Sam El-Husseini e3975e65e5 pxt-microbit Accessibility PR (#529 )

* Accessibility changes

2017-09-07 13:42:08 -07:00

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UART Read

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For another device like a smartphone to use any of the Bluetooth "services" which the @boardname@ has, it must first be paired with the @boardname@. Once paired, the other device may connect to the @boardname@ and exchange data relating to many of the @boardname@'s features.

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The Bluetooth UART service allows another device such as a smartphone to exchange any data it wants to with the @boardname@, in small chunks.

With the Bluetooth UART service running, this block allows a @boardname@ to read data which has been received from a Bluetooth connected device, terminating reading and returning the value obtained as soon as a specified delimiter character is encountered. This means that connected devices can send data to the @boardname@ and indicate that the complete message has been sent by appending the message with the delimiter character.

bluetooth.uartReadUntil("");

Example: Starting the Bluetooth UART service and then reading data received from another device which is terminated by ":" character and then displaying it

let uartData = "";
let connected = 0;
basic.showString("UART");
bluetooth.onBluetoothConnected(() => {
    basic.showString("C");
    connected = 1;
    while (connected == 1) {
        uartData = bluetooth.uartReadUntil(":");
        basic.showString(uartData);
    }
});
bluetooth.onBluetoothDisconnected(() => {
    basic.showString("D");
});

Video - UART service guessing game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgGeWddMAZ0

Advanced

For more advanced information on the @boardname@ Bluetooth UART service including information on using a smartphone, see the Lancaster University @boardname@ runtime technical documentation

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