Hello, I'm using while(Serial.available()==0) {} to allow input from console to program via "Serial monitor". Platform is a MEGA2560 R3. The while loop works fine for stepping through a menu and a "switch_case". It also works fine as a pause. In other words it cycles until I input something and s…

while(Serial.available()==0) {} loop falls through

ieee488 July 2, 2016, 9:40pm 4

1oldfox:
Hi ieee, thanks for the response. My SM is set with "no line ending".

You haven't posted your entire code, so not sure how anyone can debug.

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