Monitor the Output

To see the serial output in Eclipse, we need to configure the ESP-IDF Serial Monitor to connect to the serial port. This is integrated with the IDF Monitor.

Serial Monitor

To launch the serial monitor in the IDE, follow the steps below:

  1. Click on the Open a Terminal icon from the top toolbar.

  2. Choose ESP-IDF Serial Monitor from the terminal drop-down.

  3. Select the Serial Port for your board if it’s not detected.

  4. Configure serial monitor Filter Options for output filtering.

  5. Click on OK to launch the monitor, which will listen to the USB port.

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ESP-IDF Serial Monitor Settings

ESP-IDF Serial Monitor will allow you to configure the default settings of the serial monitor character limit and number of lines.

  1. Navigate to Espressif from the Eclipse Preferences.

  2. Click on ESP-IDF Serial Monitor Settings.

  3. Provide Console Line Width and Limit Console Output.