Integrating the Arduino IDE with the ESP32 board

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So you have your new ESP32 board and now you want to use it. So let’s get started. Download the Arduino IDE from:

Software

Power on the ESP32 by utilizing a Micro USB to USB cable into your computer.

The board that I am using as part of this article is the MELIFE ESP32 which can be found in the image below. The board is very cheap for two at $15 and it comes with a WIFI chip!

MELIFE 2 Pack ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores…

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Setting up the IDE

Now we need to set up the Arduino IDE to utilize the ESP32 board. Open up the Arduino IDE.

1. Go to File -> Preferences; Then add the following URL to “Additional Board Manager URL…