Library to communicate with serial terminal.
This library allows using Serial port as an JavaScript editor based on mbed-js-repl-example. The JS program can be written and viewed in Serial port in real-time Serial port terminal.
This library is to be used with the following tools:
See this project for more information: mbed-js-st-fw-example
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Before installing this library, make sure you have a working JavaScript on Mbed project and the project builds for your target device. Follow mbed-js-st-fw-example to create the project and learn more about using JavaScript on Mbed.
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Install this library using npm (Node package manager) with the following command:
cd project_path
npm install syed-zeeshan/mbed-js-st-serial-interface
To use this library, you have to initialize in your main.js as follows:
// Initialize serial interface library
var serial_interface = new SerialInterface();
After initializing, you can connect device with any serial terminal and start coding, the code can be seen in real-time.
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Run JavaScript program in real-time:
To run the program, press
Ctrl+R. This will execute the JS program and will display the output at serial terminal. -
Flash JavaScript program to ROM:
You can also flash the program currently being written using mbed-js-manager library. To flash the code, use
Ctrl+Fkey to flash the code to ROM memory of the device.