Software Setup

Install VS Code

Install VS Code on Linux

  1. Open the “Ubuntu Software” Application
    • Press the Windows key
    • Type ubuntu software and press Enter

  2. Search for “Visual Studio Code” and install the application shown here:

  3. Once VS Code is done installing, launch it.
Install VS Code On Windows

  1. First go download VS Code.

  2. Click on the Windows installer.

  1. Go to files on your computer and double click on the VS Code setup file you just downloaded.

  2. Follow the steps of the installer.

  3. Once VS Code is done installing, launch it.

Install VS Code On Mac

  1. First go download VS Code.

  2. Click on the Windows installer.

  1. Go to files on your computer and double click on the VS Code setup file you just downloaded.

  2. Follow the steps of the installer.

  3. Once VS Code is done installing, launch it.

Install PlatformIO Extension in VS Code

  1. Within VS Code, click the “Extensions” button on the left toolbar:

  2. Search for “Platform IO” and install the one that looks like this:

Clone GitHub Repository

What Does This Mean?

We’ve created a code repository that will get your board ready to program and provide you with a place to write your code. You will need to “clone” a copy of that repository onto your computer. To do so, follow the steps below for one of the two options (Clone from VS Code recommended).

Clone from VS Code

  1. Open VS Code
    • Press the Windows key
    • Type code and press Enter

  2. Click the “Source Control” button on the left toolbar

  3. Click “Clone Repository”

  4. Enter the url https://github.com/y-board/light-the-y-code.git and hit Enter

  5. A window will open and ask you to select the destination folder. Make sure you click “Home” on the left hand side of the window, then click the green “Select as Repository Destination” button

  6. When asked if you want to open the project, click “Open”

Clone from the Terminal

  1. Open a new instance of the “Terminal” application
    • Press the Windows key
    • Type terminal and press Enter

  2. Type git clone https://github.com/y-board/light-the-y-code.git and press Enter

  3. Type code light-the-y-code and press Enter