March 2007

Serial Server for Flash, etc.

I got tired of the problems with the various serial server solutions for Flash, so I wrote this Processing sketch to do the job. It’s functional, but I still need to tweak it a bit. But it will allow you to connect a Flash movie to a serial port by making an XML socket to localhost in order to access the serial port. Sample test ActionScript code is at the bottom.

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Processing

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Devantech CMPS03 digital compass reader

This code reads a Devantech CMPS03 digital compass on Wiring or Arduino using the Wire library for I2C.
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arduino/wiring

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Devantech SRF02, 08, 10 Ultrasonic Ranger reader

This code reads a Devantech SRF02 ultrasonic ranger (and probably an SRF08 and SRF10 as well) It uses the Wire library for Wiring and Arduino.

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arduino/wiring

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Writing Serial Port Data to a Text File

Need to write incoming bytes from a serial port to a text file? On a Unix or Linux machine (or OSX), you can do the following:

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OSX

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