Hi, I’m using a PC with Windows 11 and currently have Python 3.13.12 installed.

The ESP-IDF installation via EIM comes with IDF 6.0.

The Python installation was done using the latest Python Manager 26.0, which would install Python 3.14 by default. The espressif prerequisites document (docs.espressif.com/projects/idf-im-ui/en/latest/prerequisites.html) states that 3.14 is not (yet) supported under Windows. Running ‘py install 3.13’ then installs the latest version of 3.13 – currently 3.13.12.

Thanks for letting me know Chris.
Are you using Windows PC, right? I want to check everything with a fresh installation.
Which version of Python did you end up installing?

…things change over time. Perhaps you could update the tutorial when you have a chance!

There are new Python versions, and the latest one is installed by default. But be aware! Currently, the Windows ESP-IDF extensions are not yet compatible with Python 3.14.
The current ESP-IDF extension (version 2.0.2) comes with a changed installation method: an Extension Manager (EIM) that can be started via IDF Explorer… Advanced… Open ESP-IDF Installation Manager. However, it only completed successfully for me when VS Code was run with administrator privileges; otherwise, it got stuck at 85%.
After completion, EIM reported that a new project needed to be created in the workspace via the IDF Terminal Window. I ignored this and subsequently had to struggle with the error message “there is no data provider registered that can provide view data” for a long time when opening the IDF Explorer. The reason is that VS Code only activates the extension for a directory if the directory opened via “open folder” has a valid IDF project structure. This folder must therefore contain a CMakeLists.txt file and a subdirectory named “main”. And that’s exactly what’s set up when you create a new project and navigate to this directory using “open folder”.

Good luck!

Chris

Thanks for your suggestion.
Regards,
Sara

No guarantees this will fix your issue, but it’s something to try.

Do you have any recommendations, or have you encountered this before?
(Note: I’m on Ubuntu 22.04 using the VS Code ESP-IDF extension.)

“esptool.py v4.10.0
Serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Connecting…..
Chip is ESP32-D0WDQ6 (revision v1.0)
Features: WiFi, BT, Dual Core, 240MHz, VRef calibration in efuse, Coding Scheme None
Crystal is 40MHz
MAC: ac:67:b2:37:1d:68
Uploading stub…
Running stub…
Stub running…
Configuring flash size…
Flash will be erased from 0x00001000 to 0x00007fff…
Flash will be erased from 0x00010000 to 0x00036fff…
Flash will be erased from 0x00008000 to 0x00008fff…
SHA digest in image updated
Compressed 26240 bytes to 16494…
Wrote 26240 bytes (16494 compressed) at 0x00001000 in 1.5 seconds (effective 138.3 kbit/s)…
File md5: d644128d8d6ba8855ea3163ef907b53e
Flash md5: 862b2a801153cc053874639349942800
MD5 of 0xFF is ce0d9f7f999e01b39a9fb7415a5ba255

A fatal error occurr

The terminal process “/home/cem/.espressif/python_env/idf5.5_py3.10_env/bin/python ‘/home/cem/esp/v5.5.1/esp-idf/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py’, ‘-p’, ‘/dev/ttyUSB0’, ‘-b’, ‘115200’, ‘–before’, ‘default_reset’, ‘–after’, ‘hard_reset’, ‘–chip’, ‘esp32’, ‘write_flash’, ‘–flash_mode’, ‘dio’, ‘–flash_freq’, ’40m’, ‘–flash_size’, ‘2MB’, ‘0x1000’, ‘bootloader/bootloader.bin’, ‘0x10000’, ‘project-name.bin’, ‘0x8000’, ‘partition_table/partition-table.bin'” terminated with exit code: 2. ”

Hi.
Thanks for your suggestion.
We intend to cover more topics in the future.
Regards,
Sara