Development Environment§
We will be working with a PlatformIO (PIO) development environment in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). If you have never worked with PlatformIO, please install it as per their installation instructions.
Installation Steps§
- Download and install official Microsoft Visual Studio Code. PlatformIO IDE is built on top of it
- Open VSCode Package Manager
- Search for the official platformio ide extension
- Install PlatformIO IDE.
Now please look at their quick-start guide:
Video Tutorial§
See the Video Tutorials page for an instructional video on setting up the development environment.

