Building Thingy53 edge impulse FW with VSCode

As instructed in the thingy53 getting started documentation I installed VSCode and the nrf Connect SDK extensions.  Using VScode I am able to build and run examples.

However I was unable to figure out how to build the Edge Impulse firmware (GitHub - edgeimpulse/firmware-nordic-thingy53: Official Edge Impulse firmware for Nordic Semiconductor Thingy:53) .

Subsequently I installed the nRF Connect SDK manually, using a different ncs folder than the vscode extension.  Using this installation I was able to build the FW.

Is the Edge Impulse FW buildable from VSCode?  How?

I have been using the Nordic Developer Academy courses and now see a failure with GUICONFIG launching from VSCode.

Is this because of the second installation? 

Regards

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