GrowNode Tutorials
In this section of GrowNode's documentation you will find some tutorials that will make your experience with GrowNode simpler, with step-by-step instructions about different topics. These are the tutorials now available.
Getting started
Here you can find step-by-step instructions explaining how to deploy the GrowNode development environment on your workstation, depending on your operating system.
Windows
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In this tutorial you will install the Eclipse IDE and all the tools required for using GrowNode using the auto-installer provided by the ESP-IDF environment. Super easy!
Linux
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In this tutorial you will install the Eclipse IDE and all the tools required for using GrowNode mostly using a graphical interface.
Note: this procedure is simpler but installs the very last ESP-IDF version instead of v4.4, which may introduce some incompatibilities with GrowNode in the future. No one has been detected by now.
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Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 - Advanced
This tutorial explains how to install the basic libraries needed to build GrowNode projects without relying on a particular IDE. It also explains how to install the Eclipse IDE separately, and link it to an existing GrowNode building environment.
Home automation server
These tutorials show how to install a MQTT broker and the openHAB home automation platform, which can be then used to monitor and control GrowNode remotely (both manually and automatically).
Linux
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This tutorial explains ho to install Mosquitto and openHAB 3.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 using ready-made packages. Simple as few shell commands!