Python to plot graph of serial data from Arduino Uno analog input

It's a simple example to read analog input from Arduino Uno, send to PC via USB serial. In the PC side, running Python on Linux, plot the received serial graphically using matplotlib and drawnow library.

Arduino side:

AnalogInSerialOut.ino

const int analogIn = A0;
int analogVal = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(19200);
}

void loop() {

  analogVal = analogRead(analogIn);
  Serial.println(analogVal);
  delay(1000);
}

PC side running Python 2.7.6, plotArduino.py. It's the example code run in the demo video.

import serial
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from drawnow import *

values = []

plt.ion()
cnt=0

serialArduino = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 19200)

def plotValues():
    plt.title('Serial value from Arduino')
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.ylabel('Values')
    plt.plot(values, 'rx-', label='values')
    plt.legend(loc='upper right')

#pre-load dummy data
for i in range(0,26):
    values.append(0)
    
while True:
    while (serialArduino.inWaiting()==0):
        pass
    valueRead = serialArduino.readline()

    #check if valid value can be casted
    try:
        valueInInt = int(valueRead)
        print(valueInInt)
        if valueInInt <= 1024:
            if valueInInt >= 0:
                values.append(valueInInt)
                values.pop(0)
                drawnow(plotValues)
            else:
                print "Invalid! negative number"
        else:
            print "Invalid! too large"
    except ValueError:
        print "Invalid! cannot cast"
    

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Modified version of plotArduino.py:
- It seem that 19200 baud is not stable in my unit, so change to 9600. (Have to modify Arduino side also)
- Add some line to indicate status.
- Add atexit handling.
- Make it work on both Python 2 and 3.

import serial
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from drawnow import *
import atexit

values = []

plt.ion()
cnt=0

serialArduino = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 9600)

def plotValues():
    plt.title('Serial value from Arduino')
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.ylabel('Values')
    plt.plot(values, 'rx-', label='values')
    plt.legend(loc='upper right')

def doAtExit():
    serialArduino.close()
    print("Close serial")
    print("serialArduino.isOpen() = " + str(serialArduino.isOpen()))

atexit.register(doAtExit)

print("serialArduino.isOpen() = " + str(serialArduino.isOpen()))

#pre-load dummy data
for i in range(0,26):
    values.append(0)
    
while True:
    while (serialArduino.inWaiting()==0):
        pass
    print("readline()")
    valueRead = serialArduino.readline(500)

    #check if valid value can be casted
    try:
        valueInInt = int(valueRead)
        print(valueInInt)
        if valueInInt <= 1024:
            if valueInInt >= 0:
                values.append(valueInInt)
                values.pop(0)
                drawnow(plotValues)
            else:
                print("Invalid! negative number")
        else:
            print("Invalid! too large")
    except ValueError:
        print("Invalid! cannot cast")

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To install matplotlib, drawnow and pyserial:

for Python 2
$ sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
$ sudo pip install drawnow
$ sudo pip install pyserial

for Python 3
$ sudo apt-get install python3-matplotlib
$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip
$ sudo pip3 install drawnow
$ sudo pip3 install pyserial

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Updated@2017-06-17:
It's a similarity example without using drawnow, tested on Raspberry Pi and PC/Ubuntu 17.04/Python 3.6 ~ Python run on Raspberry Pi (and PC running Ubuntu) to plot serial data from ESP8266/NodeMCU