Arduino IDE Installation

Instructions:

Step 1: Installing Arduino IDE(Integrated development Environment)

• https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Step 2: Installing ESP32 add on in Arduino IDE

• In arduino IDE,go to File>Preferences (or) Press Ctrl+Comma
• In the “Additional Boards Manager URLs” field paste this below url:
• https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json
• Press OK
  

Step 3: Installing ESP32 board

• In the IDE ,go to Tools>Boards>Board manager
• Type “esp32” in the search box
• Click esp32 by Espressif Systems” and Install the latest version(1.0.4)
  

Step 4: Selecting ESP32 Board

• In the IDE ,go to Tools>Boards>ESP32 Dev module

Troubleshooting

• Port needs to be assigned once the board is connected

  • For windows : “COM3” (or) “COM7”
  • For linux: “/dev/ttyUSB0”
  • For mac: “/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART”

• If you get this error: “Port __ cannot be found”

  • Install the USB to UART driver from this below link:
  • https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers

• Once you disconnect and reconnect the board ,press “RESET” button for regaining the previously compiled and uploaded sketch

• How to install Libraries:

  • In the IDE ,go to Tools>Manage Libraries (or) Ctrl+Shift+I
  • Search for a library and download it