der-rozanov/COM_Reader

A class for working with serial COM ports.

COM_Reader

This is a class for reading the contents of serial COM ports, for example, reading data coming from Arduino-type boards.

How to use?

1)Upload files "com_reader.cpp" and "com_reader.h" to the root where the project is assembling.

2)add com_reader.h

#include "com_reader.h"

3)An object of the ComReader class is created for reading.

 ComReader Ard(L"COM1", 9600, 8); 

Here COM3 is the name of the com port, 9600 is the read speed, 8 is the size of the readable character. The reading speed parameter can be seen in the port opening settings on your board. For example on Arduino it is set like this:

  Serial.begin(9600);

4. A vector of the char type is returned from the com port, which can be processed later.

   std::vector<char> input_vector;
   input_vector = Ard.getCharData();
   

5. A C-style string is returned from the com port, which can be processed later.

    char* str;
    str = Ard.getCharData();
   

6. You can return the size of the received data packet using the method:

    size_t size = Ard.getSizeData();
   

7. An ordinary output to the console can be done by:

    PrintComData();