Here's a free training course from Microsoft about using Visual Studio with the Arduino
I'm not sure of the licensing implications but there does seem to be a free download of Visual Studio Community edition
Here's a free training course from Microsoft about using Visual Studio with the Arduino
I'm not sure of the licensing implications but there does seem to be a free download of Visual Studio Community edition
Hi,
The Microsoft Arduino tutorial is about the Visual Micro plugin which replicates the Arduino Ide in either the free Visual Studio Community Edition or Atmel Studio.
The plugin if free but has a paid pro version that also allows debugging over serial/wifi./bluetooth and rf
Upload is via bootloader, hardware programmer and wifi which is the same as the Arduino Ide (which also includes Arduino Yun Network/Wifi Uploading along with associated web server files where applicable)
Visual Micro retains full compatibility with the Arduino Ide from a build perspective. This ensures that the core, libraries and sketch are compiled as three separate units in the same way as the Arduino Ide compiles.
Expert users can break Arduino rules if they want to by storing code in sub folders, editing and debugging local libraries, altering compiler defines and switches. There are a lot of features in the plugin many of which are described within the documentation that can be found here
So to be clear. There isn't a "Microsoft Arduino" solution to confuse or change the resulting code of the Arduino, there is simply a plugin that replicates the build process of the Arduino Ide and that uses the same configuration information to manage the build process. This means we can write the same code for different platforms such as avr/sam/intel and use a simple toolbar or menu click to switch platform and upload. Platform independence is one of the fundamental purposes of Arduino so it doesn't make sense to leave it all to Atmel or Microsoft 
If you try Visual Micro and have any questions or problems there is a forum waiting to help
Thanks, Tim
www: http://www.visualmicro.com
Hi,
The Microsoft Arduino tutorial is about the Visual Micro plugin which replicates the Arduino Ide in either the free Visual Studio Community Edition or Atmel Studio.
The plugin if free but has a paid pro version that also allows debugging over serial/wifi./bluetooth and rf
Upload is via bootloader, hardware programmer and wifi which is the same as the Arduino Ide (which also includes Arduino Yun Network/Wifi Uploading along with associated web server files where applicable)
Visual Micro retains full compatibility with the Arduino Ide from a build perspective. This ensures that the core, libraries and sketch are compiled as three separate units in the same way as the Arduino Ide compiles.
Expert users can break Arduino rules if they want to by storing code in sub folders, editing and debugging local libraries, altering compiler defines and switches. There are a lot of features in the plugin many of which are described within the documentation that can be found here
So to be clear. There isn't a "Microsoft Arduino" solution to confuse or change the resulting code of the Arduino, there is simply a plugin that replicates the build process of the Arduino Ide and that uses the same configuration information to manage the build process. This means we can write the same code for different platforms such as avr/sam/intel and use a simple toolbar or menu click to switch platform and upload. Platform independence is one of the fundamental purposes of Arduino so it doesn't make sense to leave it all to Atmel or Microsoft
If you try Visual Micro and have any questions or problems there is a forum waiting to help
Thanks, Tim
www: http://www.visualmicro.com
