pxt-calliope/libs/core/serial.ts
Peli de Halleux d4220593b0 Serial events (#337)
* added "serial->on data received"

* updated info

* updated docs

* added readline to read entire buffer

* lazy initialize of serial buffers

* init async on event

* updated docs
2017-01-22 17:08:59 -08:00

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/**
* Reading and writing data over a serial connection.
*/
//% weight=2 color=#002050 icon="\uf287"
//% advanced=true
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");
}
/**
* Reads a line of text from the serial port.
*/
//% help=serial/read-line
//% blockId=serial_read_line block="serial|read line"
//% weight=20 blockGap=8
export function readLine(): string {
return serial.readUntil(delimiters(Delimiters.NewLine));
}
/**
* Returns the delimiter corresponding string
*/
//% blockId="serial_delimiter_conv" block="%del"
//% weight=1 blockHidden=true
export function delimiters(del: Delimiters): string {
// even though it might not look like, this is more
// (memory) efficient than the C++ implementation, because the
// strings are statically allocated and take no RAM
switch (del) {
case Delimiters.NewLine: return "\n"
case Delimiters.Comma: return ","
case Delimiters.Dollar: return "$"
case Delimiters.Colon: return ":"
case Delimiters.Fullstop: return "."
case Delimiters.Hash: return "#"
default: return "\n"
}
}
}