lesson 01 - serial port logging

GOAL: Showing how to create new project in PlatformIO, basic features of PlatformIO: Build/Upload/Serial Monitor

Open Visual Studio code
Open PlatformIO tab
Click Home
Choose "New project"
- Name: (project name)
- Board: Espressif ESP8266 ESP-12E
- Framework: Arduino
Find "main.cpp" and replace its content with

#include <Arduino.h>

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  delay(500);
  Serial.write(".\r\n");
}