Flash the PCC

VS Code can do more than just Python! We can even compile and deploy code to microcontroller-based devices, like our PCC. In this tutorial, we'll get VS Code ready to upload our code to the PCC.

Install PlatformIO

• Open VS Code

• Open the extensions drawer (or press CTRL + SHIFT + X)

• Search for and install the PlatformIO IDE

Open the VRC Peripheral Software Project:

• Click PIO button

• Click Open

• Click Projects

• Click Add Existing

• Navigate to where you cloned the VRC Phase I Repo

• Click MCU Software, then Open

• Your project will show up

• Click Open once more

Flashing the PCC

• Once the project is open, let PIO build the Intellisense Index and download the necessary packages it needs (see the blue bar at bottom of VS Code window for progress)

• Once that's done, open the src -> main.cpp file

• Click the checkmark (the program should build)

• Plug your assembled PCC into a USB port on your computer

• Click the right arrow (project should flash onto PCC)

Gif of steps to upload code to PCC

You're now ready to test it out!