Thoughts
and ramblings.
One of things I wanted to accomplish when I began learning more about electronics was to build a small device from the ground up. This would include sourcing all parts, writing the necessary code, and designing and 3D printing an enclosure for the device. Given the state the world at this time, as my first foray into electronics design, I decided to make a little device to keep track of US COVID-19 stats.
As part of an Arduino hobby project, I wanted to set up a development environment that steered clear of the Arduino IDE and gave me an easy-to-use toolchain that fit in with my existing tools. While the Arduino IDE is useful for simple sketches, once I moved into anything remotely complex I yearned for the features provided by modern day text editors such as Sublime Text or VS Code. This post documents my journey to the almost perfect (for me) dev environment for Arduino and other micro-controllers.