To flash your program, click the run button (Green ‘play’ button).Ĭheck your console for any error messages. To build the project, you can click on the hammer icon in the top left hand corner of the IDE. The example Blink project should now be loaded into the IDE. Give your project a suitable name and click browse and find the blink example in your esp-idf folder:Īnd click Finish. Select Existing IDF Project under the Espressif category and click Next. To import the project, select Import from the File Menu. The best way to test the IDE and toolchain is to import an existing example such as ‘blink’ found in esp-idf/examples/get-started/blink. This will require the user to log out and back in to become effective. To add the current user to the dialout group execute: sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
On ubuntu, members of the dialout group have access to the serial ports.
(This can be displayed by selecting Help -> ESP-IDF Tools Manager -> List Installed Tools) USB Serial Port Permissionsīy default, users do not have access to the serial ports needed to download code to the ESP32 bootloader.
If the following dialog is not open as a result of the last process, Select Help -> ESP-IDF Tools Manager -> Install Tools. With the esp-idf downloaded, the next stage is to install the build tools.
Once downloading has commenced, the IDE will prompt if you want to install the build tools. Progress is shown both in the bottom right hand corner status bar and in the progress tab. And choose a directory to download the IDF into.Ĭlick Finish. At the time of writing, version 4.1 is the latest stable release. To use the plug-in, from the help menu, select Download and Configure ESP-IDF to bring up the following dialog box. The esp-idf can be downloaded via the Espressif plug-in helper or on the command line using GIT. Upon restarting Eclipse, you should now have Espressif tools in the help menu.
Select the certificate (ensure it is ticked) and click Accept Selected.įinally, restart Eclipse to apply the Plugin. Progress will be indicated in the bottom right hand corner of the IDE:Ībout halfway through the installation, you may receive a security warning indicating you are installing unsigned software. Now review and accept the terms of the licence agreements. Review the items you intend to install and click Next to proceed. It is recommended to install all the options.
Once Eclipse has loaded, select Install New Software from the Help menu:Įxpand Espressif IDF to get a list of options to install. Tar -xzf eclipse-cpp-2020-09-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gzĮclipse/eclipse Espressif IDF Plugin for Eclipse To make things even easier, the Java Runtime Environment now comes bundled with eclipse since version 2020-09 meaning you no longer have to download and install JRE separately. ESP32s are designed around a Tensilica Xtensa LX6 CPU and requires a different framework) This is the same C/C++ IDE but is bundled with the Eclipse Embedded CDT ARM/Risc V plugins.
(Eclipse also has a package titled Eclipse IDE for Embedded C/C++ Developers. As the esp-idf framework is written in C, you will want to get the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers version. To setup Eclipse on ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, simply download and extract eclipse. The ESP-IDF Tools Manager will help us install the rest of the required dependencies. Sudo apt-get install git python-is-python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools Prerequisitesīefore installing the IDE, start by installing some dependencies for the esp-idk. It assumes you already have a fresh copy of ubuntu 20.04.1 installed. This tutorial will work you through setting up Eclipse 2020-09 on ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS ( Long Term Support). Once installed, we run through the basics:
Install the Espressif IDF Plugin for Eclipse.Installation consists of four main steps: The Espressif IoT Development Framework ( esp-idf) is the official development platform for the ESP32 and ESP32-S series of SoCs from Fabless Semiconductor designer Espressif Systems.Įspresif have developed the IDF eclipse plugin to make the setup and integration of the esp-idf with the eclipse IDE simple and relatively painless.