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Basically, Arduino Cloud previously had two separate editors (an embedded simple one and the full editor) that have been “unified”.
Highlights of the changes that can be expected include improved library management, serial monitor enhancements, support for more Arduino-compatible devices, and a single sketch repository.
The Arduino team writes:
“Imagine that you can start your project without having to deal with any annoying setups or maintenance headaches. Imagine that you’re free to work from wherever you want. Well, that’s the vibe of our new Cloud Editor. We’ve made the whole development experience way smoother, so you can forget about the boring techy stuff and just focus on bringing your ideas to life.”
Features
What are the features of the update we can expect?
There’s better library management, says Arduino, and help finding previous working examples – it provides a library manager to help explore and organise libraries as well as using their examples.
The serial monitor has also been improved with a long requested feature, see right, with the ability to download logs and the inclusion of timestamps per line.
The Arduino Cloud Editor also supports any device compatible with the Arduino IDE, not necessarily an Arduino board itself.
And there’s a single sketch repository provides a unified place to organise your sketches – whether IoT sketches or traditional ones – with a single editor for all of them.
Sadly for me, Chromebook support will not be available initially. Arduino, however, says it will announce Chromebook support as soon as it is ready.
Starting offer
For Arduino Cloud there’s a limited free edition and then paid-for plans. However, to mark the update, Arduino is running an offer:
“Are you ready to dive in? Learn more about the new Cloud Editor through our detailed documentation. And to sweeten the deal, don’t forget to grab your first month free on the Maker plan with the code ‘MAKER2024’ at checkout (Choose the Monthly Maker Plan, you can cancel anytime). But hurry, this offer is only valid until January 31st! ). Join us in unlocking the full potential of your creative projects! Get started today.”
Note that the new Cloud Editor will coexist with the current one over the next two months, so that – during this period – you can choose to opt-in for the new editor or keep the existing version.
See also: Arduino Cloud IoT extends ESP32 support to RISC-V MCU
