It  might be. There is an advanced version of the usb debugger which might be released in the future but the ui might be moved to a similar system release for the arduino zero.

Of course can do this already with the Arduino Zero Gdb debugging

Hi Bob,

Yes if you install the Android Tools for Visual Studio they provide a gdb debugger which Visual Micro will use for Arduino Zero boards. In this case you do not see the standard visual micro debug tool but the visual studio debugger via gdb. 

If you have a .vcxproj file created before the last release of Visual Micro then you need to follow the simple guide to add two properties to the .vcxproj file. Shown in the "existing users note" on the gdb release notes page

All non-avr Arduino hardware is installed via Boards Manager described in the documentation

The release notes are always worth reading because they also often summarize new features and additions

That's great news Tim.

I am going off-the-grid for a week will will order a Zero in the meantime. 

I also solved my vTable problem. Can't create a new instance of an object within a constructor... or at least that's what it seemed to be.

Thanks,

Bob

The next release contains gdb debug support two more arduino compatible texas instrument boards.

I have to say that I really like the TI boards. 

They are faster than the arduino zero, much cheaper, have more pins, 5 volt tolerant and upload speed after program build is almost instant (in my tests).

I think there are two versions/speeds. 80mhz (123) and 120mhz (129). I played with the 80mhz and it seemed really great, only cost about $15

http://www.ti.com/tool/ek-tm4c123gxl

You can install the Energia Ide from here http://energia.nu/download/

In the Visual Micro Ide Locations / Configuration Manager there is an entry for Energia. Add the location of the energia ide. This allows you to easily switch between Arduino and Energia boards using the toolbar. (Visual Micro allows more than one ide to be registered at the same time)

The specification seems huge to me and the Ti hardware always seems very mature. Energia has been around a while now and in the background it uses some very well written Ti core with an Arduino/.ino compatible layer over the top.

• Approx $15
• 80MHz
• 256KB Flash
• 32KB RAM
• 2-KB EEPROM
• On-chip ROM with drivers and boot loaders
• 2x 12ch 12-bit ADCs (1 MSPS)
• 16x Motion PWM channels
• 24x Timer/Capture/Compare/PWMs
• 3x Analog comparators
• 4x SPI/SSI, 4x I2C, 8x UART
• USB Host/Device/OTG
• 2x CAN
• Low-power hibernation mode
• 43x GPIO pins
• RGB Led + User switches