Using Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free graphical code editor provided by Microsoft. It can be used for editing code, managing git repositories, and other development tasks. With the XMOS XTC Tools extension installed, it can be used to build XCORE applications and then run, debug, and flash them to a target system.

This extension also provides the “XTC Terminal” so the XTC Tools may be used from a command line interface without leaving the VS Code editor.

If you want to use Visual Studio Code for development, follow the instructions in this section to get started. Otherwise, skip this section and go to Using the command line tools.

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

See XTC Tools VS Code extension for detailed reference information about the XMOS XTC Tools extension for Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code terminology is used in the remainder of this section. 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
  • Debug the application on a target board
  • Using the TERMINAL
  • Disassembling an application
• Using VS Code with other XMOS Application Notes
• Using VS Code with XMOS USB & Multichannel Audio
• Using VS Code with other XCORE applications