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Serial communication is the standard USB connection between the Arduino and a computer with a standard USB A to B cable or through the TX/RX pins using a USB to serial converter. It can also refer to the serial library.

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Sending serial data to arduino, while an operation triggered from serial data is underway

So what i am asking is: Is there a way to stop an operation triggered frmo serial that is underway? And by stopping it, i mean from serial as well. … Perhaps, when an operation is uderway taht is triggered from serial, it cannot be stopped until the operation is finished? …
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arduino EM408 GPS problem

I have written this little snippet of code to interface with EM408 GPS. #include <SoftwareSerial.h> SoftwareSerial GPS = SoftwareSerial(2,3); //rx,tx void setup() { GPS.begin(4800); Serial.begin …
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SoftwareSerial together with AltSoftSerial and HardwareSerial

I want to use all Hardware serial, SoftwareSerial and AltSoftSerial on Arduino Duemilanove with At328. Is it possible? …
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Duemilanove serial TX/RX: which is what?

I want to use the GSM shield. For my project, I will hook it up directly to pins 0 and 1 (TX/RX). Will it work right away? Do I have to know which is TX and which RX and declare it? I will not be usi …
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Using SoftwareSerial for the serial monitor

Most programs follow this route: They have a Serial.begin() for the serial connection between PC and Arduino (the serial monitor) and they use SoftwareSerial for a device. … Can you use SoftwareSerial for the communication between PC and Arduino, and Serial for a device? …
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Serial.write() prints a variable twice

} } while (isGpsLocationValid == false); Serial.write(clat); Serial.println(); Serial.write(clng); } Now when all is done, the clng value is printed twice in the serial
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Cannot upload to Due

I cannot upload my sketch to my arduino DUE. I get this error: Send auto-baud No device found on COM8 Set binary mode An error occurred while uploading the sketch The IDE recognizes thought that p …
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Purpose of LED indicator

I am developing a python based, tkinter application that will receive the serial data that arduino sends. However, i am witnessing some behavior that i cannot explain and i am trying to debug. … When i open a serial connection this is lighted up and it stays ON. However sometimes, when i send a string to the arduino, in order to trigger some data exchange, this button is switched off. …
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Send a 2d PROGMEM array over SoftwareSerial

messages_for_measurement[2][8] PROGMEM = { { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 }, { 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F, 0x10 }, }; I want to send one of these sub-array over software serial … swSerial.write(char(pgm_read_byte_near(pgm_read_word(&messages_for_measurement[0])))), sizeof(char(pgm_read_byte_near(pgm_read_word(&messages_for_measurement[0])))); How can I send the sub-array over serial
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