Using PlatformIO

PlatformIO is an open-source ecosystem for IoT development.
Cross-platform build system, IDE integration and continuous testing. Arduino, Espressif, ARM and mbed compatible.

See our blog post introducing PlatformIO.

PlatformIO IDE

PlatformIO IDE is built on Atom open-source ‘hackable text editor for the 21st century’ built by the GitHub. See PlatformIO IDE Install guide for more info.

Note: skip this section if your would prefer to use PaltformIO via it’s excellent command-line interface

These install steps have been tested to work on Linux, Mac and Windows.

Download and install PlatformIO IDE

If running windows:

Python will also need to be installed, see PlatformIO IDE install-guide *
USB to UART adapter windows drivers will need to be installed

Download PlatfomIO

The first time Atom IDE is opened after a few seconds PlatformIO will finish the installation and then display its home page.

Install PlatfomIO

Download PlatfomIO

Open emonTx3 Firmware

Download emonTx3 Firmware GitHub repo either via git clone or downloading the zip and extracting.
From the PlatformIO Home screen in Atom IDE choose Open Project (1)*
Navigate to the standard emonTx Firmware emontx3/firmware/emonTx34/emonTx34_CM then chosen open
You should see the emonTx34_CM firmware files in the file-tree on the right-hand-side of the editor

Compile Firmware

Once change has been made save then file then compile with PlatformIO by clicking Compile (2)
If this is the first time the code has been compiled PlatformIO will ask if you want to install all the required libs that are specified in platformio.ini. See PlatformIO library manager.

Upload Firmware

If code compiles successfully upload the firmware by clicking on Upload (3)
Note: A USB to UART cable is required to upload to emonTx / emonTH
After successful upload check nodeID has changed by viewing serial output, click Serial Monitor (4) and choose 115200 baud.

PlatformIO Command Line

PlatformIO works great from the commandline, follow these instructions to install and run platformIO from the commandline. See the excellent PlatformIO Quick Start Guide for more info.

1. Install PlatformIO via commandline

The easiest way if running Linux is to use the install script, this installs pio via python pip and installs pip if not present. See PlatformIO installation docs:

$ sudo python -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio/master/scripts/get-platformio.py)"

2. Clone emonTx / emonPi repo

emonTx V3

git clone https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emontx3
cd emontx3/firmware/emonTx34/emonTx34_CM

emonPi

git clone https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi
cd emonpi/firmware/emonPi_CM

3. Compile with PlatformIO CLI

$ pio run

4. Upload with PlatformIO CLI

$ pio run -t upload

The first time platformIO is run it will ask to install the required libraries and avr toolchain. The required libraries are defined in platformio.ini in the project folder.

4. View serial port with PlatformIO CLI

$ pio device monitor

For more PlatformIO commandline love see PlatformIO getting started