@visualmicro

Arduino IDE compatible build and upload extension for Visual Studio and Atmel Studio. + Debugging via USB, WiFi or GDB for Arduino, ESP32, STM32 +++

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Is your development workflow ready for the second engineer? Growing your team shouldn't slow your project down. The right development environment makes onboarding, collaboration and debugging easier from day one. Visual Micro keeps embedded development inside Visual Studio. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #EmbeddedSystems #Engineering #VisualStudio #IoT #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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The best prototype isn't always the best product. Code that gets a demo working isn't always the code you want to maintain for the next five years. As embedded projects grow, your development workflow should evolve with them. Visual Micro helps engineering teams stay inside Visual Studio from prototype through to production. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #EmbeddedSystems #VisualStudio #Engineering #IoT #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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Why do embedded projects become difficult to maintain? It usually isn't because of the code. It's because the project outgrows the workflow. ✔ More developers. ✔ More hardware revisions. ✔ More complexity. Your development environment should scale as your product does. That's why engineering teams choose Visual Micro inside Visual Studio. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #EmbeddedSystems #VisualStudio #IoT #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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🛠️ **Build products. Not toolchains.** Your engineering team's time belongs on innovation—not maintaining development environments. Visual Micro keeps embedded & IoT development inside Visual Studio, so your team can focus on shipping great software. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VisualStudio #EmbeddedSystems #Engineering #IoT #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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⏱️ **Engineering time is expensive.** Every hour spent switching tools or fighting debugging problems is an hour your team is not building products. Visual Micro keeps embedded and IoT development inside Visual Studio, helping engineers stay focused and move faster. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VisualStudio #EmbeddedSystems #IoT #Engineering #DeveloperProductivity #VisualMicro
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Your prototype became a product. Then your engineering team doubled. The tools that worked for one developer rarely scale to five. Visual Micro keeps embedded development inside Visual Studio—helping your team collaborate using the workflow they already know. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VisualStudio #EmbeddedSystems #IoT #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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How many times does your engineering team switch IDEs every day? Every context switch costs time. Visual Micro keeps your embedded & IoT development inside Visual Studio, so your team can focus on writing software—not changing tools. One IDE. One workflow. Better productivity. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial today (no credit card or sign in required): visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VisualStudio #EmbeddedSystems #IoT #SoftwareDevelopment #Engineering #DeveloperProductivity #VisualMicro
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From Prototype to Product. Every successful IoT product starts as a prototype. The challenge isn't building version one - it's scaling the software as your product and engineering team grow. Keep your embedded development inside Visual Studio with Visual Micro. From prototype → production. 🔗 Start your free 45 day trial: visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VisualStudio #EmbeddedSystems #IoT #IndustrialIoT #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment #VisualMicro
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One repo. One solution. Total control. With Visual Micro Portable Solutions, you can develop firmware, desktop apps, web dashboards, mobile tools, scripts and diagnostics all in one version-controlled solution. Your entire product ecosystem — unified and reproducible. 🔗 Learn more: visualmicro.com/page/unified… #VisualMicro #Arduino #EmbeddedSystems #DevTools

One Repository. One Solution. Total Control. | Visual Micro Portable Solutions

Unify your firmware, desktop tools, web dashboards, mobile apps, scripts, and diagnostics into one version-controlled Visual Micro Solution. Reproducible. Portable. Fully yours.

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The Arduino ecosystem is bigger than any single vendor. With Visual Micro, you can build for ESP32, STM32, RP2040, Arduino boards & more - all inside Visual Studio. No lock-in. Just freedom. 🔗 visualmicro.com/page/future-…
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Teach IoT Faster with Uno R4 WiFi + Visual Micro! 🚀 Build a full Weather Dashboard using only the Arduino Uno R4 WiFi - no extra hardware. ✔ Free online weather API ✔ Portable Solutions for reproducible lessons ✔ Serial + Hardware Debugging for deep learning Perfect for classrooms + STEM educators 👉visualmicro.com/page/uno-r4-… #Arduino #VisualMicro #UnoR4WiFi #STEM #IoT

UNO R4 WiFi Weather Dashboard

Build, Teach, and Debug Real IoT Data - with Just One Board with a simple to setup Portable Solution.

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🚗 Consistency You Can Certify Visual Micro Portable Solutions keep your automotive builds stable, reproducible, and ISO-ready - anywhere in the world. 🔗 Learn more: visualmicro.com/page/portabl… #Automotive #EmbeddedSystems #VisualMicro

Consistency You Can Certify | Visual Micro Portable Solutions for Automotive

Maintain ISO and ASPICE compliance with reproducible, version-pinned Arduino environments. Perfect for global automotive engineering teams.

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🏭 Keep your industrial firmware builds identical across every workstation. Visual Micro Portable Solutions deliver deterministic, offline Arduino development - no surprises, no dependency drift. 🔗 Learn more: visualmicro.com/page/portabl… #IndustrialAutomation #Manufacturing #VisualMicro

Reliable Firmware for Reliable Production | Visual Micro Portable Solutions for Industry

Ensure deterministic, offline firmware builds across production lines. Reproducible, traceable, and stable embedded environments for manufacturing.

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✈️ When your firmware is mission-critical, control every variable. Visual Micro Portable Solutions offer air-gapped, auditable build environments for defence and aerospace development. 🔗 Learn more: visualmicro.com/page/portabl… #Aerospace #Defense #EmbeddedSystems #VisualMicro
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Medical firmware that’s reproducible, traceable, and compliant - even offline. Visual Micro Portable Solutions keep your toolchains version-locked and audit-ready. 🔗 Learn more: visualmicro.com/page/portabl… #MedicalDevices #EmbeddedSystems #VisualMicro

Reproducible. Traceable. Compliant. | Visual Micro Portable Solutions for Medical Devices

Secure, offline, and audit-ready embedded development for medical and healthcare devices. Maintain full regulatory traceability.

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Your VS2026 + Arduino setup starts here ⚙️ 💜 Fully compatible with Visual Micro — develop, debug & deploy faster inside Visual Studio! 🎥 Watch the new install guide 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=svYUBgrX… #VisualMicro #VS2026 #Arduino #Makers #IoT #VisualStudio
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🚀 Visual Micro is ready for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders! Start developing your Arduino & IoT projects in Visual Micro - your favourite plugin for Visual Studio 💜 Now fully compatible with VS2026 Insiders! Debug smarter. Code faster. 👉 Get started: visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #VS2026 #VisualMicro #Arduino #IoT #Makers #VisualStudio #Coding #DevCommunity
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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Release just dropped! ⚡️ Faster startup, smarter AI agents, modern UI, and seamless upgrades. Try the future of coding—download now and let us know what you think! 🔗 msft.it/6018sirKn #VisualStudio
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Go beyond the basic serial monitor! 👨‍🏫 Visual Micro’s Serial Monitor for Visual Studio offers: 🔸 Timestamps 🔸 Multi-port support 🔸 Dockable layout 🔸 Clean, resizable interface Perfect for sensor labs & Arduino classrooms. 👉 visualmicro.com/page/Arduino… #Arduino #education #STEMed #VisualMicro #SerialMonitor
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💡 Want to define -DDEBUG or -DTEST_BUILD in your Arduino project? In Visual Micro, it’s easy: 🛠️ Project Properties > Compiler > Custom Flags No scripts. No hacks. Just flags that work. Build like you mean it. #Arduino #Embedded #VisualMicro
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