Visual code: boards.h not found

[JamesD]

I'm using visual code for my development. I've tested a basic hello world app, this works fine so c/cpp is correctly installed.

I'm now testing a basic app, but I'm getting the error, boards.h: No such file or directory. When I "F12" on the functions I do get into the boards.h file. I've added the SDK to my settings.json in visual code (which is why i can F12 to the correct file):

    "C_Cpp.default.includePath": [

        "D:/nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099/**",

        "D:/nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099/components/**",

        "D:/nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099/components/libraries/**",

        "D:/nRF5_SDK_17.0.0_9d13099/components/boards/**",

        "{$workspaceFolder}/components/libraries/**",

        "{$workspaceFolder}/libraries/**",

        "{$workspaceFolder}/**",

    ],

But I think the compiler (I'm using GCC from mingw) isn't including the sdk. Which step do I have to take to enable it to use the SDK, or did I make another mistake?

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For those trying the same:

To setup my Visual code to use c/cpp I followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubfgi4NoTPk
In Visual code I've added two extension: "c/cpp" & "code runner"
To adjust my json config I followed the answer of Vitox in: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37522462/visual-studio-code-includepath 

[Jared]

Hi,

What example and what SDK are you using? How do you start the build from the terminal? 

You should use GNU Make, you can download it from here. You can find a guide here which shows you how to setup the environment correct for developing with our SDK and GCC.

regards

Jared

[JamesD]

To extend this answer:

Install GNU Make from the reference above (http://gnuarmeclipse.github.io/windows-build-tools/). Go to the path that you installed this in and copy this path (recommended to follow the instructions for installation on the site)
For me this was 'C:\Users\james\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse\xpack-windows-build-tools-2.12.2\bin'

ref. the docs:

The Windows versions of GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools are packed as ZIP files. Go to the  GitHub Releases page and download the latest version named like:

• gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win64.zip
• gnu-mcu-eclipse-build-tools-2.10-20180103-1919-win32.zip

Select the -win64 file for Windows x64 machines and the -win32 file for Windows x32 machines.

Unpack the archive and copy it into the %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse (for example C:\Users\ilg\AppData\Roaming\GNU MCU Eclipse) folder.

Then add the path variable to you enviroment variables. Ref. https://youtu.be/Ubfgi4NoTPk?t=407
In this video MinGW is also installed so if you can't compile C++ you can follow that same video to get a compiler for C++.

After doing this step restart visual code, you can check if it worked by typing 
make -v

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In visual code, don't forget to update "/components/toolchain/gcc/Makefile.windows"
you need to reference your GNU folder, I had to update both path and version:

GNU_INSTALL_ROOT := C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain/9 2020-q2-update/bin/
GNU_VERSION := 9.3.1
GNU_PREFIX := arm-none-eabi