makeEspArduino | A makefile for ESP8266 and ESP32 Arduino projects

makeEspArduino is a Perl library typically used in Internet of Things (IoT), Arduino applications. makeEspArduino has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Weak Copyleft License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

A makefile for ESP8266 and ESP32 Arduino projects. The main intent for this project is to provide a minimalistic yet powerful and easy configurable makefile for projects using the ESP/Arduino framework available at: and Using make instead of the Arduino IDE makes it easier to do more production oriented builds of software projects. This makefile basically gives you a command line tool for easy building and loading of the ESP/Arduino examples as well as your own projects. The makefile can use the ESP/Arduino environment either from the installation within the Arduino IDE or in a separate git clone of the environment. The latter can be useful in project where you want stringent control of the environment version e.g. by using it as a git submodule. You basically just have to specify your main sketch file and the libraries it uses. The libraries can be from arbitrary directories without any required specific hierarchy or any of the other restrictions which normally apply to builds made from within the Arduino IDE. The makefile will find all involved header and source files automatically. The search is made starting at the main sketch and the recursively continued through all #include statements that are found. All source files found in directories where include files were found will automatically be added to the build. Rules for building the firmware as well as upload it to the ESP board are provided. It is also possible to let the makefile generate and upload a complete flash file system based on an arbitrary directory of files. The intention is to use the makefile as is. Possible specific configuration is done via via makefile variables supplied on the command line or in separate companion makefiles. The makefile can be used on Linux, Mac OS and Microsoft Windows (Cygwin or WSL). The actual build commands (compile, link etc.) are extracted from the Arduino description files (platform.txt etc.). Uploading of the built binary can be made via serial channel (esptool), ota (espota.py) or http (curl). Which method to use is controlled by makefile target selection. By default the serial channel is used. Configuration files for Visual Studio Code can be generated by this makefile as well.