Conditional platformio.ini options

1

Hello all!

I found myself often commenting out some options in platformio.ini file.
I’m developing for esp32 and this is my ini

; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
;
;   Build options: build flags, source filter
;   Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags
;   Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
;   Advanced options: extra scripting
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html

[platformio]
build_cache_dir = ./cache

[env:esp-wrover-kit]
check_skip_packages = yes
platform = espressif32
board = esp-wrover-kit
framework = arduino, espidf
board_build.filesystem = littlefs

;upload_protocol = espota
;upload_port     = 192.168.10.107
upload_speed    = 921600

monitor_speed   = 115200
monitor_filters = colorize, esp32_exception_decoder

board_upload.flash_size = 16MB
board_build.flash_mode = qio
board_build.partitions = ./Partitions/hshPartition_APP_3MB.csv
board_build.f_cpu   = 240000000L
board_build.f_flash = 80000000L


build_flags = 
    -DBOARD_HAS_PSRAM
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-issue
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-strategy=memw
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=1
    -DCONFIG_MBEDTLS_DYNAMIC_BUFFER=1
    -DCONFIG_BT_ALLOCATION_FROM_SPIRAM_FIRST=1
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND=1
    -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
    -std=gnu++17

build_unflags =
    -std=gnu++11

;upload_flags =
     ;--auth=admin_test_password

As you can see there are commented out lines like these

upload_protocol = espota
upload_port     = 192.168.10.107
upload_flags =
     --auth=admin_test_password

If my esp crashes and is in a boot loop, I have to comment the remote upload things out so I can upload it via USB. But most of the time I’m uploading with IP address.
Is there a way to create a flag which would toggle these options in/out so I don’t have to comment it every time i want to upload my sketch via usb?

I’m thinking about some preprocessor macro or define in the ini file which would conditionally include these options.

2

Just create yet another working environment with custom options and extend the original

[env]
check_skip_packages = yes
platform = espressif32
board = esp-wrover-kit
framework = arduino, espidf
board_build.filesystem = littlefs

;upload_protocol = espota
;upload_port     = 192.168.10.107
upload_speed    = 921600

monitor_speed   = 115200
monitor_filters = colorize, esp32_exception_decoder

board_upload.flash_size = 16MB
board_build.flash_mode = qio
board_build.partitions = ./Partitions/hshPartition_APP_3MB.csv
board_build.f_cpu   = 240000000L
board_build.f_flash = 80000000L


build_flags = 
    -DBOARD_HAS_PSRAM
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-issue
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-strategy=memw
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=1
    -DCONFIG_MBEDTLS_DYNAMIC_BUFFER=1
    -DCONFIG_BT_ALLOCATION_FROM_SPIRAM_FIRST=1
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND=1
    -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
    -std=gnu++17

build_unflags =
    -std=gnu++11

[env:esp-wrover-kit-ota]
upload_protocol = espota
upload_port     = 192.168.10.107
upload_flags =
     --auth=admin_test_password
...


[env:esp-wrover-kit-skip-ota]

See extends — PlatformIO latest documentation

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3

I see. will give it a try!

4

How to switch between these environments?

I have only one upload button at the bottom of VSCODE.

5

See “Project Environment Switcher”:

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6

Yeah i have found it but now i got a bunch of compilation errors.
I also had to load all these envs one by one.

; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
;
;   Build options: build flags, source filter
;   Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags
;   Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
;   Advanced options: extra scripting
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html

[platformio]
build_cache_dir = ./cache

[env:esp-wrover-kit]
check_skip_packages = yes
platform = espressif32
board = esp-wrover-kit
framework = arduino, espidf
board_build.filesystem = littlefs

upload_speed    = 921600

monitor_speed   = 115200
monitor_filters = colorize, esp32_exception_decoder

board_upload.flash_size = 16MB
board_build.flash_mode = qio
board_build.partitions = ./Partitions/hshPartition_APP_3MB.csv
board_build.f_cpu   = 240000000L
board_build.f_flash = 80000000L


build_flags = 
    -DBOARD_HAS_PSRAM
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-issue
    -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-strategy=memw
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=1
    -DCONFIG_MBEDTLS_DYNAMIC_BUFFER=1
    -DCONFIG_BT_ALLOCATION_FROM_SPIRAM_FIRST=1
    -DCONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND=1
    -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
    -std=gnu++17

build_unflags =
    -std=gnu++11

[env:esp-wrover-kit-ota]
extends = env:esp-wrover-kit
upload_protocol = espota
upload_port     = hsh.local
upload_flags =
    --auth=admin_2024_04_23

[env:esp-wrover-kit-skip-ota]
extends = env:esp-wrover-kit
7

Should I reconfigure the project in menuconfig for all of these environments one by one? It seems like they do not know about my menuconfig settings

8

Yes, I had to copy my sdkconfig of the working env to the new one. It created a new file for the new env. Thank you very much, it seems to me that it is working!