Eclipse Issues

Build Errors The following Python requirements are not satisfied: Shown in the output windows, with another message like: To install the missing packages, please run “C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-idf-v4.4.3\install.bat” Running the install.bat doesn’t resolve the issue or has errors. Is the version of Python you’ve installed (prequesit for Eclipse) quite new? You may need to remove it and […]

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Installing Eclipse IDE (Windows)

Our Eclipse IDE resources here may well be old, we’ve switched over to using VSCode Installing Eclipse IDE https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32/get-started/eclipse-setup.html Install missing prerequisites Install Python (the Espressif Windows all-in-one toolchain installed embedded Python, not Python) from: https://www.python.org/downloads/(Installs to here by default: C:\Users\Dev\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\ )Note if the current Python release is very new you may want to select […]

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Making Eclipse work properly

Eclipse defaults are different to lots of IDE’s we use on Windows, here’s how we fix eclipse… Open eclipse preferences: Menu > Window > Preferences General > Workspace > Build > Save automatically before build General > Keys To Upper Case – Ctrl + Shift + U To Lower Case – Ctrl + Shift + L […]

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Creating A New Project

Our Eclipse IDE resources here may well be old, we’ve switched over to using VSCode Resources https://github.com/espressif/idf-eclipse-plugin/blob/master/README.md NOTE: The esp-idf build system does not support spaces in paths to projects Create a project In Eclipse Menu > File > New > Project… Espressif > Espressif IDF Project Set the name and location (DO NOT USE […]

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