ChipChop Library for Arduino
Installation Tutorial

In this tutorial we will cover the installation of the ChipChop Library for Arduino and go through the required steps for both the Arduino IDE and PlatformIO
To follow this tutorial you should have at least some basic experience using Arduino IDE or PlatformIO & VS Code.
You won't have to build anything in this tutorial and you don't even have to use a microcontroller, these are just the steps required to setup your programming environment so you can use it with ChipChop.
This tutorial has code available for download, you can find the link below the video or go to the Downloads section in the Dev Console. If you get stuck, post a question in the forum and I am sure that some good soul will help you ☺
To follow this tutorial you should have at least some basic experience using Arduino IDE or PlatformIO & VS Code.
You won't have to build anything in this tutorial and you don't even have to use a microcontroller, these are just the steps required to setup your programming environment so you can use it with ChipChop.
This tutorial has code available for download, you can find the link below the video or go to the Downloads section in the Dev Console. If you get stuck, post a question in the forum and I am sure that some good soul will help you ☺
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Questions & Answers
Q: The examples are all for ESP8266/ESP32. I only have and Arduino board, what can I do?
A: ESP chips have a built-in WiFi stack, they are cheap, well supported through Arduino framework and used in millions of household devices so they are a good choice for exploring IoT and that's why they are used in the code examples. If your Arduino boards doesn't support WiFi you may need an expansion board or a Wifi Shield and some of them are actually based on the ESP chipset so again the examples are well suited.
The ChipChop library should in theory work with anything that can be programmed with Arduino and can use the Arduino Websocket2 library. If your board is supported through Websockets2 than you shouldn't have to modify almost anything in the examples but of course if you get stuck just ask for help in the forum.
A: ESP chips have a built-in WiFi stack, they are cheap, well supported through Arduino framework and used in millions of household devices so they are a good choice for exploring IoT and that's why they are used in the code examples. If your Arduino boards doesn't support WiFi you may need an expansion board or a Wifi Shield and some of them are actually based on the ESP chipset so again the examples are well suited.
The ChipChop library should in theory work with anything that can be programmed with Arduino and can use the Arduino Websocket2 library. If your board is supported through Websockets2 than you shouldn't have to modify almost anything in the examples but of course if you get stuck just ask for help in the forum.
Q: I've built something cool, can I have it published on ChipChop?
A: Yes, you can. Anything that is cool, creative, clever, innovative, funny and that could inspire others is welcome.
The article/instructable has to be freshly written and not just a direct copy/paste of some old project published somewhere else.
You are allowed to have a few affiliate links and you can use a YouTube video from your own channel but no other form of advertising is allowed.
If your article is accepted and published you will get some free ChipChop perks ;-)
Contact Gizmo through the forum for detailed instructions.
A: Yes, you can. Anything that is cool, creative, clever, innovative, funny and that could inspire others is welcome.
The article/instructable has to be freshly written and not just a direct copy/paste of some old project published somewhere else.
You are allowed to have a few affiliate links and you can use a YouTube video from your own channel but no other form of advertising is allowed.
If your article is accepted and published you will get some free ChipChop perks ;-)
Contact Gizmo through the forum for detailed instructions.