PlatformIO

• PlatformIO Home - interact with PlatformIO ecosystem using modern and cross-platform GUI:
  • Multiple themes (Dark & Light)
  • Ability to specify a name for new project
• Control PIO Unified Debugger and its firmware loading mode using debug_load_mode option
• Added aliases (off, light, strict) for LDF Compatibility Mode
• Search for a library using PIO Library Registry ID id:X (e.g. pio lib search id:13)
• Show device system information (MCU, Frequency, RAM, Flash, Debugging tools) in a build log
• Show all available upload protocols before firmware uploading in a build log
• Handle "os.mbed.com" URL as a Mercurial (hg) repository
• Improved support for old mbed libraries without manifest
• Fixed project generator for Qt Creator IDE (issue #1303, issue #1323)
• Mark project source and library directories for CLion IDE (issue #1359, issue #1345, issue #897)
• Fixed issue with duplicated "include" records when generating data for IDE (issue #1301)

• New test_speed option to control a communication baudrate/speed between PIO Unit Testingengine and a target device (issue #1273)
• Show full library version in "Library Dependency Graph" including VCS information (issue #1274)
• Configure a custom firmware/program name in build directory (example)
• Renamed envs_dir option to build_dir in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini"
• Refactored code without "arrow" dependency (resolve issue with "ImportError: No module named backports.functools_lru_cache")
• Improved support of PIO Unified Debugger for Eclipse Oxygen
• Improved a work in off-line mode
• Fixed project generator for CLion and Qt Creator IDE (issue #1299)
• Fixed PIO Unified Debugger for mbed framework
• Fixed library updates when a version is declared in VCS format (not SemVer)

PlatformIO Core 3.5.0 introduces many new features and performance improvements. The notable changes are as follows:

• PlatformIO Home - interact with PlatformIO ecosystem using modern and cross-platform GUI:
  • Library Manager:
    • Search for new libraries in PlatformIO Registry
    • "1-click" library installation, per-project libraries, extra storages
    • List installed libraries in multiple storages
    • List built-in libraries (by frameworks)
    • Updates for installed libraries
    • Multiple examples, trending libraries, and more.
  • PlatformIO Projects
  • PIO Account
  • Development platforms, frameworks and board explorer
  • Device Manager: serial, logical, and multicast DNS services
• Integration with Jenkins CI
• New include folder for project's header files (issue #1107)
• Depend on development platform using VSC URL (Git, Mercurial and Subversion) instead of a name in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini". Drop support for *_stage dev/platform names (use VCS URL instead).
• Reinstall/redownload package with a new -f, --force option for platformio lib install and platformio platform install commands (issue #778)
• Handle missed dependencies and provide a solution based on PlatformIO Library Registry (issue #781)
• New setting projects_dir that allows to override a default PIO Home Projects location (issue #1161)
• Library Dependency Finder (LDF):
  • Search for dependencies used in PIO Unit Testing (issue #953)
  • Parse library source file in pair with a header when they have the same name (issue #1175)
  • Handle library dependencies defined as VCS or SemVer in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini"(issue #1155)
  • Added option to configure library Compatible Mode using library.json
• New options for platformio device list command:
  • --serial list available serial ports (default)
  • --logical list logical devices
  • --mdns discover multicast DNS services (issue #463)
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements.

See PlatformIO 3.5 Release Notes for details.

• Pre/Post extra scripting for advanced control of PIO Build System (issue #891)
• New lib_archive option to control library archiving and linking behavior (issue #993)
• Add "inc" folder automatically to CPPPATH when "src" is available (works for project and library) (issue #1003)
• Use a root of library when filtering source code using library.json and srcFilter field
• Added monitor_* options to white-list for Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" (issue #982)
• Do not ask for board ID when initializing project for desktop platform
• Handle broken PIO Core state and create new one
• Fixed an issue with a custom transport for PIO Unit Testing when multiple tests are present
• Fixed an issue when can not upload firmware to SAM-BA based board (Due)

• Dynamic Tasks (issue #24)
• Custom tasks per project environment based on platformio.ini (issue #16)
• Removed "No task is currently running" warning (issue #26)
• Fixed issue with Windows accounts that contain spaces in user name (issue #27)
  
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• PIO Unified Debugger
  • "1-click" solution, zero configuration
  • Support for 100+ embedded boards
  • Multiple architectures and development platforms
  • Windows, MacOS, Linux (+ARMv6-8)
  • Built-in into PlatformIO IDE for Atom and PlatformIO IDE for VScode
  • Integration with Eclipse and Sublime Text
• Filter PIO Unit Testing tests using a new test_filter option in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" or platformio test --filter command (issue #934)
• Custom test_transport for PIO Unit Testing Engine
• Configure Serial Port Monitor in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" (issue #787)
• New monitor target which allows to launch Serial Monitor automatically after successful "build" or "upload" operations (issue #788)
• Project generator for VIM
• Multi-line support for the different options in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini", such as: build_flags, build_unflags, etc. (issue #889)
• Handle dynamic SRC_FILTER environment variable from library.json extra script
• Notify about multiple installations of PIO Core (issue #961)
• Improved auto-detecting of mbed-enabled media disks
• Automatically update Git-submodules for development platforms and libraries that were installed from repository
• Add support for .*cc extension (issue #939)
• Handle env_default in Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" when re-initializing a project (issue #950)
• Use root directory for PIO Home when path contains non-ascii characters (issue #951, issue #952)
• Don't warn about known boards_dir option (pull #949)
• Escape non-valid file name characters when installing a new package (library) (issue #985)
• Fixed infinite dependency installing when repository consists of multiple libraries (issue #935)
• Fixed linter error "unity.h does not exist" for Unit Testing (issue #947)
• Fixed issue when Library Dependency Finder (LDF) does not handle custom src_dir (issue #942)
• Fixed cloning a package (library) from a private Git repository with custom user name and SSH port (issue #925)

• PlatformIO Library Registry statistics with new pio lib stats command
  • Recently updated and added libraries
  • Recent and popular keywords
  • Featured libraries (today, week, month)
• List built-in libraries based on development platforms with a new pio lib builtin command
• Show detailed info about a library using pio lib show command (issue #430)
• List supported frameworks, SDKs with a new pio platform frameworks command
• Visual Studio Code extension for PlatformIO (issue #619)
• Added new options --no-reset, --monitor-rts and --monitor-dtr to pio test command (allows to avoid automatic board's auto-reset when gathering test results)
• Added support for templated methods in *.ino to *.cpp converter (pull #858)
• Package version as "Repository URL" in manifest of development version ("version": "https://github.com/user/repo.git";)
• Produce less noisy output when -s/--silent options are used for platformio init and platformio run commands (issue #850)
• Use C++11 by default for CLion IDE based projects (pull #873)
• Escape project path when Glob matching is used
• Do not overwrite project configuration variables when system environment variables are set
• Handle dependencies when installing non-registry package/library (VCS, archive, local folder) (issue #913)
• Fixed package installing with VCS branch for Python 2.7.3 (issue #885)

• PIO Remote™. Your devices are always with you!
  • Over-The-Air (OTA) Device Manager
  • OTA Serial Port Monitor
  • OTA Firmware Updates
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Delivery
• Integration with Cloud IDEs
  • Cloud9
  • Codeanywhere
  • Eclipse Che
• PIO Account and PLATFORMIO_AUTH_TOKEN environment variable for CI systems (issue #808, issue #467)
• Inject system environment variables to configuration settings in Project Configuration File “platformio.ini” (issue #792)
• Custom boards per project with boards_dir option in Project Configuration File “platformio.ini”(issue #515)
• Unix shell-style wildcards for upload_port (issue #839)
• Refactored Library Dependency Finder (LDF) C/C++ Preprocessor for conditional syntax (#ifdef, #if, #else, #elif, #define, etc.) (issue #837)
• Added new LDF Modes: chain+ and deep+ and set chain+ as default
• Added global lib_extra_dirs option to [platformio] section for Project Configuration File “platformio.ini” (issue #842)
• Enabled caching by default for API requests and Library Manager (see enable_cache setting)
• Native integration with VIM/Neovim using neomake-platformio plugin
• Changed a default exit combination for Device Monitor from Ctrl+] to Ctrl+C
• Improved detecting of ARM mbed media disk for uploading
• Improved Project Generator for CLion IDE when source folder contains nested items
• Improved handling of library dependencies specified in library.json manifest (issue #814)
• Improved Library Dependency Finder (LDF) for circular dependencies
• Show vendor version of a package for platformio platform show command (issue #838)
• Fixed unable to include SSH user in lib_deps repository url (issue #830)
• Fixed merging of ”.gitignore” files when re-initialize project (issue #848)
• Fixed issue with PATH auto-configuring for upload tools
• Fixed 99-platformio-udev.rules checker for Linux OS

• Added new Toolbar button to run other targets
• Added new Toolbar button to toggle Build Panel
• Added file specific icons to TreeView
• Added Minimap with preview of the full source code
• Fixed "Menu: PlatformIO > Install Shell Commands" for Windows
• Fixed issue with "Uncought Error: Failed to get boards"

PlatformIO IDE 1.6.0

• Library Manager page with advanced explanations how to use it
• Asynchronous C/C++ project index rebuilding (Autocomplete, Linter)
• Added new setting Show PlatformIO service files in Tree View that is turned off by default
• Added new baud rates (460800 and 921600) to Serial Port Monitor

PlatformIO CLI 3.1.0

• New! Dynamic variables/templates for Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" (issue #705)
• Summary about processed environments (issue #777)
• Implemented LocalCache system for API and improved a work in off-line mode
• Improved Project Generator when custom --project-option is passed to platformio init command
• Deprecated lib_force option, please use lib_deps instead
• Return valid exit code from plaformio test command
• Fixed Project Generator for CLion IDE using Windows OS (issue #785)
• Fixed SSL Server-Name-Indication for Python < 2.7.9 (issue #774)