Arduino IDE Installation

This tutorial will walk you through the installation part of Arduino Integrated Development Environment

Instructions:

Step 1: Installing Arduino IDE(Integrated development Environment)

Step 2: Installing ESP32 add on in Arduino IDE

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”

  • 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