ESP32 with Arduino CLI

A few days ago I've bought this beautiful ESP32-based development board. I selected Olimex since it was the only manufacturer with PoE boards available in my region (west Europe).

Here you can see how it looks with PoE-enabled Ethernet port connected.

And since I'm pretty new in this area I had to fight some battles to make it work with Arduino-cli. Here's some brief description of steps I had to do to successfully upload a sketch to the ESP32-POE-ISO.

Please note that I'm Mac OS user so some details are relevant only for Apple users.

Create a new sketch

arduino-cli sketch new 01
cd 01

Also, download some sample sketches from Olimex's GitHub account.

Arduino config file arduino-cli.yaml

board_manager:
  additional_urls:
    - https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json

Download the index

arduino-cli core update-index --config-file arduino-cli.yaml

Install the ESP32 core

arduino-cli core install esp32:esp32

List the boards

arduino-cli board list

sample output:

Port                            Type        Board Name FQBN Core

/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port Serial Port Unknown


/dev/cu.debug-console           Serial Port Unknown


/dev/cu.usbmodem009NTNHF15512   Serial Port Unknown


/dev/cu.usbserial-1310          Serial Port Unknown


/dev/cu.wlan-debug              Serial Port Unknown 

Try to compile the sketch

arduino-cli compile --fqbn esp32:esp32:esp32-poe-iso .

Try to upload the sketch

arduino-cli upload -p /dev/cu.usbserial-1310 --fqbn esp32:esp32:esp32-poe-iso .

Monitor the serial output

screen /dev/cu.usbserial-1310 115200

Result

After 30 - 40 minutes I was able to start with some basic development. Board is now connected to the Ethernet and it obtained an IPv4 address from my DHCP server.

Well, it was easier than I originally thought. Can't wait to test some more complex stuff!