The plugin is free and works with Visual Studio 2008,20. The unique debugger option is currently being beta tested by approx. The plugin works only with Microsoft Visual Studio Professional and above which can be obtained free for 3 years from here

Well documented with a professional forum.

Option for a unique and fully integrated breakpoint debugger.

Supports both usb and programmer (isp) upload.

Automatic validation of sketch projects each time they are opened.

Automatic project creation and detection of Arduino sketch files.

Optionally toggle visibility of Arduino libraries in each project (for easy edit and/or learning).

Automatically provides examples for all libraries (where available).

Additional option to clone an Arduino example or open a single example source code.

Supports additional non-arduino cores (same as the Arduino IDE).

Full help and examples system (more than the Arduino IDE).

Ensures projects adhere to the same rules as the Arduino IDE. Compiles exactly the same way as the Arduino IDE.Provides double click drill down from compiler errors into all source code (multiple.

The Arduino IDE has started to adopt some of our speed improvment ideas. (eg: add library, switch board, add method to. Immediate and automatic update of intellisense at all times.Compiles projects that contains multiple pde/ino sources in the correct order.

Supports multiple pde/ino (arduino sources) files per sketch (same as the Arduino IDE).Switch Arduino board without configuration changes.Simple install, just enter the location to an arduino.exe.A short summary of some distinguishing features is shown below, many features are currently unique to this plugin:.

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