Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter Notebook as the development environment for MicroPython

This explains how to configure a local Jupyter Notebook to develop MicroPython code on an ESP32 or ESP8266 device.

Step-by-Step Setup

In this example, we use the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect and an Arduino Nano ESP32.

The basic steps are

• Install Python (version 3.6 and above) on your computer (or update to the latest version), see https://www.python.org/
• Install Jupyter Notebooks on your computer locally (see the documentation at https://jupyter.org/install)

pip install jupyterlab

• Install the Kernal that allows you to connect to the Board via USB/REPL, see https://github.com/goatchurchprime/jupyter_micropython_kernel/

pip install jupyter_micropython_kernel
python -m jupyter_micropython_kernel.install

• Connect the device physically to the computer
• The first command should be the connection to the serial port

%serialconnect --port=/dev/tty.usbmodem143101 # For Windows the port looks like COM8

• Program the board directly in the notebook, see the output (including sensor streams) directly in the notebook

Web pages and Tutorials

• https://towardsdatascience.com/micropython-on-esp-using-jupyter-6f366ff5ed9