt-get install flex libfl-dev libfl2 user@host: $ sudo apt-get install git user@host: $ sudo apt-get install gperf user@host: $ sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev user@host: $ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv python3-wheel 1.2. Clone the development repository from GitHub. This will download to a directory with the same name. user@host: $ mkdir esp user@host: $ cd esp user@host: $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git 1.2.1. For specific releases, clone the...