ESPlorer — Next Generation IDE for ESP8266 developers
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:02 pm
ESPlorer
The essential multiplatforms tools: Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for any ESP8266 developer from luatool author's.
Including a LUA for NodeMCU and MicroPython. Also, all AT commands are supported.
Required JAVA (Standart Edition - SE ver 7 and above) installed.
Supported platforms (jSSC library)
- Windows(x86, x86-64)
Linux(x86, x86-64, ARM soft & hard float)
Solaris(x86, x86-64)
Mac OS X(x86, x86-64, PPC, PPC64)
Detailed features list
- Syntax highlighting LUA and Python code
Code editor color themes: default, dark, Eclipse, IDEA, Visual Studio
Undo/Redo editors features
Code Autocomplete (Ctrl+Space)
Smart send data to ESP8266 (without dumb send with fixed line delay), check correct answer from ESP8266 after every lines and old-style sending with line delay
Code snippets feature
ExtraHiSpeed (up to 921600) communication with NodeMCU (approx. 30-80 lines/sec on 115200)
Upload to ESP and Download from ESP any lua and binaries files
Cool ESP FileManager
and more, more, more…
Tutorial
Getting Started With The ESPlorer IDE. Format:PDF, Author: Rui Santos
Download
http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/#download
Source code
https://github.com/4refr0nt/ESPlorer
Required libraries
https://code.google.com/p/java-simple-serial-connector/
http://bobbylight.github.io/RSyntaxTextArea/
How to build ESPlorer from sources
https://github.com/devyte/nodemcu-platf ... om-sources
ChangeLog
version 0.2.0-rc3
- MicroPython firmware autodetection
- MicroPython syntax highlighting
- MicroPython files extensions *.py and *.pyc added
- MicroPython SendToESP command (send current file from editor window to ESP8266, ALT+E)
- MicroPython SendLine command (send one line from editor window to ESP8266, ALT+L)
- MicroPython SendBlock command (send selected block from editor window to ESP8266, ALT+B)
- MicroPython Coomands Tab: GPIO reading and writing, WiFi and TCP connetions)
- MicroPython Snippets (user editable code blocks, buttons for fast executing)
- MicroPython manual entered commands history
- MicroPython code autocomplete CTRL+SPACE
- Show/Hide editor window for using as simple colored terminal
- Show/Hide terminal window for full-screen code editing
version 0.2.0-rc2
- add skin selector (standart java LookAndFeel, platform depended)
- firmware autodetection can be disabled (new option on "Settings" tab)
- decreased minimum window size for low-res screens
version 0.2.0-rc1
- - add new cool ESP FileManager. Commands in popup menu: Run, Compile(New!), View(old Cat), Edit(New!), Download(New!), Rename(New!), Remove (available commands depended file extension)
- add "Upload file to ESP from disk" function (include binaries files) in left bottom panel
- add "Download file from ESP to disk" function (include binaries files) in file manager
- ESP files list ABC-autosorted
- add new button FileSystemInfo (new command file.fsinfo() since firmware 20150311 and later)
- add firmware autodetection after serial port open
- add check communication with MCU after serial port open or "change speed on the fly"
- change default window size to 1024x768 and new UI conception
- change: in all buttons/command "Run" against "Do", "View" against "Cat"
- expanded field for serial port name
- add "CustomSerialPort" on "Settings" tab (if enable this, PortScan never execute)
- add DTR and RTS buttons with LED
- add CTS LED
- add new "Links" menu
- add NodeMCU specific right panel (Heap button, Chip Info button, Chip ID button, Flash ID button)
- add toolbar Show/Hide command in "View" menu
- inc size of toolbar buttons
- add Snippets panel Show/Hide command in "View" menu
- add FileManager panel Show/Hide command in "View" menu
- add Right extra buttons panel Show/Hide command in "View" menu
- add "Use external editor" option on "Settings" tab. All files ReadOnly
- add "EOL" option - EOL visible in terminal window
- add new mode for snippets: Condensed executing (please, do not use this mode if you use commands without left operand: "=node.heap()", but "x=node.heap" work ok)
- fix AutoComplete (Ctrl+Space) bug for commands contains "."
- fix "AutoSave/AutoRestore setting enable/disable log window" bug
- fix bug: exit app without save files
- disable setting "AutoRun file after Save to ESP" (for do this - you can use new button "Save & Run" in 2.0.0-final version)
- all settings autosave when changed and autorestored after app launch
- window size autosave on close and autorestored after app launch
- editor: tab size changed from 5 to 4
- library rsyntaxtextarea updated to version 2.5.6
- some code refactoring
- improve stability
- now semver.org versioning conception (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
- tested on NodeMCU 0.9.5_20150318
TEST:File download
Baud rate:921600 Size:10k Time elapsed: 2080 ms
Baud rate:921600 Size:20k Time elapsed: 2811 ms
Baud rate:115200 Size:10k Time elapsed: 2841 ms
Baud rate:115200 Size:20k Time elapsed: 4261 ms
Baud rate:9600 Size:10k Time elapsed: 14 sec
Baud rate:9600 Size:20k Time elapsed: 25 sec
TEST:File upload
Baud rate:921600 Size:10k Time elapsed: 4565 ms
Baud rate:921600 Size:20k Time elapsed: 8591 ms
Baud rate:115200 Size:10k Time elapsed: 4550 ms
Baud rate:115200 Size:20k Time elapsed: 9158 ms
Baud rate:9600 Size:10k Time elapsed: 15 sec
Baud rate:9600 Size:20k Time elapsed: 29 sec
TODO for v0.2.0
- - add AT commands v0.22 support
- add SaveAs... command in "File" menu
- add popup menu with "Copy" and "Paste" functions in command field
- add Left extra buttons panel Show/Hide command in "View" menu with buttons:
* add "Save & Run" button
* add "Save & Compile" button
* add "Save & Compile & RunLC" button
* add "Send as init.lua" button
* add "Compile & Do LC" button
http://esp8266.ru/esplorer/#changelog
