Today we are very proud to release Arduino IDE 1.6.6 and updated cores for all supported platforms (AVR 1.6.9, SAM 1.6.5, SAMD 1.6.2). This update brings an impressive 723 closed issues and 147 pull requests merged.
New features include the arduino-builder tool for command-line fans, a nifty Serial plotter that should help with visualizing sensor readings and tons of bug fixes.
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Does this release work nicely with Adafruit’s Flora and Gemma v2 boards? 1.6.5 had some issues with Gemma.