Basic Library

Digital I/O
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Advanced I/O
Time
Math
Trigonometry
Random Numbers
Bits and Bytes
Interrupts
Serial Comm.

Standard Library

Servo Motor
Stepping Motor
Character LCD
EEPROM
SPI
I2C (Wire)
SD Card
SD (File Operations)
Ethernet
Ethernet (Server)
Ethernet (Client)
Firmata
Periodic Operation
Power Save
Clock (RTC)
SoftwareSerial
Utility

Serial Communications (Serial Class)

This library allows communication between the GR-COTTON board and PCs or other microcontroller (MCU) devices. With a total of three serial channels available, the user can specify Serial, Serial1 and Serial2.

If these serial ports are missing, try SoftwareSerial.

Serial2 can not be used with SPI at the same time.

begin

Description
Sets the data rate in bits per second (baud).
Syntax
Serial.begin(baud)
Serial.begin(baud, config)
Serial.begin(baud, config, rx_buf, tx_buf)
Parameters
baud: Baudrate
config: Data bit width, parity, stop bit. Select from the following.
  SERIAL_7N1
  SERIAL_8N1(default)
  SERIAL_7N2
  SERIAL_8N2
  SERIAL_7E1
  SERIAL_8E1
  SERIAL_7E2
  SERIAL_8E2
rx_buf: Buffer size for receive (default 256)
tx_buf: Buffer size for transmit (default 256)
Returns
None

end

Description
Disables serial communication port.
Syntax
Serial.end()
Parameters
None
Returns
None

available

Description
Gets the number of bytes (characters) available for reading from the serial port.
Syntax
int Serial.available()
Parameters
None
Returns
The number of bytes available in the serial buffer. Returns 0 when there is no data.

read

Description
Reads one byte of data from the receive buffer in the the serial communications port.
Syntax
int Serial.read()
Parameters
None
Returns
Data. If no data available, returns -1.

peek

Description
Returns the next byte (character) of incoming serial data in the serial communications port without removing it from the receive buffer. CRLF conversion is not carried out.
Syntax
int Serial.peek()
Parameters
None
Returns
The first byte of incoming serial data available (or -1 if no data is available)

flush

Description
Waits until the send buffer of the serial communications port is empty.
Syntax
Serial.flush()
Parameters
None
Returns
None

write

Description
Writes a character string or data to the serial communications port.
Syntax
Serial.write(const char* str)Serial.write(const unsigned char* buf, int len)
Parameters
str: A string to send as a series of bytes
buf: An array (pointer) to send data
len: Length of the output (written) data
Returns
The number of bytes of output (written) data

print

Description
Prints a character string to the serial communications port.
Syntax
Serial.print(val)Serial.print(val, format)
Parameters
val: The value or character string to print
format: Specifies the number base for values (BIN: binary or base 2, OCT: octal or base 8, DEC: decimal or base 10, HEX: hexadecimal or base 16)
Returns
The number of bytes printed

println

Description
Prints a character string to the serial communications port followed by a carriage return.
Syntax
Serial.println(val)Serial.println(val, format)
Parameters
val: The value or character string to print
format: Specifies the number base for values (BIN: binary or base 2, OCT: octal or base 8, DEC: decimal or base 10, HEX: hexadecimal or base 16)
Returns
The number of bytes printed

availableForWrite

Description
Get the number of bytes (characters) available for writing in the serial buffer without blocking the write operation.
Syntax
int Serial.availableForWrite()
Parameters
None
Returns
Number of bytes

availableForRead

Description
Get the number of bytes (characters) available for receiving.
Syntax
int Serial.availableForRead()
Parameters
None
Returns
Number of bytes

Sample Program

The data from Serial is output to Serial2. The data from Serial2 is output to Serial.


#include <Arduino.h>
    
void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    Serial2.begin(9600);
}
    
void loop()
{
    if(Serial.available())
    {
        char c = Serial.read();
        Serial2.write(c);
    }
    
    if(Serial2.available())
    {
        char c = Serial2.read();
        Serial.write(c);
    }
}