Configure the MXCHip Dev Environment

Now it’s time to set up the development environment

1. Download and install the Arduino IDE
   • Windows: Use Windows Installer version Important: Do not select the installer for the Windows App, select the Windows installer version. The Windows installer is a .exe file that will install the Arduino IDE to the C:\Program Files (x86) folder location.You can download and save the installer before running it if you want – it is named something similar to the following: arduino-1.8.8-windows.exe
2. Launch Visual Studio Code
3. Open the Extensions panel with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + X
4. Search for azure workbench
5. Click on the Azure IoT Device Workbench extension
6. Click Install
7. Once the extension is finished installing, click Reload
8. Open the Visual Studio Code preferences with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + ,
9. Click the {} icon in the upper right hand corner of the window to edit the JSON
10. Add the following JSON to your User settings file.

“arduino.path”: “C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Arduino”, “arduino.additionalUrls”: “https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VSChina/azureiotdevkit_tools/master/package_azureboard_index.json”,

On the File menu, click Save All, and then close and restart Visual Studio Code. When Visual Studio Code restarts you may see some installation tasks launch. Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the installation process if needed.

1. On the File menu, click Save All, and then close and restart Visual Studio Code. When Visual Studio Code restarts you may see some installation tasks launch. Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the installation process if needed.
2. Press F1 to open the command palette
3. Type Board Manager
4. Select Arduino: Board Manager and press Enter
5. In the search box, type az3166 Note: There should be one item titled MXChip – Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit by Microsoft Developer.
6. Select the latest version from the drop down, and then click Install

ST-Link Configuration

The USB interface used to communicate with your MXChip is ST-Link.

Windows

Download and install USB driver from STMicro.

Next time i will show you how to register your MXChip device with IoT hub.