meshtastic/docs/developers/firmware/build.mdx
Sacha Weatherstone 9dc879235f
Hardware pages (#299)
* initial devices.json

* initial hardware components

* testing page at /docs/hardware/supported/template

* WIP Changes

* Home page work & updates

* Fix build

* Fix external link button

* Setup linting

* rename, cleanup & lint

* seperate lint cmd for now

Co-authored-by: Foster Irwin <foster@jfirwin.com>
Co-authored-by: Sacha Weatherstone <sachaw100@hotmail..om>
2022-04-02 00:34:49 +11:00

29 lines
1.4 KiB
Plaintext

---
id: build
title: Creating a build environment
sidebar_label: Building Meshtastic
---
Meshtastic uses the [PlatformIO](https://platformio.org) development environment, that enables easy multiplatform development and centralized tooling.
## Setup
1. Install PlatformIO, following the instructions available [here](https://platformio.org/platformio-ide).
2. Clone the `meshtastic-device` repository located [here](https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtastic-device). ([Instructions on cloning](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/cloning-a-repository))
3. Clone the [Submodules](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules)
```shell
git submodule update --init
```
4. Some utilities and scripts use the Python programming language, Downloads available [here](https://www.python.org/downloads).
## Building
1. Open the newly cloned folder in [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com).
1. To select the device you you wish to build for, first open your [command palette](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette) (`Ctrl + Shift + P`) and enter: `platformio: Switch Project Environment` and select your target.
1. To build the firmware, simply run `PlatformIO: Build` from your command palette.
1. Finally flashing the firmware to your device is as easy as running `PlatformIO: Upload`