This example show how to implement Serial communication using C language with termios.h. It run on Ubuntu, and send and receive data to and from Arduino Esplora connected with USB cable.
The C program, testTermios.c, in Ubuntu side copy from example in
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming/Serial_Linux#termios, it is a simple terminal program with termios.h.
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <termios.h>
int main(int argc,char** argv)
{
struct termios tio;
struct termios stdio;
struct termios old_stdio;
int tty_fd;
unsigned char c='D';
tcgetattr(STDOUT_FILENO,&old_stdio);
printf("Please start with %s /dev/ttyS1 (for example)\n",argv[0]);
memset(&stdio,0,sizeof(stdio));
stdio.c_iflag=0;
stdio.c_oflag=0;
stdio.c_cflag=0;
stdio.c_lflag=0;
stdio.c_cc[VMIN]=1;
stdio.c_cc[VTIME]=0;
tcsetattr(STDOUT_FILENO,TCSANOW,&stdio);
tcsetattr(STDOUT_FILENO,TCSAFLUSH,&stdio);
fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK); // make the reads non-blocking
memset(&tio,0,sizeof(tio));
tio.c_iflag=0;
tio.c_oflag=0;
tio.c_cflag=CS8|CREAD|CLOCAL; // 8n1, see termios.h for more information
tio.c_lflag=0;
tio.c_cc[VMIN]=1;
tio.c_cc[VTIME]=5;
tty_fd=open(argv[1], O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
cfsetospeed(&tio,B115200); // 115200 baud
cfsetispeed(&tio,B115200); // 115200 baud
tcsetattr(tty_fd,TCSANOW,&tio);
while (c!='q')
{
if (read(tty_fd,&c,1)>0) write(STDOUT_FILENO,&c,1);
// if new data is available on the serial port, print it out
if (read(STDIN_FILENO,&c,1)>0) write(tty_fd,&c,1);
// if new data is available on the console, send it to the serial port
}
close(tty_fd);
tcsetattr(STDOUT_FILENO,TCSANOW,&old_stdio);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
Compile it with the command:
$ gcc testTermios.c -o testTermios
To run it with specified device port, run the command dmesg to check the Arduino Esplora connected post:
$ dmesg
It's ttyACM0 in my case.
Run:
$ ./testTermios /dev/ttyACM0
Press any key will send to ttyACM0, press 'q' to quit.
In Arduino Esplora side, testSerial.ino. (It is same as the example in "
Serial communication between Arduino Esplora and PC", using Arduino IDE's Serial Monitor.)
#include <Esplora.h>
#include <TFT.h>
#include <SPI.h>
int prevSw1 = HIGH;
int incomingByte = 0;
String charsIn = "";
char printout[20]; //max char to print: 20
void setup() {
EsploraTFT.begin();
EsploraTFT.background(0,0,0);
EsploraTFT.stroke(255,255,255); //preset stroke color
//Setup Serial Port with baud rate of 9600
Serial.begin(9600);
//indicate start
Esplora.writeRGB(255, 255, 255);
delay(250);
Esplora.writeRGB(0, 0, 0);
}
void loop() {
int sw1 = Esplora.readButton(SWITCH_1);
if(sw1 != prevSw1){
if(sw1 == LOW){
Serial.println("Hello from Arduino Esplora");
}
prevSw1 = sw1;
}
while (Serial.available()) {
char charRead = Serial.read();
charsIn.concat(charRead);
}
if(charsIn != ""){
Serial.println("How are you, " + charsIn);
charsIn.toCharArray(printout, 21);
EsploraTFT.background(0,0,0);
EsploraTFT.text(printout, 0, 10);
charsIn = "";
}
}
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