ESP32 - Getting Started with ESP-IDF using Visual Studio Code [Easiest Method]

[@YuriR]

Hi everyone! It has been a while! As many of you mentioned, the IDF Terminal configuration inside VS CODE is broken here, so I added a new video with the fix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqWg6mQr5uXe8U New videos are coming soon! And much more! Thanks for the support and yes, I'm still alive!🙂

[@thuyetmai9650]

Thank you so much!!

[@isharaudayangawimalaweera3642]

Thank you very much. Its very helpful and for me this was the only solution. Thank you very much 💗

[@garywilliams4214]

I ran across this video at the right time (almost)! I just spent two days setting up prerequisites for esp-idf and still wasn’t sure everything was right. And now I was facing setting up the idf with Visual Studio Code-and I can see, based on your video, that this would have been a painful process with lots of gotcha’s and a lot of things that I probably wouldn’t have figured out! I’ve watched all 3 of your videos, liked all 3 and subscribed! This is a HUGE help-THANK YOU! 😃 😃 😃

[@reddevilfan100]

This is a fantastic video! I tried installing ESP-IDF through VS code extensions and ran into a million problems, then was just running ESP-IDF through CMD and it worked, but wasn't a huge fan. This is exactly what I was looking for! Hope you continue to make videos like this!!

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the comment! I'm glad it helped you! New videos are coming soon, I hope you like them!

[@sandeepkapare]

Have been using Arduino IDE for sometime now, & always wanted to use some other IDE like the ESP-IDF for advanced programming. Although this video is spot on - credit to the creator - have realised why many of them still prefer Arduino. Install - open example - connect the board - select COM port & hit upload.

[@MetalHead-ff9oz]

yeeeeeeeeeahp....this workflow is absolute BS

[@behnamghiaseddin7766]

I have never seen any video more useful than yours about ESP. you really directly guide to common problems everyone has!

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad the videos are helpful :)

[@tm_digita]

One of the best tutorial for the topic on ESP32 , Its easy to follow, precise,and a lot to learn in short video. Excellent tutorial

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your kind words! I try to add as much information as possible in one video :) I'm glad you liked. New ones coming soon!

[@didIuknowthAt]

Congratulations Yuri. This tutorial was perfect. unfortunately i had already learned this but it will certainly help many devs with this tutorial. Please do more tutorials like this

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the support! More tutorials coming soon :)

[@fadhilaasyam5895]

Just developed for Air Cond monitoring, your tutorial is very helpful.

[@prutser67]

By far the best explanation I have seen. The only missing part is JTAG debugging.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your kind words. Keep in tune for the next video coming in a few days 😁

[@boudebzabadra9749]

Thank youu for your tutorial, I've been struggling to set up the esp-idf extension for a week. your way is much better :). cannot wait to see your next video

[@YuriR]

Thanks for your comment! Glad to know it was useful! Next video in a few days :)

[@eyupdelikanl6436]

Hocam süpersin 👍👍👍 Aylardır Esp32 için yazmaya ve yüklemeye çalışıyorum fakat olmuyordu. Senin sayende esp serisi bir işlemciye geçiş yaptım ve vereceğin dersler doğrultusunda ilerlemeyi planlıyorum. Çok teşekkür ediyorum. 🙏🙏🙏

[@YuriR]

Glad you liked it! More videos coming soon :)

[@venkateshgovindaiah5826]

Yuti, appreciate all the hard work you put in to make these tutorials. They are amazing. Please make a tutorial on eSP-Now with IDF. Thank uou

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much! Will definitely do one!

[@BrianCanning]

Great! You just explained in one video that I've been trying to get my head round in months, thanks. Not sure what your plans are for other topics, could I suggest the ESP mesh

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much for your comment! The idea is to pack as much information as possible in one video. And yes ESP Mesh is one of the topics coming in future videos!

[@vogesdg]

You are an execent teacher, thank you. You made it so simple! been batling with VSCode and ESP for months now.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your kind words! I try to keep it as simple as possible and add as much content in one video as I can :) I'm glad it helped!

[@MatteoCordray]

If you are having problems with Python 3.9 (I did), add an environment variable called PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL with the value "dl.espressif.com/pypi" (without the quotations). This fixed my build environment after installing

[@YuriR]

Thanks for sharing your solution!

[@manieshsh]

This was great. Please make more.

[@YuriR]

I'm glad you liked, new videos coming soon :)

[@manieshsh]

@@YuriR thanks yuri. Best of luck for the channel. 😊

[@matthewfelgate]

Thanks for this video. It helped me understand how people get started with coding IDF.

[@YuriR]

Thanks Matthew! I'm glad you liked it! More IDF videos coming soon.

[@HopWorksET]

This is a very good video that helps setting up an environment for programming ESP devices in my favorite environment, VSCode. And being a hobbyist that has migrated from Adruino IDE to VSCODE, and using Platformio, this is refreshing. Now I just need to get my head around writing my code with ESP-IDF instead of the hand-holding the Arduino core gives me, but this tutorial certainly helps me to get my feet wet with that strategy. Thank you Yuri! I certainly appreciate your contribution!! [liked].[subscribed].[saved]

[@YuriR]

I'm glad it helped Gary! Thanks for all the comments and welcome to IDF :)

[@nafihahmd]

You deserve more subscribers. So I am in. +1 sub. Keep up the good work man.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your kind words and support. New videos coming soon! :)

[@ramradhakrishnan9382]

Thank you, Yuri, for an excellent presentation. I particularly liked the even modulation and pace of delivery.

[@YuriR]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked!

[@nikhilpen]

Thanks for the detailed walk thru. Great content and production. Looking forward to other ESP32 beginner content.

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! New ESP32 videos coming soon!

[@kapdivyang]

Hi... Hope all well at your end...Waiting for your next video. Take care

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your comment and concern. Everything is ok :) I was just super busy with work. New videos are coming soon!

[@kapdivyang]

Very Nice and informative video. I didn't find any video of this quality on the subject. Looking at the quality of the content I don't want to miss any future video, so I subscribed. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the kind words and subscription! New videos are coming soon this week!

[@CH33SER]

The quality of this tutorial is top notch. Definitely subscribing!

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much for the comment and support!

[@franky12]

Super video and first class introduction to the ESP toolchain! Unfortunately so far the first and last video on your channel... 😢😢😢

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much for the comments! I'm back :) more videos coming soon!

[@olivierortigues4437]

Outdated content. The video is really good, clear and at a good pace. Unfortunatly the esp-idf has changed and it is way more integrated in VS now and easier to use. Anyway there is enough material for a new video to replace this one. Anyway thank you Yuri for your work.

[@clarissaargentirocha8537]

Very good! I'm anxious for the next video.

[@YuriR]

Thank you! New video coming this week :)

[@rejanerodrigues837]

Yuri R. Thankyou for sharing your experience with us. 💡✨

[@YuriR]

Thanks Rejane!

[@rajbirsingh4879]

At "04.50" the two commands "terminal.integrated.shell.windows" and "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows"are now deprecated. What is the solution now?

[@butsukete1806]

Deprecated means it still works until some future version. The problem is the startup bat file not finding python. Tried using .espressif/idf_cmd_init.bat instead of esp-idf/export.bat (which gets called by idf_cmd_init), but that didn't work either. Guess it needs some hax to set *PATH correctly.

[@claasmeints6158]

I don't know why, but somehow this is how it works with the recommended shell profiles: "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": { "Command Prompt": { "path": [ "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe", "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe" ], "args": [ "/k", "C:/esp/esp-idf/export.bat && C:/esp/esp-idf/export.bat", ], "icon": "terminal-cmd" }, } } Somehow I need to run export.bat two times

[@YuriR]

Hi Rajbir, sorry for the delay. I made a quick video with the fix, you can check it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqWg6mQr5uXe8U

[@vitaliyyvitaliyy1884]

Hello. This is the best video on this topic to date !!! Thank you very much!!!

[@YuriR]

Thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate it!

[@tmjromao]

Excellent ! Many thanks for sharing. Yes ESP mesh would be a good topic to explore.

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! Yes, ESP Mesh is in the plans for the future videos :)

[@byrondavison]

This is an excellent video, ditch the background music. Waiting for your next video, please show websockets!!

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! Still checking what's the best way to have a good balance between background music to make it more dynamic and just the plain voiceover. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@stevengreenberg7634]

Action buttons do not appear to work, perhaps because of the new terminal configuration. I should first mention that everything else in this video worked perfectly, thank you! The action buttons appear where they are supposed to and they open a terminal, which then runs the full IDF environment setup batch file. But by the time all that is done, the button command itself is lost and never runs. Note that I can successfully run any "idf .py" command in that terminal window that just opened from the button. But I could have done that in any regular terminal window. Edit: I should add that I've found that while it never works on the initial click, it *usually* works if you click it a second time in a row. So it's somewhat usable - weirdly flaky though.

[@mark1463]

Thanks for the video, you really helped me, also as a good brazilian I noticed your accent!

[@mouradmkhakh8903]

Thanks for your time. Waiting for the next video. Good luck

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! New video coming soon!

[@wei48221]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. Very helpful..

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad it helped!

[@montpierce424]

THANKS, after watching your video I'm ready to give it a 2nd try using your "Easy" approach. I had just given up trying to install ESP32 IDF Extension in vscode... BTW, I notice PlatformIO also has support for Espressif boards, but the last time I tried installing PlatformIO I ran out of disk space. It seems to want to install EVERYTHING up front even for boards I know I'll never use... uggh. Thanks again for a great video. I just signed up for your mailing list and am looking forward to watching your other videos. 👍👍

[@jerrychan1471]

Excellent instructional video, thanks for your detailed explanations. Subscribed!

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much for the comment and support!

[@josepedraza6686]

Thanks for explain and share you knowledge! I tried setup IDF with platformio without success.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the comment and for liking the video!

[@isharaudayangawimalaweera3642]

Wonderful video. Very useful video tutorial. Thank you very much ❤

[@wretchedfibs4306]

Thanks for the vid. It really put some things together for me.

[@YuriR]

Thank you. Glad it helped!

[@jairofuentes8316]

Please do a series!

[@YuriR]

Coming soon! :)

[@vandungnguyen5404]

thank you very much, from vietnamese with love

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@roldanmarco1856]

Thank you! Please continue this series

[@YuriR]

Thank you! New videos coming soon! :)

[@pramitchaudhury1821]

Great vedio Yuri keep going ❤️❤️❤️

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much! More videos coming soon!

[@JosepeFrancoGerent]

Congratulations man!!! Great video!

[@YuriR]

Thanks Josepe!

[@LeoHouseDrums]

Que massa meu! Excelente qualidade teu vídeo! Boa sorte nessa nova empreitada!!

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate it!

[@marioortiz5482]

Thanks for your time sharing this excellent information.

[@mohamedsiddik0]

Hi Yuri, its really rich content. Thanks for your tutorials. Please continue your esp-idf tutorial. And kindly create video for TFT display with LVGL related stuff. Thanks Advance.

[@EnemyState-i3u]

Супер! Спасибо. Слушать можно на любом языке. Просто включаешь субтитры и переводишь на русский.

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! Great to know!

[@s.sivaneshwaran9479]

I like this tutorial. you explain more in this video.

[@YuriR]

Glad you liked it!

[@SureshKumar-bp8xx]

Hi Yuri Great Video, made my life simpler Thanks Suresh

[@YuriR]

Thanks Suresh, I'm glad it helped!

[@tingwang4133]

Very helpful! Thank you for sharing the video!

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the comment!

[@dehCremus]

Thanks for the video! However, my VS code terminal won't recognize the python venv of esp-idf. I added its path, but idf.py still uses the regular python interpreter. Also when I changed the blink.code-workspace settings. Do you know the solution?

[@3nt3_]

source venv/bin/activate

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment. I've added a link with a fix for an issue inside the latest VS Code versions. You could try following that, and check if VS Code has permissions to load the environment variables (it shows a popup asking for permissions and you have to allow it). I hope it helps!

[@nhatcomnhom]

Thank for your tutorial is help me so much in my project, It easy than esp-idf extension:)))))) nice work bro 😎 +1sub

[@YuriR]

Thank you! I'm glad it helped! New videos coming soon!

[@nhatcomnhom]

@@YuriR i hope it ‘s about gatt server library :)))

[@semihk09]

@@YuriR I'm still waiting for your new video.

[@lancemarchetti8673]

Fantastic presentation

[@YuriR]

I am glad you liked it.

[@harerudez4788]

Nice work! That worked for me! Thanks.

[@YuriR]

Great to hear!

[@gionibegood6950]

hey Yuri, when is the next movie? I am interested in compiler optimisation for esp32

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment, the next video is coming in a few days :) I'll consider covering compiler optimization! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@mathewsjacob]

Thank you, Yuri, for an wonderful presentation. Can you make a tutorial about Matter protocol in ESP32

[@ibendiben]

Apart from the annoying background music: thank you, I learned some good new things!

[@xad.]

I use platformIO extension on vscode. this extension would manage most of the tasks with different type of boards.

[@KietTran-jb5tz]

Thanks you for great tutorial. I follow step by step but i got error that inform "cannot open source file "sys/_types.h" (dependency of "freertos/FreeRTOS.h")". I can't fix it. Can you help me

[@kukilp213]

same here..

[@kukilp213]

could you solve it..?

[@sergiogarciapanos]

Same problem here :(

[@sergiogarciapanos]

I think I got it: Add this to includePath in c_cpp_properties.json, change your tool path-> "${workspaceFolder}/build/config", "C:/YOUR_TOOLS_PATH/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp32-elf/esp-2020r3-8.4.0/xtensa-esp32-elf/xtensa-esp32-elf/sys-include"

[@mahdiheydari6944]

Same problem :(

[@vwarrier]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial

[@TheJay6621]

Super Handy... Thanks a ton Brother..

[@YuriR]

No problem 👍:)

[@kaancelik6232]

python.exe: can't open file 'C:\tools\idf.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory I had this error and still could find why. Do you have any idea

[@steiner8599]

Same here, did you find a solution to this?

[@kaancelik6232]

@@steiner8599 actually no, I'm using the eclipse. That is much better

[@pepepecas7220]

Anyone find out the solution?

[@peterpatuemoua]

Can anyone help with this?

[@YuriR]

Hi Kaan, that error is new to me, but there's a recent issue with the IDF terminal inside the latest VS CODE versions which could be related. I just made a quick video with the fix, you can check it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqWg6mQr5uXe8U Let me know how it goes.

[@HarshadItaliya]

Nicely explained, Yuri It's been 4 months and no any new video. Have you stopped making new ones?

[@YuriR]

Thank you Harshad! It has been a while indeed :) I'm back to making new videos. Next one coming this week. Stay tuned!

[@maikovisky]

Parabéns meu galo. Legal a ideia. Pena que foi um pouco tarde para mim, já tinha feito isso.

[@YuriR]

Thanks Maiko!

[@wolverene1234567890]

Hi my antivirus flags ESP_IDF as a trojan

[@jdscott20101]

none of my include statements are working properly. nothing was covered in the video about this. not sure if i did something wrong

[@JovemJulio]

Caraca, eu trabalhei contigo no CETA!!!!

[@WaldoMantilla]

Great video the esp-idf extension fails a lot, I did the terminal configuration in "Preferences: User Settings" so I have not to save a new workspace for each time I open a file, works great!

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! That was a great idea, since VS Code stopped supporting the configuration inside the workspace file, and now we should do like you did!

[@hilfsbereit1437]

Klasse Video. Warum machst du keine Videos mehr?

[@MicaCZ]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment Mica!

[@andrikjustme2871]

Thanks a lot pal. As well it would be better to explait how to make it possible to debug the ESP32 project in the Visual Studio Code.

[@SpottedEagleOwls]

You are a genius

[@YuriR]

Thank you!😅 More videos coming soon!

[@ThanhDatzz]

It's is a great video tutorial. Thank you.

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you liked it.

[@aaronlee9754]

2:30 Open Folder 3:15 BLINK_GPIO 8(ESP32-C3-WOOM-02) 3:20 Configure Terminal (fix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqWg6mQr5uXe8U ) ([F1] Open Settings (JSON) C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k ""C:\Espressif\idf_cmd_init.bat" esp-idf-8de2bd0d9cffd2eca3d3f8442939a034") 3:42 Save Workspace as "blink.code-workspace"

[@YuriR]

Hi Aaron! Thanks for that!

[@thomasbarnekow1281]

Nice tutorial. Did you also look at the VS Code ESP IDF extension? Or did that not exist when you produced this tutorial? It seems the extension makes it even easier.

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment! Indeed with the new updates on the extension, it looks a lot more reliable! Although I personally prefer having maximum control of the environment and everything regarding the project. But the extension is a good alternative.

[@thomasseidel4647]

This is very Help full and cool

[@svarodzic]

Nice! Thanks, bro!

[@berkcan2439]

Pls continue with esp32 lessons.

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the comment, new ESP32 videos coming soon!

[@vidhyadhar64]

Very Good Videos.. Keep it up..

[@ギターマン-f9n]

ありがとうございます！

[@waynehohman3040]

Thanks for the great video! Very helpful. I had one problem though in that at the terminal, my system still wants to run Python v2.7. Any idea why that is hanging on?

[@YuriR]

Thanks for the comment. Sorry for the delay in replying. Sounds like an environment variable issue. It's possible that your terminal is not loading the IDF variables (that contain the PATH to the correct python version). You could try the Quick Fix link that I've added in the description for the most recent IDF issue on VS Code and see how it goes.

[@nyquist7975]

Great! big thanks man

[@YuriR]

No problem, thank you!

[@TheIceCraftWhysomad]

Thank you for the video

[@wogalwogal]

Great Video ty

[@YuriR]

Thank you!

[@arthur5073]

Bahh vlw meu grande, teu video me ajudou demais.

[@YuriR]

Glad it helped!

[@kevincueva4419]

Yo no hablo ingles pero seguiré este curso

[@YuriR]

Thanks! You should be able to watch by enabling the subtitles in your language

[@RixtronixLAB]

Cool video, thanks :)

[@YuriR]

Thank you! :)

[@sss22215]

Want to form a mesh using esp32 , expecting u r next video

[@YuriR]

Thank you for the comment. I will make a video about ESP32 Mesh in the future. New videos coming soon! :)

[@agnichatian]

nice work. everything works in idf command window; but when inside VSC it cant build, saying python cant find /tools/idf.py - the export.bat in that vsc shell IS being executed.

[@hondaman900f]

Did you find a solution to this? I have the same issue.

[@agnichatian]

@@hondaman900f I Uninstalled all vsc and idf, make sure any idf env vars are gone. Delete vsc stuff in user profile including the code folder. Don't know exact paths. Can keep downloaded files but delete any out of date. Install idf only as vsc extension. Everything works finally. Create project,set target, run menu configuration from gear icon at bot of vsc window., save even if no changes. read docs about f1 commands in vsc espidf extension at bottom of its page in vsc, many cmds like set target, create project. Worked for about six projects today

[@agnichatian]

@@hondaman900f note setting dev board will set target chip too. What board and chip do you have ? I have Kaluga board with ezp32-s2 which is not default chip of esp32.

[@hondaman900f]

@@agnichatian Thank you - that did the trick, I'm all working now. I'm using the Heltec WiFi 32 with on-board OLED display.

[@YuriR]

Hi Agnichatian, sorry for the delay. I'm glad you got it working. Sometimes the enviroment variables don't load properly inside VS CODE if the installation is a bit wonky. Happened to me a few times as well, reinstalling solves most of the time.

[@guilhermemaia3959]

Greetings from Brasil!

[@YuriR]

Thank you, hi Brazil!

[@aparanathipiyushgiri2980]

Hello,please explain internal component files and CMakeText.h file and all internal files and folder.. when we start new code from git or self created,so where we need to change. Thanks

[@YuriR]

Hi Aparanathi, thanks for the suggestion, I might explain it in the next videos!

[@yahmk3978]

Thank you!

[@YuriR]

No worries, thank you!

[@ratibory4239]

Bro! Thanks so much!

[@YuriR]

No problem, thanks for the comment!

[@j.r.1649]

Hi Yuri, I wonder why you don't use the platformIO-Extension of VSCode instead? I have made great experience with it and I actually don't see the advantages of ESP-IDF..

[@YuriR]

Hi J.R., Platform IO is a great tool! I personally prefer having maximum control over the code and the project's environment, so I understand everything that's happening behind the scenes. And yes, I think Platform IO is a good alternative.

[@Tsardoz]

This is great but when I try and configure action buttons settings.json it just comes up with terminal.integrated.profiles.windows settings.json instead. I cant work out how to configure this extension

[@YuriR]

Hi Tsardoz, indeed, the extension changed and now it doesn't come with examples. You can just add the text manually to the settings.json file that you are editing, (inside the first { brackets). Like this: "actionButtons": { "commands": [ { "name": "Build", "command": "Idf.py build" } ] }

[@ebinabraham3025]

Hi, i am getting an error "This is deprecated, use `#terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows#` instead". Please help me to fix it

[@YuriR]

Hi Ebin, I just made a new quick video with the fix for this issue, you can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqWg6mQr5uXe8U

[@bflmpsvz870]

Amazing!

[@YuriR]

Thank you so much!