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 Download Visual Studio Code

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 Download Arduino IDE

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 Visual Studio Code Extension PlatformIO

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 PlatformIO for Arduino, ESP8266, and ESP32 Tutorial

// source: BitBastelei #310 – VSCode und PlatformIO statt Arduino IDE
// https://youtu.be/Yb-HOBynJdc
#include <Arduino.h>
#define GREENLED 13
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(GREENLED,OUTPUT);
Serial.println(“start”);
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
digitalWrite(GREENLED,LOW);
Serial.println(“the green led is on”);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(GREENLED,HIGH);
Serial.println(“the green led is on”);
delay(1000);
}