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MicroPython Plugin for PyCharm and IntelliJ

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The Python code development plugin for MicroPython devices in PyCharm and IntelliJ.

Supported devices

The plugin supports Python development for these devices:

It will support more MicroPython devices and more device-specific and MicroPython-specific modules eventually. We are interested in your contributions to the project. Feel free to open issues and send pull requests!

See also the changelog for the plugin.

Features

Code insight for MicroPython modules

Run code on MicroPython devices

Requirements

Installation

  1. Install the "MicroPython" plugin from your IDE settings.

  2. Create a new project or open an existing folder with your MicroPython code.

  3. This step differs for PyCharm and IntelliJ:

    • PyCharm: Enable MicroPython support in <em>"File | Settings | Languages & Frameworks | MicroPython"</em> and specify the path to your MicroPython device
    • IntelliJ: Add the MicroPython facet to a Python module in your project structure and specify the path to your MicroPython device

    Configurable

  4. Open any Python file in project. You may see a yellow bar on top of the file, notifying you that you don't have some packages required for communicating with your device. In this case click "Install requirements" and wait while the plugin downloads and installs the packages.

Source Code

We write this plugin in Python and Kotlin. Kotlin a new JVM language by JetBrains, the makers of PyCharm and IntelliJ. Google recommends Kotlin as the best language for developing Android apps. If you are a Python developer, Kotlin may be an interesting language for you to learn.

The steps for setting up the development environment:

  1. Check out this project from GitHub
  2. Create a new project from existing sources in IntelliJ

To just run the development version use ./gradlew clean runIde from the command line or just run runIde run configuration.

Contributions are welcome!

License

The plugin is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2 license.