Setting up ESP32

2025-01-08

  1. In your Arduino IDE, go to File> Preferences
  2. Enter the following into the “Additional Board Manager URLs” field:
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json

Then, click the “OK” button:

Note:if you already have the ESP8266 boards URL, you can separate the URLs with a comma as follows

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json, http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
  1. Open the Boards Manager. Go to Tools > Board > Boards Manager…

  2. Search for ESP32 and press install button for the “ESP32 by Espressif Systems“:

  3. That’s it. It should be installed after a few seconds.

  4. and don't forget to download the drivers for windows