Integrate PlatformIO into Visual Studio Code on top of PlatformIO Core. Cross-platform Build System without external dependencies to the OS software: 550+ embedded boards, 25+ development platforms, 15+ frameworks. Arduino and ARM mbed compatible.
Atmel AVR & SAM, Espressif 8266 & 32, Freescale Kinetis, Intel ARC32, Lattice iCE40, Microchip PIC32, Nordic nRF51, NXP LPC, Silicon Labs EFM32, ST STM32, TI MSP430 & Tiva, Teensy, Arduino, ARM mbed, libOpenCM3, ESP8266, etc.
Discover devices connected via Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB: Press F1
and then select/type IoT Utility: Discover Device
. (Make sure you have installed device-discovery-cli)
IP Address MAC Address Type Host Name
10.172.14.69 08:00:27:d7:27:ef raspberrypi (Raspberry Pi) raspberrypi
10.172.15.84 00:15:5d:0f:9d:01 tessel (Tessel 2) tessel2
10.172.14.219 00:0c:29:35:fa:9f huzzah (Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266)
10.172.15.98 78:2b:cb:b5:1c:9c ?
If you want to build IoT projects connected to an IoT cloud service. You could take a look at aka.ms/azure.iot for Microsoft Azure IoT projects and resources.
If you are already using Azure IoT services, you could use Azure IoT Toolkit extension for better development experience.
- Build PlatformIO project specified in Project Configuration File platformio.ini
- Upload firmware to devices specified in Project Configuration File platformio.ini
- Open Serial Monitor
- Set baud rate for Serial Monitor
- Search for library in PlatformIO Library Registry
- Install library from PlatformIO Library Registry
- Quick way to open PlatformIO Terminal
- Automatically or manually add Include Path to
c_cpp_properties.json
for C/C++ extension - Combined
Build
,Upload
andOpen Serial Monitor
with one command - Discover devices connected via Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB
- Install PlatformIO Core
-
Use existing project
If you have an existing PlatformIO project, open the project folder directly in VS Code
-
Create new project
In terminal, run
platformio init --board <your_board_identifier>
to initialize a new PlatformIO project, then open the project folder in VS Code. Refer to User Guide forplatformio init
command. For how to find Board Identifier, you could refer to this.
- Build PlatformIO project: Use shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+B
, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Build
, or right click the Text Editor and then clickPlatformIO: Build
in context menu
- Upload firmware to devices: Use shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+U
, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Upload
, or right click the Text Editor and then clickPlatformIO: Upload
in context menu
- Open Serial Monitor: Use shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+S
, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Open Serial Monitor
, or right click the Text Editor and then clickPlatformIO: Open Serial Monitor
in context menu
- Search for library: Click the
Library
item in the Status Bar at the bottom, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Search Library
, then type the query to search for library. Refer to the User Guide for the query syntax.
- Install library: Click the
Download
icon in the Status Bar at the bottom, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Install Library
, then type library id or name to install. Refer to the User Guide for the detailed usage.
- Quick way to open PlatformIO Terminal: Click the
Terminal
icon in the Status Bar at the bottom, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Open Terminal
-
Add Include Path to
c_cpp_properties.json
for C/C++ extension: PressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Add Include Path to Settings
. Wait for some seconds, then the PlatformIO libraries will be automatically added into Include Path ofc_cpp_properties.json
. (Note: Do not modifyc_cpp_properties.json
manually since thec_cpp_properties.json
will be fully regenerated and your manual changes will be lost.) -
Combined
Build
,Upload
andOpen Serial Monitor
with one command: Click theRight Arrow
icon in the Status Bar at the bottom, or use shortcutCtrl+Alt+A
, or pressF1
and then select/typePlatformIO: Build, Upload and Open Serial Monitor
.Build
,Upload
andOpen Serial Monitor
will be run one by one.
- Discover devices connected via Ethernet, Wi-Fi and USB: Press
F1
and then select/typeIoT Utility: Discover Device
. (Make sure you have installed device-discovery-cli)
IP Address MAC Address Type Host Name
10.172.14.69 08:00:27:d7:27:ef raspberrypi (Raspberry Pi) raspberrypi
10.172.15.84 00:15:5d:0f:9d:01 tessel (Tessel 2) tessel2
10.172.14.219 00:0c:29:35:fa:9f huzzah (Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266)
10.172.15.98 78:2b:cb:b5:1c:9c ?
platformio.baudRate
: Set baud rate for Serial Monitor. (Default is 9600)platformio.showHelpInfo
: Whether to show help info when opening PlatformIO Terminal. (Default is true)platformio.autoUpdateIncludes
: Whether to add Include Path toc_cpp_properties.json
automatically. (Default is true)
By default, anonymous telemetry data collection is turned on to understand user behavior to improve this extension. To disable it, update the settings.json as below:
{
"platformio.enableTelemetry": false
}
See Change Log here
Currently, the extension is in the very initial phase. If you find any bug or have any suggestion/feature request, please join the chat on Gitter or submit the issues to the GitHub Repo.
Contributions are warmly welcome! Please follow the Contribution Guide to setup development environment.