how to combine ESP-IDF with ESP Rainmaker components (MEGH-1856)

[alexiskyriakou]

Hello,

does anyone knows how can i combine ESP-idf and ESP Rainmaker components?

i had open GPIO example from Rainmaker directory and add in c_cpp_properties.json the following:

{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/",
"${env:IDF_PATH}/components/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-rainmaker/components/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-rainmaker/components/esp_rainmaker/include/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-rainmaker/examples/common/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-idf/components/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-idf/components/freertos/",
"C:/Users/Alexis/esp/esp-idf/components/freertos/include/freertos/"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"cStandard": "c17",
"cppStandard": "c++17",
"intelliSenseMode": "windows-msvc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}

and gives me erros that it can not find stddef.h, limit.h, stdint.h in almost all included files

I am using Visual Studio Code ESP-IDF extension

Thank you
Alexis

[ameyinamdar]

Hi @alexiskyriakou You don't need to change any file. Once the IDF is configured properly in Espressif VS Code plugin, you can simply open any of the application in esp-rainmaker/examples/ folder and directly compile through VS Code plugin. The asp-rainmaker components are added by the application's CMakelist.txt and other IDF components are added by IDF build system.

[alexiskyriakou]

I believe that idf configured correct in VS code because i can open, bulid and flash examples under esp-idf.

But when i open an example from esp rainmaker, VScode does not recognize the include files..

Both esp-idf and esp rainmaker are under the same folder like:

esp
| -> esp-idf
| -> esp-rainmaker

[ameyinamdar]

@alexiskyriakou VSCode not recognising the include files is probably just navigation issue. Can you compile the rainmaker example in this configuration? If not, can you please provide the log?

[alexiskyriakou]

No i can not compile.

Here is the log file for Fan Example CMakeOutput.log

[alexiskyriakou]

Finally i fixed it... I clone the esp rainmaker repository and now builds flash and monitor rainmaker examples...

[alexiskyriakou]

i have one more question...

I create a project under EspRainmaker directory and works fine. My question is which is the proper way to move that project under Documents folders ? I want to do this because my Documents folder is sync to cloud for backup purposes

Thank you in advance

[ameyinamdar]

You need to copy components/ folder from asp-rainmaker and adjust relative paths in application's CMakeLists.txt

# Add RainMaker components and other common application components
set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../components ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../common)

[alexiskyriakou]

Thanks @ameyinamdar its woking now.