First baby step with esp32 c3 supermini

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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ive instaled the latest arduino IDE, downloaded the espressif board stuff, and connected my board and (i think,it gives no visual indication) put the board into download mode.

it shows up in the ide boards list.

as a first test. ive tried the inbuild example blink, a version from an esp32-c3 specific website (slightly different code ) and yet another on a different esp32website which in theory blinks all the gpio pins.

every single one of these, when i hit “verify and compile” immediately gives the most generic error, with no info:

exit status 1

compilation error: exit status 1

what gives? have i missed an installation step or something? i checked several guides and dont seem to have missed anything.

please help, a bit deflating to hit a roadblock at such a basic stage!

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Hi @robinlawrie. I'm going to ask you to provide the full verbose output from a compilation.

:red_exclamation_mark: This procedure is not intended to solve the problem. The purpose is to gather more information.

Please do this:

  1. Select File > Preferences... (or Arduino IDE > Settings... for macOS users) from the Arduino IDE menus.
    The "Preferences" dialog will open.
  2. Check the box next to "Show verbose output during: ☐ compile" in the "Preferences" dialog.
  3. Click the "OK" button.
    The "Preferences" dialog will close.
  4. Select Sketch > Verify/Compile from the Arduino IDE menus.
  5. Wait for the compilation to fail.
  6. You will see a "Compilation error: ..." notification at the bottom right corner of the Arduino IDE window. Click the "COPY ERROR MESSAGES" button on that notification.
  7. Open a reply here on this forum topic by clicking the "Reply" button.
  8. Click the <CODE/> icon on the post composer toolbar.
    This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the error messages are correctly formatted.
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  9. Press the Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut (Command+V for macOS users).
    This will paste the compilation output into the code block.
  10. Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
  11. Click the "Reply" button to publish the post.

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  1. Open any text editor program.
  2. Paste the copied output into the text editor.
  3. Save the file in .txt format.
  4. Open a reply here on this forum topic by clicking the "Reply" button.
  5. Click the "Upload" icon (Upload icon) on the post composer toolbar:
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    The "Open" dialog will open.
  6. Select the .txt file you saved from the "Open" dialog.
  7. Click the "Open" button.
    The dialog will close.
  8. Click the "Reply" button to publish the post.

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FQBN: esp32:esp32:esp32_family
Using board 'esp32_family' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\3.3.0
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Users\Robin\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\3.3.0

cmd /c if exist "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\.arduinoIDE-unsaved202584-157284-1ugl5t1.visc\\Blink\\partitions.csv" COPY /y "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\.arduinoIDE-unsaved202584-157284-1ugl5t1.visc\\Blink\\partitions.csv" "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\arduino\\sketches\\5CE912C8DBF09284D5722CBC9129EFA8\\partitions.csv"
cmd /c if not exist "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\arduino\\sketches\\5CE912C8DBF09284D5722CBC9129EFA8\\partitions.csv" if exist "\\partitions.csv" COPY "\\partitions.csv" "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\arduino\\sketches\\5CE912C8DBF09284D5722CBC9129EFA8\\partitions.csv"
cmd /c if not exist "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\arduino\\sketches\\5CE912C8DBF09284D5722CBC9129EFA8\\partitions.csv" COPY "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\esp32\\hardware\\esp32\\3.3.0\\tools\\partitions\\{build.partitions}.csv" "C:\\Users\\Robin\\AppData\\Local\\arduino\\sketches\\5CE912C8DBF09284D5722CBC9129EFA8\\partitions.csv"
The system cannot find the file specified.
exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

well that certainly gives me more information. many thanks!

it appears there are some file path errors.

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ok i found a solution here:

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