Due to a recurring disliking for VSCode, here's a list of possible integrations of PIO. I also switched to VSCodium since then, which I can highly recommend. So now you can stop spamming "Micro$soft bad" under this video about PlatformIO, because it is completely unrelated to Micro$oft on its own, see below: VSCodium (VSCode minus Microsoft) Atom Cloud9 Codeanywhere Eclipse Che CLion CodeBlocks Eclipse Emacs NetBeans Qt Creator Sublime Text Vim Sourced from: platformio.org/install/integration Enjoy!

I have tied PlatformIO on and off for over a year, and I have to say it is a mixed bag. Its biggest advantage is that it allows each project to have specified versions of libraries; this is advantageous if you have an older project that will break if a newer version of a library is used with it. Otherwise, it adds it own quirks and moderate learning curve. There are subtle gotchas that someone else commented about.

Thank you! I am an experienced developer on microprocessors but haven’t used vscode or platformio before. Usually when I try to learn something new, I have to sit through “what is binary”, and “why use a microprocessor”, etc., with about 2 minutes left over for the topic! Thanks for understanding that not everyone is a newbie and doesn’t need binary explained! It looks like your channel is new so I hope for more content like this. Subscribing…..NOW!

I came here for the knowledge, stayed for pure content. Love your attitude man, hope to see more videos soon!

I have to say that I loved your fast tutorial. I was overwhelmed by all the VScode buttons, windows, things opening and closing, files and folders, blablabla... and you solved it in 10 minutes. No waiting times for you writing down hello world code letter by letter, just focus on what is relevant for the topic. good job

Great video. Finally, someone who realises we are not all new developers. I'll be watching a lot more of your videos. Thanks.

Oh man thank you ! Finally a video that explains what I didn't get before: being able to understand what to do within Visual Studio Code & platform IO

Your clear explanation rescued me from days of frustration battling a persistent bug. While my Arduino functioned flawlessly when I utilized the Arduino IPA to upload the code, I encountered complete silence when attempting to do so through VSCode Platform IO. I discovered that the solution lied in crafting my own code within main.cpp rather than simply creating a folder with a name and a file with the name.ino extension. Your guidance was invaluable. Thank you!

Brilliantly jam packed video with golden information. Thanks my man!

To the point and delivered with dry humor and sarcasm. What more could a person want? Great job!

I don't know how the Arduino "IDE" is nowadays (haven't used it in ages), but last time I did, calling itself an "IDE" was an insult to all actual IDEs.

Nice tutorial Sir, hope we get more in-depth platformIO tutorial

thanks, all 10 minutes worth the time. even though i am new to this, i like it more if there is one video for one topic and not a huge explain-it-all.

Great video, but in the Arduino IDE I get great use out of the library examples accessible via the IDEs menu. Is that possible in PlatformIO?

Love it! And I subscribed. Best wishes, and thank you for expanding my tool kit.

The best thing that Arduino IDE has going is that the serial terminal is no nonsense and quick. PlatformIO takes longer to start and is a bit more difficult to use when using the terminal a lot during testing. It's nice to have it auto stop and restart between uploading.

Thank you for the video - very well put-together!

Thank you so much to not go over flowers and bees when describing some extension and cutting right to the chase 👍

I appreciate this vid -- "beginner moves on to intermediate." I'm an Arduino IDE user whose Mac dev machine crashed, giving me the "opportunity" to start fresh... I chose to use a Pi400 with a clean install of Bookworm, the Arduino IDE, and vscode, but I had only a vague idea (with advice from bard) that PlatformIO fit into the MCU picture. This vid was ideal, thank you.

Brilliant content. Helpfun and entertaining. Subscribed.

Thank you very much for this. This has inspired me to switch to platformIO in studio code … thanks bud.

Excellent presentation. Thanks for cutting through the BS and delivering the facts clearly with examples. Refreshing to see something in this format, considering what tends to make up most of today's UKposts environment

I tried the most recent Arduino ide a few days ago, it seems like a massive improvement on the original. Still vs is probably better, need to try platform io.

I'd love to see that video on unit testing! It seems like a super helpful tool, but is currently pretty confusing

what about Arduino bootloaders on Arduino cards, and AVR chips?, what if I need to use an Attiny85?

What is the difference between PlatformIO extension and the EspressIF IDF extension? I want to use VS Code (instead of the EspressIF IDF environment), but when I install/configure the extension, it keeps looking for the IDF before installing the IDF! I tried installing IDF/Tools directly (esp-idf-tools-setup-online-2.20).. and compiling via the command prompt works fine (idf_py build), yet VS Code IDF extension still does not see it! Any plans to do debug using a JTAG programmer? I bought an FT2232HL device (ESP-Prog), pointed it to the WinUsb driver (via Zadig), but how does debugging work ? For example, does it automatically start OpenOCD and load the elf file onto the ESP32? And if you unplug/plug, does the last debug program run, or was the debugger running out of RAM?

Thanks a lot! This is the best guide!

It should be pointed out, that platformio is not part of vscode. The vscode-platformio-extention make use of platformio and add a nice IDE integration.

Can you demonstrate RPI Pico development and debug using Platform IO ?

Very helpful! Thank you! 😊

no bullshit direct honest video, no fancy dangy dingy shit. SUBSCRIBED!!!

Great video, wish I had found it ages ago!

This great job brother, Thank you very much indeed.

I never comment on videos, but this was a great video. Thank you

Have you been able to use the intellisense feature for the HAL? When I use it with STM32 cube framework, everything works, compiles, builds, etc, except accessing the HAL itself(header / source files). I've seen plenty of pp complaining already but no solution, so I wonder what was Hou experience with it. Thanks!

As soon as you assumed I wasn't an idiot, I subscribed. Thank you!

I used Platformio when I compile code for SKR 32 Bit Control Board with marlin firmware. Very useful..

Very nice. i find VSCode better to use than Arduino IDE for my ESP32 development. I always thought the PlatformIO logo was of an ant head, not an alien?

I just started programming Arduino and my favorite approach so far is make + arduino cli. As a 11y of experience in software engineering I don’t like being attached to any IDE (click, drag n drop)… I have my reasons… But I will take a look on platformio cli, seems interesting. Thank you.

Dudeee, your content is the shit! An instant subscriber.

Arduino ide is straightforward

You should give the Arduino IDE a new look. It's now a full fledged development environment with a dark mode, syntax highlighting. More of the tools are easier to use and it's much faster than the old version. IDF is now fully supported.

The serial monitor is imo the best part of PlatformIO. It supports ANSI commands so you can do colors and move the cursor around. It's so much better than the garbage that came with Arduino IDE 1.

Excellent Video. Thanks for sharing. Where do we put libraries that will be used by many projects. Edit: I think I have it hand

Brilliant! Thanks!

Great vid, thanks

this is really great!! can you do full wireless network project with Arduino uno?

Could you please make a tutorial on splitting code in Platform IO? There is no good place to learn that. Everywhere I looked, they were saying that it's the same as in the normal CPP but I still can't do stuff like global variables and libraries. I would greatly appreciate a tutorial covering that topic.

@jse-shack825 Some people sometimes don't like taking a straightforward path to reach a destination; they prefer convoluted and confusing routes. For instance, if they need to go north, they will first head west, then turn south, then east, and finally north. If you are such a person, PlatformIO is best for you. Otherwise, you can continue to use the Arduino IDE.

For some reason Platform IO gives me a ton of headaches. It is wonderous when it is working, godlike when working seamlessly. But, maybe it is just settings on my computer. I spent a week reading internet searches, playing around with my Windows PATH. Installing two drivers. And I finally having it working okay again as of yesterday. But. during the six months after discovering PIO, I also found Visual Micro. Which is an extension for MS Visual Studio (NOT VS Code!). The only framework it uses as of now is Arduino. But it gives you all of the power of the Goliath of a program Visual Studio, and the ease of folder and file management. I need to say, with it being a paid software, and that I have a paid version, I am happy with it. But I have high hopes for the potential of Platform IO. And I will tame the beast and have it working seamlessly without interruptions sooner or later. Chasing bugs and conflicts or issues goes with the territory.

It's a great a software, but for beginners I thinks AIDE is better just because is more simple to use. Right?

I love PlatfomrIO and Pete Rock

Adding mySql database connectivity to a project. PlatformIO started complaining over non compilable libraries. Loading the same project in Arduino IDE, compiling was no problem at all. So how's that for awkward.

Gee you like complexity, IDE 's can be difficult to use like anything easy when you know how. I like the Arudino interface

Two issues you have not mentioned when migrating from original IDE. The "porting" of existing Arduino projects, where you have to move functions above 'loop' and some/old libraries incompatibilities (Newhaven lcd comes to mind). I use vscode with Arduino plugin. Better than original Arduino ide but no issues like with pIO.

thanks bro , i subscribed.

Wow, thanks!

Nice. Would you know how to change the font face in terminal? Cheers

So can you set this up for pic micro or not as yet to be used pic kit 3 / 4

Just use the Arduino IDE 2.0

So what, after obtaining GitHub, Microsoft wants to get ahold of the Arduino code too?

"absolute gigachad" got me unprepared

thanks a lot♥♥

I agree Sir!! Arduino is so slow too... VS Code can do anything with extensions. It can run many different platforms and environments. Good code/file: reader, editor, testing, debugging, creating, compiling, and burning program. And runs efficient and fast. Faster build and test than Arduino IDE. Although Arduino is a really good system, It feels like everything about Arduino is 8 bits. Even their app.

thanks man

What’s wrong with ESP-IDF? You don’t get access to everything using the arduino framework.

thanks buddy

Wow so simple and fast, sarcasm.

thank you

thank"you

I with they would offically support sublime text, I feel it is a much better and lighter editor than vscode.

pretty cool

So platformIO exposes all the files that the ardiuino IDE hides.

Good video, but I don't understand why you didn't think of swapping your "Visual Studio Code" for "VSCodium" ?!

How do you get the example projects from Arduino IDE to a PratformIO project. In the Arduino IDE all the code one needs is 2 clicks away. How do I get anything here?

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I was a little surprised that my old boss insisted that I do all my code development using the Arduino software. I told him that Arduino is good for hobbyists but serious developers use other more capable software. Before I left, I was able to get my boss to finally dump the 8-bit Atmel microcontrollers for new projects and use cheaper 32-bit devices like the Pi Pico. Currently, I am using VS Code for building binaries and debug at my new job. So far, I have only played around with Platform IO a little bit.

just use arduino ide pro 2.0? yes it's sill under dev, but it does the job?

One thing I find very annoying when using the Mega2560 is that accessing flash above 64KB requires use of a 24 bit address to cater for the 256KB flash. In the standard Arduino IDE this is a cludgy solution requiring conversion to far addresses (from what are compiler known 16 bit addresses). Does platformIO, or any other compiler that you are aware of, deal with this in a more orthodox manner wherein full addresses can be specified on 2560. It would also mean that things like a 2D array of characters in flash would be possible. At the moment, in Arduino IDE, this cannot be done because all addresses are treated as is 16bit so a 2D array has address bits missing. The pgm_get_far_address that converts 16 bit to 24 bit (actually 32bit) appears to go behind the scenes and essentially ask the linker - hey where is this really as there are address bits missing. Painful. Geoffrey, NZ

it took over half an hour before i cancet it on my new pc is that still normal?

I have a problem with plataformio, after clean and build my project when I try to run it in the terminal it appears this message "main.cpp:1:10: fatal error: Arduino.h: No such file or directory #include ^~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated." does anyone know how to solve this

Can you generate for me code of trafic to communiacat at four way where by they are 4 esp and led green, yellow, led at four way one esp to act as master

Excellent video overall! Thank you. The "Test" icon is not specifically for TDD (Test Driven Development) which is a software development "philosophy" of writing unit tests before you write any actual code. The Tests button is just a shortcut to the area where you create/store unit tests... which should never be confused with TDD. One is a philosophy, the other is simply unit tests. You can write unit tests all day long without adopting TDD. It's fine... you skipped over all the testing areas because you don't know anything about it and that's perfectly fine... no one "young" ever wants to write tests. Also, git is not an "archiving" system. It is a distributed version control system. Before everyone accuses me of just being a dick... which is exactly how I know the above will be received, know that I mean it in a constructive way. The only reason I mention it is because I know you will do well in both software and UKposts and will end up with many followers. Those YT followers will listen to everything you say and take it for fact without question... and possibly learn some things that may not be 100% correct. Were you wrong per se... eh, not really. What I'm saying, or asking rather, is that as an influencer you make sure to use the correct terminology... or at least as close as possible so people don't have to unlearn the stuff later. Like I said at the top, excellent video! And yes, the Arduino IDE blows and VSCode is a much better solution. Subscribed.

Can I look at the compiled binary with this? Say in hex?

Visual studio is as much fun as a rectal exam to use

Turbo pascal is joinning the chat..

And now an project with more then 1 source file. It's in the arduino ide piece of cake, however in platformio a nightmare. Make a video on that.

lol hahah never gonna use the Arduino IDE again. Thanks!

I'm all for improvements over the arduino IDE. But why swap it for another crap one ? VSC is awful with it's hard-to-read text, split-pane view, and annoying memory of distant projects. I want to divide my screen up sensibly with overlapping, indefinitely-sized windows, readable text and projects that stay separate.

But what's better than arduino ide?

I like Arduino because it's open source and free.

Can I use same procedure for linux ?

It’s easy to be judgemental about Arduino IDE, but everybody starts off with basic readers that read like the cat sat on the mat, but nobody keeps reading at that level. Arduino IDE is a great start for those that are not Nerds

nice

But without thousands of libraries how do you make anything work?

Why not just use the CLI interface at the command line of your terminal?

you reminds me Olin Lathrop

arch linux, vscode doesn't show platformio

This video earned my like and subscribe.

Arduino ide is easy to use as is the debugging, the debugging is as good as you write it to be. Skill issue.