Error on Build (Windows): AttributeError: 'SConsEnvironment' object has no attribute 'ElfToBin'

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When Building on Windows 10, with VSCode, using built in PIO

CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif8266/heltec_wifi_kit_8.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 8266 2.3.3 > Heltec Wifi kit 8
HARDWARE: ESP8266 80MHz, 80KB RAM, 4MB Flash      
PACKAGES:
 - tool-esptool 1.413.0 (4.13)
 - tool-esptoolpy 1.20800.0 (2.8.0)
 - toolchain-xtensa 1.40802.0 (4.8.2)
LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> http://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
Found 0 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
No dependencies
Building in release mode
AttributeError: 'SConsEnvironment' object has no attribute 'ElfToBin':
  File "C:\Users\me\.platformio\penv\lib\site-packages\platformio\builder\main.py", line 156:
    env.SConscript("$BUILD_SCRIPT")
  File "C:\Users\me\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\script\..\engine\SCons\Script\SConscript.py", line 597:
    return _SConscript(self.fs, *files, **subst_kw)
  File "C:\Users\me\.platformio\packages\tool-scons\script\..\engine\SCons\Script\SConscript.py", line 286:
    exec(compile(scriptdata, scriptname, 'exec'), call_stack[-1].globals)
  File "C:\Users\me\.platformio\platforms\espressif8266\builder\main.py", line 218:
    target_firm = env.ElfToBin(
======================================================================================== [FAILED] Took 0.43 seconds ========================================================================================
The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1

platformio.ini contents:

[env:heltec_wifi_kit_8]
platform = espressif8266
board = heltec_wifi_kit_8
;upload_protocol = esptool

Similar questions have pointed to multiple instances of PIO but PIO isn’t present in the system python.

Any ideas?

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You have not selected a framework in the PlatformIO, so it probably hasn’t registered any internal handlers for the compilation process. If you want to use Arduino, just add

framework = arduino

to the platformio.ini, together with a main.cpp with the minimal functions setup() and loop() of course.

Or are you attempting to do a bare-metal build for the ESP8266 without any frameworks?

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That was exactly it and in retrospect that should have been obvious… Many thanks! (Trying to migrate my experimental workflows from the regular Arduino IDE to PIO)

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Maybe this needs a more helpful error?