Hi there,

That will work but Arduino supports custom libraries in "libraries" folder below your sketchbook folder. This is the best place to put your library and will not be affected by upgrading your Arduino ide.

The sketchbook folder is normally mydocuments/arduino but you can override it if required. I suggest you leave it as default.

After you have your library click "Tools>Visual Micro>Reload Toolchains" or restart the ide.

Notice, when a project is open, on the "Project>Add Sketch Library" menu item there are two entries User and Core. Your Sketchbook library will appear on the "User" menu.

Does this help?

Yes you need the .h and cpp files. I haven't played much with the best workflow to achieve this but I think there are a few combinations to try.

If you are using Visual Studio, after creating the library and adding some files, click "Tools>reload Tools chains" then click "project>show all arduino files" to see and edit the library code along with a test sketch project.

In Atmel Studio it might be best to initially create a sketch in the library folder. Add your cpp and .h files then remove the sketch and the Visual Micro folder when you have finished editing the library.

I need to play with it some more.

Another option is to use a standard Atmel project to create the library. If you add new files then use "tools>visual micro>reload toolchains" to quickly test and use the lib changes in a sketch project.