rvcircuit-studio 0.1.5

Desktop CircuitPython IDE with source-level debugger, serial REPL, plotter, and library manager

RV Circuit Studio

A native desktop CircuitPython IDE. Built with PySide6.

Mu is gone. This is what replaces it.

RV Circuit Studio is a fully offline, distributable desktop IDE for CircuitPython — the kind of tool educators have been asking for since Mu was sunsetted. No browser required. No internet required. Copy it to a flash drive and hand it to a classroom.

Features

• Code editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, code folding (qutepart)
• Auto-detect CircuitPython boards — plug in a board, it shows up
• Save to board — one click saves code.py to the CIRCUITPY drive and auto-reloads
• Serial REPL with ANSI color support, Ctrl+C interrupt, Ctrl+D soft reboot
• Source-level debugger — step, continue, breakpoints, watch expressions, frame history
• Serial plotter — real-time graphing of serial data (pyqtgraph)
• Library manager — browse and install CircuitPython libraries from the Adafruit bundle
• File explorer with project workspace management
• Snippet manager — insert common CircuitPython patterns
• Find & replace across files
• Dark theme — GitHub-style palette, easy on the eyes

Install

pip install rvcircuit-studio

Then run:

rvcircuit-studio

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• A CircuitPython board (tested with RP2040, ESP32-S3, nRF52840)

Screenshots

Coming soon

For Educators

RV Circuit Studio is designed for classroom deployment:

• Fully offline — no accounts, no cloud, no telemetry
• Single command install — pip install rvcircuit-studio
• Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux
• Distributable — bundle with PyInstaller for a standalone .exe

Development

git clone https://github.com/ArmstrongSubero/rvcircuit-studio.git
cd rvcircuit-studio
pip install -e .
rvcircuit-studio

License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.

Author

Armstrong Subero — rvembedded.com