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SoftwareSerial: begin(speed)

[SoftwareSerial]

Description

Sets the speed (baud rate) for the serial communication. Supported baud rates are 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, and 19200.

Parameters

speed: the baud rate (long)

Returns

none

Example

// include the SoftwareSerial library so you can use its functions:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
 
#define rxPin 10
#define txPin 11
 
// set up a new serial port
SoftwareSerial mySerial =  SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);
 
void setup()  {
  // define pin modes for tx, rx:
  pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
  // set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
  mySerial.begin(9600);
}
 
void loop() {
  // ...
}

See also


Libraries Reference Home

The text of the 86Duino reference is a modification of the Arduino reference and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the reference are released into the public domain.

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