In the following video tutorial, I explain how to install and use the PlatformIO IDE.

Video 1: Embedded software development with the PlatformIO IDE. Copyright 2021 ITlernpfad. This video is dual-licensed under the terms of the Apache License, version 2.0 or the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The .mp4 file can be downloaded here.

If your operating system is configured to delete the the contents of your %USERPROFILE% folder upon restart, you have two options:

A) Befor installation, edit the system environment variables: Add the system environment variable PLATFORMIO_CORE_DIR and/or set it to the desired directory as described at https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/envvars.html#directories. You may set it to any permanent directory with read- and write access.

B) Download and unzip VSC_PlatformIO_Python391.zip from https://github.com/Jason2866/Portable_VSC_PlatformIO/releases

Some example projects that make use of the PlatformIO build system can be found at https://gitlab.com/itlernpfad_public.

Have fun.

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