Installation#

To use VS Code for development with Silicon Labs projects, VS Code must first be downloaded and installed from the Visual Studio website (Download Visual Studio Code). Then the Silicon Labs extension must be installed either from within VS Code by clicking on the Extensions icon and then searching the Marketplace for “SiLabs” or by downloading the extension as a .vsix file from the marketplace and then adding it to VS Code by clicking the three dots next to EXTENSIONS and selecting Install from vsix.

Installing the Simplicity Studio for VS Code extension will also install other extensions it depends on: C++ Extension Pack and Cortex-Debug.

VS Code is now ready to add the Silicon Labs project from the earlier step.