http://www.visualmicro.com/ Arduino IDE for Microsoft Visual Studio and Atmel Studio *news feb 2015 - the latest beta (Sp7) on the downloads page, is recommended for use with Arduino 1.5.x, also contains a new intellisense system for Visual Studio, a fix for missing compiler error messages, improved 'Sketch core and library source explorer' and more. Please see the release notes * *Visual Micro* is a free Arduino programming plugin that makes Microsoft Visual Studio 2008-2013 and Atmel Studio 6.1-6.2 into full Arduino programming environment. Visual Micro ensures that your sketch code remains fully compatible with the Arduino Ide and is the only Ide to support all Arduino versions in a single Ide. Visual Micro shares the same configuration as the Arduino Ide. This means that the information on the arduino.cc wiki applies in full. The plugin also supports all Arduino library formats, all third party Arduino compatible hardware and, for the more advanced user, all programmer combinations. Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 - A Full-Featured IDE - FREE Coding for Arduino, Windows, Android and iOS If you already have an Ide installed the installation takes just a few minutes then Arduino projects can be developed, compiled and then uploaded to your open source hardware. *Visual Micro* is fully compatible with the features of the Arduino development environment and uses the same libraries, source code and development tools. The difference lies in *Visual Micro*'s user interface which provides a more professional development environment. New Arduino users are guided to work within the normal Arduino framework, in a similar manner to the Arduino IDE. Advanced Arduino users have a range of options that allow the simple (but restricting) Arduino rules to be broken. _______________________ Visual Micro also includes an optional (not free) Arduino software debugger= .. The debugger is unique and for the first time enables Arduino developers to monitor a running Arduino by simply clicking the code they want to monitor. Personal $49 (3 machines) Commercial $170 (3 machines) --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .