Using Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free graphical code editor provided by Microsoft. It can be used for editing code, git repository management and many development tasks. With the XMOS XTC Tools extension installed, it can be used to build XCORE applications, run XCORE applications and program the flash device in a target system. This extension also provides a terminal so the XTC Tools may be used with a command line interface.

If Visual Studio Code is required for development, follow the instructions in this section to get started. If it is not required skip this section and go to Using the command line tools.

See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs for full Visual Studio Code documentation.

Visual Studio Code terminology is used in the remainder of this document. For details see: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface.

• Building an example
  • Start VS Code
  • Select the XTC Tools
  • Download an application
  • Build an application
  • Run an application on a target board
  • Write the application to the flash device on the target board
  • Using the TERMINAL
• Using VS Code with other XMOS Application Notes
• Using VS Code with XMOS USB & Multichannel Audio
• Using VS Code with other XCORE applications