Setting up PlatformIO IDE

An open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE), PlatformIO works cross-platform and cross-architecture. It supports over 30 embedded platforms, features a multi-platform build system, includes numerous libraries, and supports over 800 open source hardware boards. It also serves as a powerful extension for coding in VS Code. In the following steps, we will learn how to install PlatformIO:

1. Continuing from step 4 of the previous section, click on Extensions. You’ll find the search window at the upper left, as visible in Figure 10.5.

Figure 10.5 – Extension search window

2. Type Platformio into the search window to locate it.

Figure 10.6 – Searching “Platformio” in search window

3. Click Install under PlatformIO IDE to install this extension.

Figure 10.7 – Select and install “PlatformIO IDE”...