A Better Arduino IDE - Getting Started with PlatformIO

[@RobinReiter]

Please keep in mind that this video is already 7 months old. PlatformIO is really pushing its development forward. (Which is a great thing!) But since the upload of this video, there might be a few slight changes to PIO. Most of the stuff should still be the same. But if you get stuck somewhere simply leave a comment. Thanks! :)

[@AshishVerma_Awesome]

why you stopped making videos of reverse engineering

[@jonvannatto]

I tried Atom when when I saw you used it in a previous videos. Thanks for the walk through. Very helpful! I would like to see more videos about this. I did have some issues initially as I first installed Atom on my work computer and the firewall wouldn't let me install any packages. This wasn't an issue on my home machines. Still getting a feel for it.

[@RobinReiter]

Thanks for your feedback! Work places often have very strict firewall rules. Though you should probably be able to copy your plugins onto a thumb drive and install them directly by copying them to your work machine. (discuss.atom.io/t/manually-install-package/9251) I'll put some in depth videos about platformIO on my todo list!

[@Kazooie]

This is sooo needed over arduino IDE. Arduino IDE is missing so many key features that Atom provides :D

[@RobinReiter]

Thats what I was thinking :)

[@neilbarnett3046]

Yes, but I had a program running within 10 minutes of opening the box when my Arduino kit arrived and I still haven't got a program to compile on Atom with PlatformIO after 3 months. There's frameworks, which are presumably not the same as platforms. On the platform page it has a tool button for the Arduino, but that's in the ESP32 frame, so why? My ESP8266 board is an original D1, but it's not obvious how I even start writing an application. I Googled for help, but all I found was docs.platformio.org and the article "Get started with Arduino and ESP32-DevKitC: debugging and unit testing", this required me to buy two pieces of kit, one of which seems to be a power supply and something else so obscure that I've never seen it and the other is an ESP32 board from some preferred supplier. Clearly this is a system for people who already know all the answers and aren't learning. Using the Arduino IDE, I have a weather station up and running and fetching the time from an NTP web site. If you've read this far, I'm sorry for going on a bit.

[@Vukuzenzele]

Everytime I install PlatformIO, Atom freezes and gives me a not responding message. What gives?

[@Corgitronics]

A very helpful video. Although PlatformIO has changed some, the content is still relevant. Subscribed! I'm planning to use PlatformIO as my editor for working with AWS IoT on the ESP32.

[@kevinpreller1380]

How does this work when using external arduino librarys? Will i be able to open code previously made in the arduino IDE in platform io?

[@UpcycleElectronics]

Thanks. Great introduction to PlatformIO. Subscribed, and created a playlist on it because this looks promising. Now if I can just figure out how to get Atom to run without lag on an ancient laptop running current Lubuntu this would be really interesting. -Jake

[@dave-in-nj9393]

what does "no configuration to build this project exists " mean ? at 4:40 you say "hit the arrow button at the top" what arrow button ?

[@RobinReiter]

+Dave -in-NJ I am not sure that that error is about. Did you try to look ok the PlatformIO website / forum? Keep in mind that this video is already a couple of months old. Ivan from PIO is really pushing this software forward so changes are coming pretty fast. The „arrow button“ is just triggering the Build. You can also do that through the menu.

[@dave-in-nj9393]

Robin, I have to say that Ivan has been doing an amazing job and I truly hope that he gets this ready for prime-time. I really hope that sooner than later, the folks over at Arduino drop their IDE and just say, use PIO. but, the learning curve is a brick wall. IMHO, PIO should hide all traces of ATOM so I cannot use ATOM and PIO at the same time, thinking they are one in the same. my current problem is that of the file naming and folders. when I develop, I work with a single sensor, make a working file. then work with a display, make a second working file. name each by the part number(s) then merge them, create a 3rd file move them into directories. displays, weather, steppers, servos. ..... so I have a BME280 file name and a DS18B20 file name, and a DHT11 file name, a TMP35 file name..... in one folder OLED128x64, TFT84x84, TFT230x340 .... in a folder, and so on. PIO at this time, only allows one folder and if you go into the OS file system and try to change a file name, you get an error. if you move a folder into a sub folder, you get an error. 171029-205952-d1_mini 171028-114732-d1_mini 171028-203459-d1_mini and so on, offer no information to let me know what the file is for. multiple a single folder with 100 file names that are similar. I tried to m someone will eventually make a file handing that will allow PIO to have it's special names, I assume for linking to GitHub and for file archiving and version control, but also only show a file name of my choosing in my folder tree panel. what that would take is to hide the ATOM file panel and replace it with a new panel. one that looks at the actual folder and file names and created by PIO and then displays the name I put in for the name of the file.

[@AlexCio]

Short and great intro for beginners. Thanks for this overview! Thumbs up!

[@RobinReiter]

Thanks man!

[@haus_automation]

Nice one! Have heard about it, but never used it. After your video I will give it a try, looks very nice compared with the Arduino IDE :) Thanks a lot

[@revetastogne]

I'm new to programming controllers (in my case it's esp8266 module), and what I really don't like in Arduino IDE - there is no code completion. I haven't heard about PlatformIO plugin for Atom before, so thanks for showing it! I will try it.

[@KasimirvonFinck]

urgh, i love atom ai and never thought i could use it as arduino ide replacement. But on ubuntu and windows arduino ide does not want to get my esp32 working and i would love to give platformio a try. BUT it does not clear the last setup stage. i got the latest python version installed (python 3.10) and it does not accept the python folder ... any ideas?

[@Isambardify]

All the #include lines, are these libraries and do I need to download them to a particular folder first?

[@poenze1]

05:10 - 05:20 Nothing happens when I save =(

[@jR060t]

This is a great tip, thank you! I HATE the Arduino IDE.

[@GD-zg7wt]

Hello. I have a better alternative. Why dont you go for Arduino Pro IDE? Its features are really cool and also supports Source Control Management like Git. This was Tanish Desai btw

[@KidCe.]

Heard so much about platform.io but never really thought about using it. This convinced me to try it out :D

[@sennabullet]

Thank you for this great beginner's guide. Great style, great presentation...you have my subs.

[@mohamedanbaj7997]

Please, What is the language used in Arduino programming?

[@BD-Research-Den]

C/C++

[@yashesvi-raina]

I am doing this in VScode so will this tutorial be same for that too?

[@dave-in-nj9393]

day 2, I am becoming more frustrated. I cannot open the serial port. says that I the software I am using is not installed. sounds like the silliest thing that the software that is not installed has responded...... and worst than microsoft, it offers no help to install what is needed. very frustrating that this stuff has so many dead ends.

[@RobinReiter]

Dave -in-NJ On what system are you running this stuff?

[@dave-in-nj9393]

Win-7 , I am watching ATOM, I think.... trying to use the icons on the side. since I have an ESP8266 running and sending data back on the serial port, I figured I would open a new window and get the data. I really cannot figure if platformio is in control or if ATOM is.

[@RegsterU]

What was the shortcut to open autocomplete without typing the first letter? (Windows)

[@Creuilcreuil]

ho no i am on GNU/Linux and don't know how to install the package, atom get stuck on message error "reticulating spline" maybe i need to download more ram ?

[@taranagnew436]

if i install new boards using ide can i progame the new boards with atom/platformIO?

[@SamuelCarreira]

Excellent video. I will try your suggestion. In larger projects I've been used visual studio with visual micro add on. But it wasn't completely "free"

[@RobinReiter]

Thank you! Well VisualStudio was Windows only. But I think they recently released an OS X version aswell. Not sure. Have to check that out!

[@retronexusio]

Can you do also tutorial videos on your electronic projects in more detail? Love the knowledge you show and would be great to go into more detail on use the tools and things you have at hand.

[@shambahri]

Hi Robin, very cool indeed and thank you, switching to PlatformIO. Ta

[@chrizbeee]

Hey Robin, musstest du den dunklen Skin von PlatformIO in Atom aktivieren, oder ging das automatisch ? Ich nutze VS Code, und hier wird die PlatformIO IDE in weiß auf einem dunklen VS Code angezeigt... :(

[@SimjetAU]

I cant get Clang to even be recognised let alone download it. I have Mojave on my MAC..any ideas?...couldnt really find any solutions as it seems to be the OS

[@not_thareesh4915]

Does it have a serial monitor?

[@ravisankar8159]

i am getting an error it says cont find python interpretor

[@timguy7447]

hi thanks very much for your video. Would you be able to help and/or do a video on how to combine multiple files. For example i have multiple tabs for functions in the Arduino IDE but i can't work out how to do separate files in platformIO?

[@minecraftvideospt9290]

porque não usas o PlatformIO IDE?

[@taranagnew436]

i need help with a project i'm working on, i am making a digital dice to play catan with, the problem is that i can't get it so that it rolls the dice once i press the select button on the LCD keypad shield and then checks the current button state the code is: #include LiquidCrystal lcd(8, 9, 4, 5, 6, 7); #include #define btnSELECT 4 int adc_key_in; int btnNONE; int diceOne; int diceTwo; const int select = 720; const int threshold = 2; //Put threshold value here int read_LCD_buttons() { adc_key_in = analogRead(A0); // read the value from the sensor if (adc_key_in > select - threshold && adc_key_in < select + threshold) return btnSELECT; //if else statements could be used, but since each statement uses return, you don't lose speed for using all if's return btnNONE; // when all others fail, return this... }//end read_LCD_Buttons set (sensorValue0, 720); void setup() { lcd.begin(16, 2); lcd.setCursor(1, 0); lcd.print("Roll the dice!"); } lcd_key = read_LCD_buttons(); // read the buttons void set (int sensorValue, int value) { if (sensorValue > value) { diceOne = random(1, 7); diceTwo = random(1, 7); } case (diceOne + diceTwo == 7); { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(7, 0); lcd.print("7"); lcd.setCursor(3, 1); lcd.print("The pirate"); case (diceOne + diceTwo == 5, 4, 3, 2, 6 ); { lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(7, 0); lcd.print("5,4,3,2,6"); } } and i keep getting Arduino: 1.8.5 (Windows Store 1.8.10.0) (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno" sketch_jun19a:23: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token set (sensorValue0, 720); ^ sketch_jun19a:31: error: 'lcd_key' does not name a type lcd_key = read_LCD_buttons(); // read the buttons ^ exit status 1 expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token

[@distancelab2010]

Hi Robin, Thanks for the video, this looks great and I have run through the install. One question I have is if the board you use is not listed is there a way to find any relevant files or download the definition file for a board. I use the Genuino/Arduino 101 board in particular? Thanks >>>

[@RobinReiter]

Thanks Richard! You may have overlooked the Arduino/Genuino 101 board. I was able to find it in my drop down list. It is within the Platform INTEL_ARC32. If you still cannot find it we'll figure something out ;)

[@peterkaczmarczyk4891]

Thanks for your comprehensive Video. It helped to pass the pitfalls as a Newbie.I would be glad to see more helping videos about this stuff. regards peter

[@RobinReiter]

I'm glad it helped you! A new PlatformIO video is already in the works. Should be done in a day or two. So stay tuned!

[@Gruftgrabbler]

This sounds great. Does this work with teensy, too?

[@fibranijevidra]

I need to try it as I just cannot install support for ESP8266 boards in Aeduino IDE on win10 nor win7 machines, despite all rhe solutions I have triwd. Thanks for the video.

[@g43s]

That case shown in the opening of the video is some kind of kit? if so, where i can get one?

[@RobinReiter]

I have a couple of these boxes. But I put these together by myself.

[@kldzk]

error checking on save is nor workign any ideas?

[@robin7856]

Does it support other boards

[@thearakong7159]

This is what i'm looking for, Thanks Robin!

[@eloyrolandocanchanyabalbin4692]

Grandioso tutorial!

[@speedbumphu]

Absolutely great video, helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@rudsomlima]

Just what I was looking for! Thanks

[@jean9910]

I'm looking to get started with arduino, what language should I try to learn?

[@soltaniahmed3242]

c/c++

[@XblueNitroxNT]

Thank u very much, Atom is a really nice and helpful program. 👍🏻

[@marie-elizeventer7080]

This is a great tutorial! Thanks!

[@driversteve9345]

Are there any debugging utilities with PlatformIO or Atom? Thanks!

[@paperbag592]

The PIO unified debugger (docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/debugging.html#piodebug) is built-in into the PlatformIO IDE and provides debugging utilities on Atom. However, Atmel AVR-based boards aren't supported (that's almost all of the Arduino boards). In the PlatformIO home page, click 'boards' and find your board to check if it's supported.

[@joaquimrs13]

Very good tutorial!!!

[@areejmir8723]

Hi, nice video, can you explain how to use debugger in platformio for Arduino boards.

[@jeffhan1239]

packagemanager cant install any package.. first found this problem in Dec2017, now still happens on my pc with newest PIO version..

[@RobinReiter]

Are you getting any error message?

[@rickdegier8513]

Can someone help me i don't get any color in the code I have written.

[@RobinReiter]

You mean you don't have any colored syntax? Did you install and setup the Material UI theme?

[@nigelmdl]

looks like a great tool.. Going to be testing this one out ^^

[@SciFiFactory]

I can't get the serial monitor to work ... that is a problem for me. Otherwise, very good video.

[@RobinReiter]

SciFi Factory Do you get any errors or what is going wrong?

[@SciFiFactory]

@@RobinReiter It doesn't show any text. I also can't type in the terminal. The serial monitor of the Arduino IDE and Vscode work. (After uploading with atom for example.) Edit: the problem seems to be known (for years). The suggested solution by one of their team members is: "That is a problem caused by atom. Switch to Vscode."

[@JohnUsp]

How to compile?! How to upload?

[@professorm4171]

You can get platformio on Visual Studio Code too.

[@MrBobWareham]

Hi loved the video can you use this editor for the ESP32 please thanks Bob-UK

[@GioGziro95]

WOW. Atom has so many packages now. This makes me want to switch from Sublime Text, and I probably will.

[@RobinReiter]

+Giorgi Gzirishvili Yeah thats what I've thought a couple of months ago. Was a sublime user, too. :)

[@GioGziro95]

The only things I hated about Atom when I checked it last time were the memory usage and slowdowns when working with large files. Is this still the case?

[@RobinReiter]

Giorgi Gzirishvili For large files Sublime still is the better tool. Thats because atom is an electron app based on html and js (nodejs). Sublime on the other hand is pure c++

[@GioGziro95]

Obviously, but I wonder if the difference is still significant. Anyway, it's worth trying out.

[@GioGziro95]

BTW, Sublime Text uses Python scripts for the plugins, so it's not fully written in a compiled language.

[@giantxBash]

i will love a new video about this, with more dept

[@RobinReiter]

Yes, I'll probably make another video about that! :)

[@hbcchefmailde]

Hi Robin, thanks for the tutorial. Info is packed a bit too much - but I used the paused button. Really shit is, that you don't inform about the costs of the IDE 9$ per month if you want to use the PIO-Debugger. I installed everything like described, and at the end I saw it costs money !!! :-( So I have to deinstall everything and search for ontoher IDE.

[@RobinReiter]

Well at the time of this recording you could use the debugger without spending something. This unfortunately changed. :(

[@NiceTechViews5403]

Thank you so much for your video..i followed and setup ATOM and PlatformIO as you said...BUT i got some crucial error messages during the PIO package install!!...REASON was that on my new win 10 NB there WAS NO Python 2.7 installed ( python 2.7 is prerequisite for PIO ! )..after i have installed this PYTHON - PIO could get installed like you demonstrate in your nice video now everyThing seem fine :-)

[@RobinReiter]

nice view Great! I'm pretty sure you'll like PlatformIO :)

[@FrixGaming]

Step one. Install the package.. Step two install clang. Step three. Install python 2.7??? Alright still says i don't have python install. goes into appdata/local/programs/python.... exe file doesn't show up in your file manager so i can't even choose it. Alright then tries to uninstal package and reinstall.. tells me to install clang which i already did. Last step. Give up due to lack of tutorials and explanation on any guides.

[@TheActualTed]

When installing Python make sure the path is checked when doing the installation.

[@The13lackMamba]

When i select my board (esp32) and tell it to download everything for it, platform io gives the error: Failed to initialize PlatformIO project! Error: Unknown board ID 'esp32doit-devkit-v1', C/C++ project index rebuild failed Error: Unknown board ID 'esp32doit-devkit-v1'. What did i do wrong? And how can I fix it? :P

[@neilbarnett3046]

There are so many settings to get PlatformIO to do anything, that it actually does nothing. I haven't yet worked out the difference between platform and board and framework and why the platform for the ESP32, which I'd like to use, has an Arduino settings button on it. And a pumbaa and simba, what the hell are those. I think anywhere that someone's actually using it, there's a "guru" who tells all the others what to do.

[@pakiki]

Make not only America, but also writing code, great again!

[@electronicshaman]

Also available for vscode! 😁

[@RobinReiter]

True. In fact meanwhile I switched to VSCode. Maybe I'll do a video but the process is nearly the same.

[@tyleraustin8134]

Awesome stuff Robin, I have enjoyed every one of your videos~ Will you be coming to US for DEFCON or BLACKHAT this year? I was also wondering where you like to buy all your hardware, micro controllers, FPGAs etc. I have my boxes organized with what I do have (Mostly from hackerboxes.com) but I need to fill them up with more parts for on hand inventory! I am a traditional IT pentester but love hardware so much more.... Thankfully work has me getting into IoT and such!

[@RobinReiter]

Thanks Tyler. I appreciate your feedback! I don't think I'll make it to one of the conferences this year. But we'll see. Most of the electronic components I use are from banggood and aliexpress. Some of them are also bought on amazon.

[@tyleraustin8134]

Not worried about the potential for a tampered board from aliexpress?

[@RobinReiter]

Well heavily depends on what kind of board. I am pretty sure some power electronics which are highly dependant on proper working caps might die quicker than those from other sources. Also boards like battery charging and management should be checked before using them. I had some charging modules with shorted terminals. You certainly don't want to connect your lipo cell to them. IMHO: at the end of the day it saves you a buck when tinkering around with little arduinos and sensors.

[@dave-in-nj9393]

PIO is a very interesting program and if development continues to be as good as it has been, I expect one day that it will replace the IDE that the folks at Arduino offer. one my top 10 wish list at the moment is to offer a NON-NTERNET version. I live where internet is down from time to time, trees and wires on poles are not good when storms pass. so, when there is no internet for a few days, I cannot use this.

[@faribakarami6062]

Why don't you try Arduino PRO IDE it has more advanced features.

[@Gruftgrabbler]

It has pro in the name? Lol

[@MrMraza123]

Hi, very helpful video for beginner, please make video how to use debugger in platformio for Arduino boards. Thank you.

[@jR060t]

Mohammad Raza have you found an answer to this? Real debugging (like code stepping, checking registers, etc.) is so valuable!

[@RobinReiter]

This is on my schedule. Though its a paid feature of platformio.

[@michaelmaqueda3022]

Hi m8 nice video! well i comming here searching for help. im starting with platformio but, idk how to add the libraries to my main.cpp project i mean in the arduino ide its really simple like #include but in platformio idk how to do it. im really nuv with this so pls can someone say how to do that pls or can u make a short video explaining that? thanks

[@RobinReiter]

+Michael Maqueda Well that indeed is my next platformio video. Will be released shortly ;)

[@michaelmaqueda3022]

cool im waiting for it tnx m8. :)

[@RobinReiter]

+Michael Maqueda There you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3PPeYF4g614ibM

[@marijntopgear]

Thanks!

[@weerobot]

Cant even get to Alien load screen??

[@RobinReiter]

The alien load screen is called the home screen. Try to open that through your Atom command pallet or through the menu.

[@premacharya8644]

these is good and parfat vido

[@maxthreshold]

Nice video but I prefer the Clion + Platform IO combination.

[@Gruftgrabbler]

😍

[@grahameprestage91]

Great tutorial but if you slow down a bit it may not seem so overwhelming. Take a breath...

[@TheSugus38]

Ok, seems great, but I do not recommand installing it on windows 10 x64, it just doesn't work properly.

[@dimitrisbal4505]

Thank you for the nice video. But little slower explanation would be better.

[@qsdrfghgujfddyffguff]

One of the headache io

[@zapador]

This is awesomesauce, disregard Arduino IDE.

[@wasuuu]

Ikr, the actual IDE looks like a retro IDE... xD

[@dave-in-nj9393]

woo...slow down. although this is a good very-broad and non-informative video, it is not a good tutorial. assume we have things loaded. how do you get rid of that platformio screen ? how do you create your file ? how do you save it ? take what you said at 4:00 to 6:00 and make a new video, that is slow and goes over each mouse click. 10 minutes ? call it using platformio to blink

[@germas369]

The installation of this is seriously not worth the hassle. I tried to give this thing a shot multiple times in the past but its just too slow, eats more RAM, it required a HUGE amount of dependencies and overall the feel of it is way too clunky. Never again no thanks

[@jefersonoviedo2965]

visual studio ide

[@DanielMelendrezPhD]

Great work but way too fast! Kudos

[@RobinReiter]

+Daniel Melendrez Thanks! I personally like condensed videos :)

[@DanielMelendrezPhD]

I totally agree. However sometimes it gets confusing and really hard to follow the pace. Subscribed immediately, nonetheless! Lots of potential on this channel. Keep on!

[@RobinReiter]

Daniel Melendrez Thank you! I'm still experimenting a lot from video to video. As a non native speaker its a bit hard to get the right feel for natural speed and so on. I'm working on that. But thanks for your feedback and of course your subscription! ;)

[@wolfeatsheep163]

dude slow down on the coffee and explain yourself like we haven't done this 100 times before

[@daitedve1984]

Atom and all its JS cr@p just suxx. Ignore it!

[@RobinReiter]

Okay. And why does it suck?