# Get Started

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This document is intended to help you set up the software development environment for the hardware based on the ESP32-C3 chip by Espressif. After that, a simple example will show you how to use ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework) for menu configuration, then for building and flashing firmware onto an ESP32-C3 board.

Note

This is documentation for tag `v5.5-rc1` of ESP-IDF. Other ESP-IDF Versions are also available.

## Introduction

ESP32-C3 is a system on a chip that integrates the following features:

- Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz band)

- Bluetooth Low Energy

- High performance 32-bit RISC-V single-core processor

- Multiple peripherals

- Built-in security hardware

Powered by 40 nm technology, ESP32-C3 offers excellent power efficiency, RF performance, security, and reliability, making it suitable for a wide range of application scenarios and power consumption requirements.

Espressif provides basic hardware and software resources to help application developers realize their ideas using the ESP32-C3 series hardware. The software development framework by Espressif is intended for development of Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, power management and several other system features.

## What You Need

### Hardware

- An ESP32-C3 board.

- USB cable - USB A / micro USB B.

- Computer running Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Note

Currently, some of the development boards are using USB Type C connectors. Be sure you have the correct cable to connect your board!

If you have one of ESP32-C3 official development boards listed below, you can click on the link to learn more about the hardware.

- ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1
- ESP32-C3-DevKitC-02

### Software

To start using ESP-IDF on ESP32-C3, install the following software:

> - Toolchain to compile code for ESP32-C3

> - Build tools - CMake and Ninja to build a full Application for ESP32-C3

> - ESP-IDF that essentially contains API (software libraries and source code) for ESP32-C3 and scripts to operate the Toolchain

## Installation

To install all the required software, we offer some different ways to facilitate this task. Choose from one of the available options.

### IDE

Note

We highly recommend installing the ESP-IDF through your favorite IDE.

- Eclipse Plugin

- VSCode Extension

### Manual Installation

For the manual procedure, please select according to your operating system.

- Windows Installer
- Linux and macOS

## Build Your First Project

If you already have the ESP-IDF installed and are not using an IDE, you can build your first project from the command line following the Start a Project on Windows or Start a Project on Linux and macOS.

## Uninstall ESP-IDF

If you want to remove ESP-IDF, please follow Uninstall ESP-IDF.

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