Overview of the ESP32 DevKit DOIT V1
Overview
See this excellent overview of the ESP32
RX0 / TX0 are used by the onboard silabs USB/serial chip and shouldn't be used for UART in your project
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ESP32 Installation and Setup
Install Miniconda and packages
You need to use Python on your PC to program the ESP32. This assumes that you already have miniconda installed. For more instructions, see here for detailed instructions.
MicroPython Intro
What is Python?
The #1 Programming language*
- Python: 14.2%
- Matlab: 0.8%
- Labview: 0.14%
* as of March 2022, tiobe.com
Using the Pymakr Extension in VSCode
pymaker
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install pymakr preview
code --install-extension Pycom.pymakr-preview
Getting Started with Pymakr (from here)
- In File explorer(
ctrl+shift+e)- add or create a project folder for holding your micropython code (suggestion: name it “micropython”). Consider creating one in your “code” git repository.
- navigate to “Pymakr: Projects” tab in the workspace explorer window on the left
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select “create project”. Select the same code folder as above and specify a project name (like “hello-world”). Select the option to create a subdirectory with the micropython folder.
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VSCode Setup and Usage
Installation
Download from here
Installation Options
- Accept the default installation path
- keep “Register Code as an editor for supported file types” checked
- keep “Add to PATH” checked
- other options: set to your preference
Ubuntu-specific
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i code_1.7* #.... tab complete
sudo apt install -yf
Video
Thanks to Wyatte for this helpful video
