Getting Started with PlatformIO

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  1. Download and install official Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code, PlatformIO IDE is built on top of it.

  2. Open VSCode Extension Manager and search for official platformio-ide extension:

    VSCode Extensions Installer

3. Install PlatformIO IDE. You can find details on using PlatformIO with the IoT-Bus Io board here.

  1. Git clone or download the IoT-Bus examples from Github <https://github.com/iot-bus/iot-bus-examples-platformio>.

5. Plug in IoT-Bus Io. Open the iot-bus-blink example and run. Onboard LED should blink once a second. When you create a new PlatformIO application simply select the oddWires IoT-Bus Io as the board. This will also ensure you have the correct default debugger when using the IoT-Bus JTAG board.

  1. To debug, simply plug in a JTAG board connect up the USB cable to the JTAG board and start debugging. No configuration of OpenOCD or GDB required.