Monthly Archives: January 2012

PC to Arduino: Hello, are you still there?

I wrote these two sketches to confirm that yes, serial port communication still works between Processing and the Arduino under the new Arduino IDE. The sketch on the left is written in Processing and writes to the serial port. The … Continue reading

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Sending Serial Data from Processing to Arduino

I want to send data from my laptop to the Arduino-based robot. Processing is running on the laptop and Wiring on the Arduino. In Processing, the serial object is being called ‘myPort’ (it could have been called ‘Joe’ for that … Continue reading

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Buying an Arduino at Radio Shack

Ever since I was informed that Radio Shack was going to sell Arduinos, I’ve been swinging by the local store to check what they have in stock. Well, last night there was a Mega and a motor controller shield on … Continue reading

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Arduino Pin 13 as low-res serial monitor

Now that I have data to send from the computer to the arduino, I’d like to verify that it has gotten to the arduino. My original assumption was that I could echo back the data and read it on the … Continue reading

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GIRC: Reviewing Output in the Processing Console

After I generate a path and convert the data into turn-and-move format, I want to send the data to the arduino-robot. For this I will use the USB/serial cable. But before I send any data, I want to make sure … Continue reading

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