Jupyter Notebook as 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
Have as first command to the connection to serial port
Program the board directly in the notebook, see the output (including sensor streams) directly in the notebook