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From: sergeyyarkov <serzh.yarkov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:54:53 +0300
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+Project VS Code template for CH32V00x microcontrollers. It uses official WCH's SDK with `riscv32-wch-elf-gcc` compiler.
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+
+## Instructions to build
+
+1. Download MRS toolchain from mounriver.com: [link](https://mounriver.com/download)
+2. Extract folder and add binaries to `PATH` env:
+
+```bash
+sudo mkdir -p /opt/wch/MRS_Toolchain
+sudo tar -xf MRS_Toolchain_Linux_X64_V240.tar.xz -C /opt/wch --strip-components=1
+export PATH=/opt/wch/MRS_Toolchain/RISC-V\ Embedded\ GCC15/bin:$PATH
+```
+3. Download SDK from wch.cn for CH32V003 for example:
+
+```bash
+wget -O CH32V003EVT.ZIP https://file.wch.cn/download/file?id=412
+sudo unzip CH32V003EVT.ZIP -d /opt/wch/CH32V003EVT
+```
+
+4. Install [wlink](https://github.com/ch32-rs/wlink) flasher tool:
+
+5. Build and flash:
+
+```bash
+make && make prog_flash
+```
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