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Dennis Mabrey

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Serial sample programs cannot be debugged

Just a warning for anyone trying the sample programs with the UNO that the programs in the Serial directory cannot be debugged. In addition once you install them you will get an error from RobotC that the Arduino is no longer visible on the com port.

Don't panic

You can get RobotC to recognize the Uno again by re-downloading the firmware.

Anyone who has messed with the serial pins digital 0 & 1 knows how they conflicts with the USB Serial port (on mega you have more Serial pins to mess with).

I wonder if we will see a SoftSerial library on RobotC anytime soon?

Mon May 14, 2012 4:31 pm

tfriez

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Re: Serial sample programs cannot be debugged

A Software Serial Library is in our "future plans" for sure. As in the "PulseIn" functionality as well. I believe the Arduino can do 4.8kbps or 9.6kpbs pretty reliably in software.

As for a temporary work around, you can put a delay at the beginning of your code and then have the serial port change from a system port to a user controlled port. You'll just have to remember to press the reset button before you download your changes!


	Code: task main() { wait1Msec(5000); configureSerialPort(UART0, uartUserControl); setBaudRate(UART0, baudRate9600); while(true) { sendChar(UART0,'A'); wait1Msec(500); } }

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Re: Serial sample programs cannot be debugged


	tfriez wrote: As for a temporary work around, you can put a delay at the beginning of your code and then have the serial port change from a system port to a user controlled port. You'll just have to remember to press the reset button before you download your changes!

Phew! One of my first projects was going to use serial! I was hoping that I wouldn't have to re-download the firmware after every test..... Thanks, tfriez!

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