pxt-calliope/libs/microbit/serial.ts
2016-05-19 11:59:57 -07:00

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/**
* Reading and writing data over a serial connection.
*/
//% weight=2 color=#002050
namespace serial {
/**
* Prints a line of text to the serial
* @param value to send over serial
*/
//% weight=90
//% help=serial/write-line blockGap=8
//% blockId=serial_writeline block="serial|write line %text"
export function writeLine(text: string): void {
writeString(text + "\r\n");
}
/**
* Prints a numeric value to the serial
*/
//% help=serial/write-number
//% weight=89 blockGap=8
//% blockId=serial_writenumber block="serial|write number %value"
export function writeNumber(value: number): void {
writeString(value.toString());
}
/**
* Writes a ``name: value`` pair line to the serial.
* @param name name of the value stream, eg: x
* @param value to write
*/
//% weight=88 blockGap=8
//% help=serial/write-value
//% blockId=serial_writevalue block="serial|write value %name|= %value"
export function writeValue(name: string, value: number): void {
writeString(name + ":" + value + "\r\n");
}
/**
* Registers an event to be fired when a line has been received
*/
//% help=serial/on-line-received
//% blockId=serial_on_line_received block="serial on line received"
//% weight=21 blockGap=8
export function onLineReceived(body: Action): void {
serial.onDataReceived("\n", body);
}
}