Visual Micro

Visual Micro is a Microsoft Visual Studio and Atmel Studio plug-in that can be used by developers to create cross-platform programs compatible with Arduino boards. It supports Visual Studio 2012-2017 (with C++ installed) and Atmel Studio 7.

This software enables you to develop and upload projects to any Arduino board, and it takes full advantage of the features offered by Visual Studio and Atmel Studio.

It is fully compatible with the Arduino development environment, and it relies on the same libraries, source code and tools. However, Visual Micro is intended to provide users with a more advanced development environment than what they get from the Arduino IDE.

Visual Micro is available for both Microsoft Visual Studio and Atmel Studio, and developers can decide which product is best suited for their projects.

This plug-in essentially replaces the original Arduino IDE, as it adds new functions to Visual Studio and Atmel Studio designed to enable you to develop software for the Arduino platform.

Visual Micro can be used for free, although you to have the option of upgrading to the Pro version, which offers enhanced debugging capabilities. It will, however, be necessary to update to the current version every 6 to 9 months when using the free edition of the software.