Installing nRF Connect for VS Code

[Bret Foreman]

When I look at my toolchain manager, it looks like nRF Connect SDK is installed:

And, I can click the "Open VS Code" button and browse to one of the examples (the uart):

But, when I try to run it, I get a message that nRF Connect is not installed:

If I click on the install button, it opens the tool chain manager, which says that nRF Connect is installed.

How can I fix this?

[Bret Foreman]

Here's another confusing aspect of VS Code: When I browse the SDK to find the appropriate project to open, I don't see one for VS Code. I see IAR, SES, ARM, and so on. But no VS Code. How do I open an example for VS Code?

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

nRFSDK v17.1.0 doesn't support VS code. See the nRFSDK v17.1.0 release note:

The following toolchains/devices have been used for testing and verification:
 
 - ARM: MDK-ARM version 5.25   
 - GCC: GCC ARM Embedded 9.2020-q2.major
 - IAR: IAR Workbench 7.80.4
 - SES: SES 5.42a

Regards,
Amanda H.

[Bret Foreman]

Any update on how I can get VS Code to install an my Windows 11 Pro laptop? As you can see in the screen shots above, it doesn't work.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

If you are using nRF5 SDK, please use SES 5.42a instead of VS Code. We don't support VS Code for nRF5 SDK. 

To develop with VS Code, you could use NCS. 

-Amanda H