ESP-IDF v6 in VS Code: Blink (and debug) on the ESP32-S3

ESP-IDF v6 dropped back in March and the GitHub releases page is already showing v6.0.1 - so I figured it was time to stop hiding in the v5.x cave and actually try it out. This is a nice gentle introduction. We’ll install the IDF, wire it up to VS Code, build the classic Blink example for an ESP32-S3, then start poking at menuconfig to do the things you can’t easily do from the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites If you’re new to the ESP-IDF there are a couple of prerequisites to install before anything else. I’m on a Mac so for me it’s a quick brew install ... from the official setup page. Windows and Linux instructions are on the same page - just pick your platform. If you don’t already have Homebrew, grab that first. VS Code and the ESP-IDF extension You don’t have to use VS Code, but the ESP-IDF extension is genuinely nice and makes everything much less painful, so that’s what I’m going to use. In VS Code, open the Extensions panel, search for ESP-IDF and install the official Espressif…