ESP-IDF configuration – Open the Show Command Palette (F1 key) and select “ESP-IDF: Select where to save configuration settings”. – Select one of the items below. (Choose “Global”) > Global > Workspace > Workspace Folder – After that, if you run “ESP-IDF: configure ESP-IDF extension”, you can see the image below. (Choose “EXPRESS”)
Install – As shown in the image below, select the ESP-IDF version and container/tools folder. (ex. Version: 4.4 / directory: D:\__WS_ESP_IDF_V_4_4) – Click the “Install” button.
Create Work Directory – Create a new folder(_Work) in the directory where ESP-IDF is installed. (ex. D:__WS_ESP_IDF_V_4_4\_Work) – Open the created directory with File > Open Folder in the VSCode menu. – Select View > Terminal from the VSCode menu to open a “Terminal” window. – As shown in the image below, select the red box in the ESP-IDF menu at the bottom of VSCode and change “Powershell Terminal” to “ESP-IDF Terminal”.
Create Project – Create a project(test) with the following command in the terminal window. $ idf.py create-project test – Then, a folder with the project name is created in the working folder. – After that, close the current folder and open the created project folder (test) again.
Configuration Project– Target Device – Open the Show Command Palette (F1 key) and select “ESP-IDF: Set Espressif device target”. – After that, select the ESP32 device to use from the list. (ex.esp32c3)
Configuration Project – (Re)Flash Method – Open the Show Command Palette (F1 key) and select “ESP-IDF: Flash Method”. – After that, selete the method. (ex. UART)
Configuration Project – SDK – Open the Show Command Palette (F1 key) and select “ESP-IDF: SDK Configuration editor (menuconfig)”. – Just click the Save button and close the window. [Note!] “sdkconfig.old” file is created.
Build Project – Open the Show Command Palette (F1 key) and select “ESP-IDF: Build your project”. – If the image below appears, the build is successful. (It takes quite a bit of time to build.)
