Failure analysis and solution of vscode PIO creation project

VSCode PIO Create project failure analysis and solutions

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• Stating that similar problems cannot cure all diseases , It may be helpful just as a reference , It may not help . Everyone's computer configuration and system are different , It's hard for software to give consistent answers to problems , The text is for reference only , Just as a personal experience to solve problems to share and summarize .

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stay PIO When you create a project , No matter what development board model you choose , Failed to create the project , Pop up the following window ：

• The text message is as follows ：

Could not initialize project

PIO Core Call Error: "The current working directory C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\esp32c3_option will be used for the project.\r\n\r\nThe next files/directories have been created in C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\esp32c3_option\r\ninclude - Put project header files here\r\nlib - Put here project specific (private) libraries\r\nsrc - Put project source files here\r\nplatformio.ini - Project Configuration File\r\nResolving esp32-c3-devkitm-1 dependencies...\r\nTool Manager: Installing platformio/framework-arduinoespressif32 @ ~3.20003.0\r\nDownloading\r\nUnpacking\r\nTool Manager: [email protected] has been installed!\r\nAlready up-to-date.\r\nUpdating metadata for the vscode IDE...\r\n\n\nError: Processing esp32-c3-devkitm-1 (platform: espressif32; board: esp32-c3-devkitm-1; framework: arduino)\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nValueError: source code string cannot contain null bytes:\r\n File "C:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\scons-local-4.3.0\SCons\Script\Main.py", line 1401:\r\n _exec_main(parser, values)\r\n File "C:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\scons-local-4.3.0\SCons\Script\Main.py", line 1365:\r\n _main(parser)\r\n File "C:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\scons-local-4.3.0\SCons\Script\Main.py", line 1033:\r\n SCons.Script._SConscript._SConscript(fs, script)\r\n File "C:\Users\Administrator\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\scons-local-4.3.0\SCons\Script\SConscript.py", line 285:\r\n exec(compile(scriptdata, scriptname, 'exec'), call_stack[-1].globals)\r\n========================== [FAILED] Took 2.38 seconds =========================="

I guess this problem is when I first created a project , Due to the long configuration time , Maybe we shut it down without paying attention and waiting for the project to be ready , Wait until the second time you use to create a project , I found that I couldn't create it anyway , Because when you first create a project , The system will download relevant development support components by default , It will take quite a long time to set up the project , Maybe we broke it during the download , The configuration file is incomplete , Second, each time you create a project, you will access the corresponding components , And the components are incomplete and missing , As a result, the subsequent creation projects fail .

Unable to load PIO Home page

• Please refer to ：《VSCode: PlatformIO The home page is always displayed loading Solution 》

terms of settlement

1. First in VSCode Inside , Find PIO Plug in and uninstall , Then close it VSCode Software .
2. find PIO Directory of historical installation ：C:\Users\Administrator\.platformio, Will be dotted .platformio Delete all folders .
3. Reopen VSCode Software , In the plug-in management bar on the left , find PIO And reinstall .
4. If it does PIO Icon , Then open it PIO Home page , find Platforms menu , find Frameworks It opens at , Install the framework environment developed by yourself .

image Arduino Under the development framework , You can choose the corresponding common firmware below to install , Similar to Arduino IDE Choose to install different development boards .ATMelAVR It contains common UNO、nano Development board , If you want to be based on Arduino Framework to develop ESP32 as well as ESP8266 Then click Espressif 32 and Espressif 8266

• Firmware version selection
  

If the development is like ESP32C3 When comparing new models , It is recommended to install the latest version , Because if you choose to install a lower version, you may not have this model , I suggest you choose the latest firmware version to install , If there are no special requirements .