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I prefer to use the Visual Studio 2008 environment to write and test code for the Arduino. The following steps outline what is necessary to accomplish this.

Note that this requires two files to be added that are stub’s for the normal Arduino functions. The stubs provided here use defines for the Arduino Mega and create a simple console application that will map console input/output to the Arduino serial input/output.

For those of you who have more time at hand, it would be nice to write a windows stub which will also allow to see / control the I/O pins.

If you need support for other boards you need to edit the VSPDE.h file.

Also the VSPDE.cpp file does not implement all the Arduino functions, so if you need more, please feel free to update the code.

Main objective for me was to be able to edit and compile, and in a limited way run and debug code using Visual Studio. This will do just that (and nothing more)!

Step 1: Ensure .pde files are seen as C++ files

Open regedit and under \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT create a new key called “.pde” and change the default value to “cppfile”.

   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pde]
   @="cppfile"

Step 2: Configure Visual Studio

1. Under tools \ options \ Projects and Solutions\VC++ Project settings add ‘*.pde’ to ‘C/C++ File Extensions’ and ‘.pde’ to the ‘Extensions to Include’
2. Under tools\options\Text Editor\File Extension add PDE and map it to the C++ editor
3. Close Visual Studio to effect the changes

Step 3: Create a Visual Studio project

1. Start by creating a new (empty) sketch using the Arduino editor
2. Next create a Visual C++ ‘Empty Project’ for the sketch in the same folder
3. In the solution, right click and select Add, Existing item to add the .PDE file(s)
4. Select the .PDE files, right click and in the file properties set the file type to ‘C/C++ Code’
5. Add the VSPDE.h and VSPDE.cpp files
6. Add an #include statement for the VSPDE.h file in the .pde files.
7. You can now edit, compile and run the program as a console application (without I/O support!)

Step 4: Configure Arduino

Under File\Preferences set the ‘Use external editor’ checkmark.
Now you can use Visual studio to edit and when done just Alt-Tab to the Arduino application and press the upload button to compile the latest code and upload it to the board. The Arduino program will automatically monitor for file changes so you do not need to refresh anything!

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Hi all,
a large collection of tricks that you made with registry edit in your Windows Phone 7.
These are all hidden features, but simply editable from the registry directly from phone.

If you don’t have a unlocked phone with registry editor, read this article.
After that, read this one to read / write registry in WP7.
Rif: albertopasca.it

Here we goooooo:

Prevent Relock for ChevronWP7 unlocked device

OR

Enable Wifi 11n

Caller ID issue fix

Live ID Activation Code
(Usefull on HD2 to bypass boring serial number step)

Developer Unlock State

Set AutoData

Show 3G Toogle

Add “never” option to Lockscreen screen time-out

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Disable System Logs for best performance (usefull on HD2)

Cleartype settings

System & Home Background color to grey (replace dark theme background color)

Famous on WM6 glyph cache entry

Notification & sound volume

Unlock Hidden option in ease of access settings

GOOGLE

YAHOO

Add url to IE new Tabs

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ACCENT COLOR NAMES

DARK

ADD MORE COLORS

VARIOUS

NEVER LOCK SCREEN

Enjoy as usual and be carefully!!!

Snippet from the web.

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E’ sempre bello vedere il proprio blocco note tutto colorato, con dei colori sensati ovviamente…

La volta scora abbiamo parlato di MIXAL e della sua sintassi colorata, e questa volta utilizzando l’assembly della cpu LC2 propongo per voi il syntax highlighting per UltraEdit v15/16++.

Avanzate
-> Configurazione
-> Visualizzazione editor
-> Evidenziazione sintassi

ed aggiungerlo! Tutto qui, abbastanza semplice!

Ecco il codice da salvare / aggiungere alla lista:

Da adesso in poi, ogni file .asm che contenga la sintassi dell’LC2 verrà visualizzato correttamente!

E’ un semplice programmino che conta i numeri positivi e i negativi da una lista di valori.

enjoy.

Per scrivere programmi in MIXAL è possibile utilizzare un qualsiasi editor di testo.

Sarebbe bello e piacevole colorare il codice no?

Ecco per voi la versione .uew per UltraEdit versioni recenti (almeno 15).
Il file va salvato in “AppData\Roaming\IDMComp\UltraEdit\wordfiles” del vostro disco.

Per chi usa Crimson Editor invece, può usare questo file di specifica (mixal.spc) e questo per le parole chiave (mixal.key).

Riferimenti: Programmazione degli Elaboratori – Andrea Tettamanzi (UNIMI)

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