Definitely a big fan of PlatformIO for development.

That was great! More, please!

Thanks for this Gary, really good tutorial please follow up on more examples using PlatformIO

Vscode and the PlatformIO plugin does it for me! Thanks for the vid.

This Channel is awesome. Thanks Gary!

This has been so helpful. Thanks so much Gary, subscribed ❤

Thanks for the information, have not heard of it before but I will test it

Thanks for the info - I hope I remember the existence of PlatformIO when I finally get some time to play around with my MSP430 Launchpads again!

Thanks Gary, very informative I will use Platformio very soon.

I have downloaded this but haven't used it because it seemed daunting but this explains heaps. Thanks mate.

Thanks Gary for your video. Based on that, I tried PlatfromIO for stm32 L031K6 with Arduino library, and the postive surprise was real. Debugging option still complements that configuration. It's really great that you made that video where that shows most important (well RP2040 is missing) microcontrollers that can be used under Arduino model.

This is simply the best explanation about platformio on yt, bar none !!!

Wonderful PlatformIO introduction, I also think is the best IDE for program microcontroller boards.

Seeing Gary have Platform IO running so seemingly smoothly, it is making me want to go back and give it one more chance today. I'm not sure if it will have me abandon Visual Micro, but I would like it to. I have a lot of hopes for the PIO project.

It's very good to listen and learn this from you

Platformio is a great example of the awesomeness that open source can make possible. A coherent suite that wouldn't be possible without GCC and a bunch of specialist open source programming, upload and debugging tools for different platforms

I used PlatformIO to write some test code for a STM32 board and found it very straightforward to install and program via STLink. However, the system I was working on had an add on WiFi interface that would allow you to flash new code with a BIN file (convenient when the dev board is part of a system on another work bench). I could not work out how to configure PlatformIO to generate HEX or BIN files when using libopencm3 on STM32; It seemed I needed to edit a configuration file, but I did not seem to have that fie in the location described.

Thanks for the great tutorial ! I just went thru the same process as you with 3 different boards (Arduino Uno, ESP32 Devkit and Nordic nRF52-DK) and it took less than an hour to get them all working.

Wow, thanks for this Information. I will definitiv give it a try

Thank You! From Frisco, TX

Usually I change the range of processors less frequently than the time that these kind of platforms survive.

Great video, lots of info I didn't know, platformio is extremely powerful and smart, and much faster than the Arduino IDE.

12:15 Failure to upload automatically (requiring manually holding the BOOT button) is usually due to the EN line not being held low long enough, causing it to boot before the IO0 line has been pulled low. The fix is easy: add a 1 μF - 10 μF capacitor between EN and ground.

Thank You for this great video :)

Well done!!!

Very cool stuff, thank you for the "explain".

200.000 soon :) well deserved

Was jaded and left tech for good... But your videos brought me back and I rediscovered my love for tech and programming.

Thanks Gary, Greate video

Glad it just works for you, been trying to use it for nodemcu esp32 for a while and keep getting compile errors. While searching I see people complaining for almost a year and no solution. Arduino IDE compiles fine.

this is simply great

Almost 200k subscribers!

Thanks - good stuff :)

Interesting. Thanks !

Nice Job.

*GARY!!!* *Good morning Professor!* *Good morning fellow classmates!* Stay safe out there everyone!

Awesome!!!

I had some trouble using some AdaFruit libraries with an Arduino build using PIO. I'm still just getting my feet wet so I probably just did something wrong with it. But I really love the idea of using VS Code instead of the Arduino IDE.

Make a video on custom targets for platforms like MBED, I had a heck of a time trying to get my weact blackpill v2 (stm32f411ceu6) working in MBED. I found a github repo with some of the custom target jsons needed but it took some time to figure out all the things you need to do to get it to work.

looks very interesting tool

Using it since serveral years. Long before they switchs to VS-Code even. Their automatic, uncancelable updates have TWICE destroyed my working development environment that I just left alone for a year before needing to make some tweaks to production firmware. First time it took me 4 DAYS, second time 2 days to get back on track. The uninstaller DOESN'T UNINSTALL a hundret MB of broken code that f*** up the build system after a full uninstall + reinstall. It doesn't work with code on network drives (Character encoding crashes). It doesn't handle basic exceptions anywhere even if it's issues that are easy to handle gracefully or at least provide additional information to find the culprit (e.g. add the filename of a file that contains an undecodable character to the Exception).

Well done. I enjoyed your video. Please show moe examples. This time please use RPI PICO board also.

Awsome!

youre just amazing

Hey, Can you explain how can i use platformio with stm32

Nice!! :) I am considering using PlatformIO as a replacement for my MPLAB IDE for PIC32 micros. This is for coding of our custom PCBs (NOT standard dev kits). Few quick questions: 1) Is it possible to replace the ENTIRE MPLAB IDE with PlatformIO? 2) How easy (or not) is it to set it up specifically for the PIC32 family? 3) is there anything that MPLAB does that PlatformIO does not and/or that I should be aware of if switching over? Thank you

Nice explanation. Being an C++ programmer, I wanted to try Platform IO but reading lot of comments mentioning various issues, I would go back to Arduino IDE and STM Cube Ide....

FIRST!!!!

I've been using PlatformIO in Clion, and it is definitely the way to go.

Hey brother thanks this great to know. One ? How do i restart vsc. Im new to this.

May I suggest VScodium?

thanks

I use PlatformIo for my projects. But always have problems with my USB Ports. Sometimes my other USB Devices got unpluged on the upload process. I dont know why but i think in the arduino IDE i had no problems like this

I can't get my st-link v2 connected to platform io. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Vsc is a nice IDE. It helps specially in projects with many code lines. In that cases, it reduces a lot of coding time, compared with Arduino IDE. The downside is.. when i use more than one connected boards, its impossible to set up the right port and the monitor speed. It just ignore platformio.ini. Also, it often needs a restart, othewhise it wont build and upload the right project. This happen when you have more than one project at the same workspace

I have an Anycubic Mega Zero that I installed a heated bed mod on. I don't know what board this has. I have looked but I can't find an answer to this question. I have installed VS and PlatformIO. I don't know what other files I may need? I just can't figure out how to flash the new firmware that incorporates the heated bed? I found all kinds of files on github, but I have no clue which ones I need. Any help you can give would be most graciously appreciated.

Our board zoos look so similar - men's fashion from the cupboard.

how do you use libraries and ino examples?

Why the framework name needs to be repeated for each new board in .ini file?

I recently switched to VSCode and PlatformIO and love it. But I see the next Arduino IDE beta is based on VSCode. Interesting to see how that compares.

Could anybody inform please what is size of PlatformIO plugin for VS Code?

how to rename a platformio project ? thanks !

9:30 Huh?!? I’ve never had to prepare an ESP32 to program it from either Arduino IDE or PlatformIO. This includes on custom boards onto which I installed virgin ESP32 modules (not dev boards). Programming doesn’t use a bootloader (or rather, I guess it’s built into the ESP32). It’s just straight UART with the boot select pins (IO0 and IO2) and reset pin (EN) sequenced appropriately, which the USB-serial adapter does.

It can upload hex file to direct atmega328 chip- itself, instead of arduino bord?

How do I use platformio for STM32F030

PlatfromIO seems nice, but then i discovered it's c/c++ tooling doesn't have refactoring features (not major ones that is)

Great character and content quality, glad I've clicked! The subject/product however is, well, for the blinky engineers only ;-) ps. rather important to remain updated with manufacturers' ide and tools/drivers more than anything (for e.engineers).

Do yourself a favor and change the "upload" to an "upload and monitor" shortcut. This way if you have a while(!serial) statement in your setup (waiting for the serial port to be ready), it will open the terminal window right after upload. I wish they made this for visualstudio. VS is so much faster than VScode.

Professor Gary how about covering how custom ROMs are developed?

further update - I used PIO for a while - it can be good as per my other post here, but currently (2023) there is no stable/ working solution for code upload to AVR4809, and support can't sort it. So I'm using JTAG2UPDI in arduino and VScode as an editor. (JTAG2UPDI does not work in PIO)

Not sure ! Is it portable ?????

This is great..until it gets some kind of error, then you have no clue on how to fix it since you never had to understand dig in to the underlying tools. Even with arduino I find myself having to debug why things don't work. Will PIO make it better?

What about remote debugging? I've an stm32f401 board with usb C and stm link, visual studio is so much better than Arduino ide, how about platformio?

Interestinly enough - I just deleted this extension in vs code. Shame, because it's my preferred editor...but PlatformIO was causing a problem in that it'd crash vs code or even my PC when I was working offline. Happened a few times before I realised what was causing it, apparently PlatformIO needs a constant internet connection or it gets grumpy. Note, this was happening just using vs code and not using PlatformIO, was workingon other projects and it kept happening. Should be able to work offline without stupid stuff like that happening. Definitely PIO causing it, hasn't happpened again since I uninstalled.

I wish I could make it work.

mbed is the easiest and most convenient because of its online compiler. There’s nothing to install. Just logon, write your code on the web page, click compile and if all’s well and then file copy the binary to your mbed and reboot it mbed to run your program QED

Can anyone please tell me if it supports STM32F103RB board?

What a shame the libraries facility wasn't covered.

unfortunately, if something happens with the configuration, it will no longer work again

It's never worked for me. It can't find any .h files. I'll have to give it another try.

No mention of the potential privacy issues with VSCode? Or the version that has all the telemetry removed, for those who care about that sort of thing? :(

How does it scale with gpio pin numbers As all boards have different pin numbers available for use

Platform IO has given me NOTHING but headaches in the past. And for the past 4 months, a paid copy of Visual Micro, which is an extension for Microsoft Visual Studio (NOT VScode)! It sets up the Arduino infinite loop. But it gives you the full power of Visual Studio to manage folders, libraries and you have it. And it works flawlessly every time. I need to check if it can do all of the other frameworks, but even if not. One can still start from scratch and write their own Main program and write in a loop.. And if done properly, will save A LOT of space.

Fun! If it worked - I tried to install it on two computers, and both installs failed with the same error. I even put time to find and do something to solve it. Seems like Python code is not the coolest nor safest. So 100% failure!! Totally ...ehrmm... bad, I was going to say bad *mmmm* Nice vid though! But the platform really needs some rework noneless. I got it working by uninstalling everything with Python and "remove the alias for Python installer" in Windows. then start the VSC and let it install the PIO again.

Platform IO add so much pain. I Could not configure it correctly

I finally found a way to program my bluepill! STM32 software won't work... (I received the fake chip without knowing about it!). Thank you!

I'm gonna argue this one. Arduino IDE is stupid simple to use and learn. The ultimate beginner's IDE where everything works right out of the box. PlatformIO in VScode is extremely powerful, but is a nightmare to learn and things don't "just work" out of the box. It just isn't simple and straightforward to learn and be successful as a beginner. FYI, I am using PIO, but it has been a fight uphill the entire way. The Arduino IDE was much faster to learn and was fun doing it. PIO has not been fun at all.

Alternative? Not really. PlatformIO blows other IDEs out of the water. Arduino IDE is good for total newcomers and their Blinky projects. Anyone more serious than that will benefit tremendously from using PlatformIO and even beginners should be actively steered towards PlatformIO for their own good.

seems like its built specifically to separate developers from programmers.......

VSCodium, it's VSCode without Microsoft garbage... You just have to download the extensions to install them manually, but that's worth it personally...

The microcontroller world is worse than the 70's and 80's PC environment ... it is scatterbrrain territory ... and don't call me dude. $0.02

Shame its not 100% ArduinoIDE compatible and totally fails to build any ArduinoIDE library that relies on being able to detect hardware / board type etc using standard, well-known, long-established Arduino #defines. For reasons know only to the PIO build team they simply invented their own, instead of using the exisiting correct ones, thus guaranteeing that many cross-platfrom libraries will break and thus cannot be used in PIO. Kinda dumb eh? Even dumber when you know they have known about this for four or five years and chose to continue using their own home-grown / no-earthly-reason / guaranteed code-breaking / 100% incompatible what-t-f-were-they-thinking non-standard #defines. Go Figure.

Nice ripoff of the DroneBot Workshop video content. His exact video but with a British accent. Good job mate! Have any original thoughts or ideas? Give any credit to DroneBot Workshop?

Interesting up until you said Microsoft. No thank you.