Arduino-Comm-Class

Arduino Communication Class is a high level interface based on the serial module for faster communication with your Arduino board.

Included functions:

• Send a character to Arduino UNO through the serial port.
• Send an integer value to Arduino UNO through the serial port.
• Send an array of integer values to Arduino UNO through the serial port.
• Read the first n lines written by Arduino UNO to the serial port.

A GUI is available but by no means necessary to use the module. The article presenting the GUI can be found here.

Supported boards

So far I have tested only Arduino UNO but the program should work with other boards too. Feel free to let me know if you made any test and/or would like to contribute.

Installation

No need to install anything, just make sure to have Python and all the dependency installed and run the script using your favourite IDE.

Examples

A simple example of application is provided at The Beginner Programmer. The example explains how to measure friction coefficient using Arduino and this project.

Other articles are available at The Beginner Programmer.

Notes

Note that when using the reading function, the script will loop until a “\n” character is written to the serial port by Arduino. For instance, if you as Arduino to read the first 2 value written to the serial port, the corresponding program on the board must include in the main loop:

Serial.print(value) Serial.print(“\n”)

so that the output on the serial port should look like this:

1 2 …

otherwise the program will loop indefinitely.

License

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (GPL 3.0).