Bitlash to read UART ttl like SoftwareSerial how?

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Hi all, I'm experimenting with my Uno.

I have tried this Arduino app - http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial

I can read/write nicely to a UART ttl device (9600 bps serial console, gps data etc) on digital pins 10,11 using SoftwareSerial example app.

I am trying Bitlash too which is good, ideal for my uses such as also controlling Relays, LEDs..
I want it to read/print/show realtime serial data from a digital pin like SoftwareSerial,

How do I do this?

TX: I get that character can be sent as such " printf("%#%d", 4, 7) prints "7" to pin 4 at the default 9600 baud "
RX : ?

Thanks Guys.
Jon.

2

Got something working here, a Frankenstein of a merger but it should suit my needs.

~
/***
bitlash-demo.pde

Bitlash is a tiny language interpreter that provides a serial port shell environment
for bit banging and hardware hacking.

This is an example demonstrating how to use the Bitlash2 library for Arduino 0015.

Bitlash lives at: http://bitlash.net
The author can be reached at: bill@bitlash.net

Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Bill Roy

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
***/

// This is the simplest bitlash integration.

#include "bitlash.h"
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial mySerial(10, 11); // RX, TX
void setup(void) {

// initialize bitlash and set primary serial port baud
// print startup banner and run the startup macro
initBitlash(57600);
Serial.begin(57600);

// you can execute commands here to set up initial state
// bear in mind these execute after the startup macro
// doCommand("print(1+1)");
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}

Serial.println("Goodnight moon!");

// set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
mySerial.begin(9600);
mySerial.println("Hello, world?");
}

void loop(void) {
runBitlash();

if (mySerial.available())
Serial.write(mySerial.read());

}
~

3

So far so good.

Now if you want to complete the connection on the Rx side and send the soft-serial input characters to Bitlash:

void loop(void) {
    runBitlash();
    while (mySerial.available()) {
        doCharacter(mySerial.read());
    }
}

-br

4

Thanks for reply!