esp-idf-project-steps.txt

Recommended:
Create a directory for esp32
Clone esp-idf into esp-idf
Download and extract msys2 into msys2
Clone skeletor example project into projects/skeletor
Any other projects can also go into projects/


1. Get ESP IDF git repo
git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git



2. Get and Configure Latest ESP32 XTENSA toolchain and MSYS2 environment:
http://esp-idf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/get-started/windows-setup.html
[last update, used: https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32_win32_msys2_environment_and_toolchain-20170918.zip]

setup profile to setup the IDF_PATH automatically on launch: 
https://esp-idf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/get-started/add-idf_path-to-profile.html#add-idf-path-to-profile-windows
use mingw32.exe to launch the msys shell and not any other exe.



3. Get project: git clone --recursive https://github.com/coolbreeze413/espidf_p_skeletor.git
NOTE: 
- contains the arduino-esp32 core component as submodule [https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/07685903321a1968174f1a5027be88adb77b8817]
- contains the ntshell component as a submodule [https://github.com/coolbreeze413/espidf_c_ntshell/tree/87f231584436ae234c226cfcb60f6f4e96a87dee]
- contains the ssd1306 component as a submodule [https://github.com/coolbreeze413/espidf_c_ssd1306/tree/cd534f89cf1facbbec499845510737e5fe8f0b18]



4. Build and Flash

IMPORTANT: Launch the MSYS2 using the mingw32.exe 

make menuconfig
- if nothing else, then make sure you select the correct serial port in the config.
- make sure that arduino options (autostart setup and loop etc. are DISABLED)


try to build and flash now from msys2:
make
make flash


Also see the eclipse_idf_PATH.txt for eclipse steps.