[Serial]
Description
Get the number of bytes (characters) available for reading from the serial port. This is data that’s already arrived and stored in the serial receive buffer (which holds 4096 bytes).
available()
inherits from the Stream utility class.
Syntax
All boards:
Serial.available()
Serial1.available()
86Duino One specific:
Serial2.available()
Serial3.available()
Serial485.available()
86Duino EduCake specific:
Serial2.available()
Serial3.available()
Serial232.available()
Parameters
none
Returns
the number of bytes available to read
Example
int incomingByte = 0; // for incoming serial data void setup() { Serial1.begin(9600); // opens serial port, sets data rate to 9600 bps } void loop() { // send data only when you receive data: if (Serial1.available() > 0) { // read the incoming byte: incomingByte = Serial1.read(); // say what you got: Serial1.print("I received: "); Serial1.println(incomingByte, DEC); } }
another example:
void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); Serial1.begin(9600); } void loop() { // read from port 0, send to port 1: if (Serial.available()) { int inByte = Serial.read(); Serial1.print(inByte, BYTE); } // read from port 1, send to port 0: if (Serial1.available()) { int inByte = Serial1.read(); Serial.print(inByte, BYTE); } }
See also
- Serial
- begin()
- end()
- find()
- findUntil()
- flush()
- parseFloat()
- parseInt()
- peek()
- print()
- println()
- read()
- readBytes()
- readBytesUntil()
- setTimeout()
- write()
- serialEvent()
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