Non Arduino boards no longer usable after Engineering kit installation

Using Arduino IDE 1.x
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Hello everyone,

I am facing an issue after the installation of this kit and of Matlab. My ESP8266...ESP32 boards produce a compilation error with the following text as I tried to compile the blink sketch

I reproduce hereafter part of the message :

Arduino : 1.8.15 (Windows 10), Carte : "ESP32 Wrover Module, Default 4MB with spiffs (1.2MB APP/1.5MB SPIFFS), QIO, 80MHz, 921600, None"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries D:\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=esp32:esp32:esp32wrover:PartitionScheme=default,FlashMode=qio,FlashFreq=80,UploadSpeed=921600,DebugLevel=none -vid-pid=10C4_EA60 -ide-version=10815 -build-path C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\ArduinoServer\MW -warnings=default -build-cache C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_560422 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc\1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc-1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc\1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool_py.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\esptool_py\3.0.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool_py-3.0.0.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\esptool_py\3.0.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\mkspiffs\0.2.3 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs-0.2.3.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\mkspiffs\0.2.3 -verbose C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_300867\Blink.ino

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries D:\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=esp32:esp32:esp32wrover:PartitionScheme=default,FlashMode=qio,FlashFreq=80,UploadSpeed=921600,DebugLevel=none -vid-pid=10C4_EA60 -ide-version=10815 -build-path C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\ArduinoServer\MW -warnings=default -build-cache C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_560422 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc\1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc-1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc\1.22.0-97-gc752ad5-5.2.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool_py.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\esptool_py\3.0.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.esptool_py-3.0.0.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\esptool_py\3.0.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\mkspiffs\0.2.3 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs-0.2.3.path=C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\tools\mkspiffs\0.2.3 -verbose C:\Users\cscha\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_modified_sketch_300867\Blink.ino

**Using board 'esp32wrover' from platform in folder: C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2019a\3P.instrset\arduinoide.instrset\idepkgs\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\1.0.6

For now I tried to solve the issue by removing Matlab, then Arduino IDE, and finally installing IDE 1.8.15 and the ESP32 / ESP8266 drivers...
Unfortunately the removal seems to leave pieces behind and Windows creates again a ProgramData/Matlab/Support Packages/R2019a folder...and the compiler does not seem to take in account the cards installed by IDE...

Would anybody have any clue how to sort that out ?

Thanks a lot

csierra67

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Perhaps a verbose setting has been enabled?

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You can use a portable installation of the Arduino IDE for ESP32, ESP8266, and any other standard Arduino IDE usage:

Use the standard IDE installation that was tainted by the Matlab integration solely for use with the engineering kit.

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Hello Idahowalker and pert,

Thanks for your answers.. The verbose command was set to troubleshoot the issue.
I found this post on the Matlab forum

It appears that it is a known issue and that the engineering kit/matlab bundle is non compatible with non Arduino boards..

Matlab changes the path in the preferences.txt file.. I will pursue your suggestion of a portable IDE.

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You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to share your findings.

I think the portable IDE solution will work well for you. The portable IDE will use a separate preferences.txt file that's located in the portable subfolder of the IDE installation folder. So this means the portable IDE installation is well isolated from the engineering kit IDE installation.

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