Arduino Setup

Attention

If this is your first time using Arduino, please read through our tutorial on installing the Arduino IDE. If you have not installed an Arduino library before, we recommend you check out our installation guide.

With the ESP32-C6 Thing Plus connected to our computer, it's time to set up the boards package in Arduino.

Installing espressif Arduino Boards

To install the ESP32 boards package, open the Preferences menu by navigating to File > Preferences. Look at the bottom of the Preferences menu for "Additional boards manager URLS" and then copy this JSON link into that field:

https://espressif.github.io/arduino-esp32/package_esp32_dev_index.json

Click "Ok" and then open the Boards Manager tool, search for "espressif ESP32" and install the latest release. This install process may take some time so feel free to step away while it downloads and installs.

espressif IDF

Users who prefer to use espressif's development toolkit, espressif IDF, can get started by following their instructions here and ESP32-C6 specific documentation here.