The full code:
// Example 5 - Receive with start- and end-markers combined with parsing
const byte numChars = 32;
char receivedChars[numChars];
char tempChars[numChars]; // temporary array for use when parsing
// variables to hold the parsed data
char messageFromPC[numChars] = {0};
int integerFromPC = 0;
float floatFromPC = 0.0;
boolean newData = false;
// my addition
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo1; // create servo object to control a servo
// twelve servo objects can be created on most boards
int pos = 0; // variable to store the servo position
// end my addition
//============
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("This demo expects 3 pieces of data - text, an integer and a floating point value");
Serial.println("Enter data in this style <HelloWorld, 12, 24.7> ");
Serial.println();
// my addition
myservo1.attach(9); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
// end my addition
}
//============
void loop() {
recvWithStartEndMarkers();
if (newData == true) {
strcpy(tempChars, receivedChars);
// this temporary copy is necessary to protect the original data
// because strtok() used in parseData() replaces the commas with \0
parseData();
showParsedData();
// my addition
servoWrite ();
// end my addition
newData = false;
}
}
//============
void recvWithStartEndMarkers() {
static boolean recvInProgress = false;
static byte ndx = 0;
char startMarker = '<';
char endMarker = '>';
char rc;
while (Serial.available() > 0 && newData == false) {
rc = Serial.read();
if (recvInProgress == true) {
if (rc != endMarker) {
receivedChars[ndx] = rc;
ndx++;
if (ndx >= numChars) {
ndx = numChars - 1;
}
}
else {
receivedChars[ndx] = '\0'; // terminate the string
recvInProgress = false;
ndx = 0;
newData = true;
}
}
else if (rc == startMarker) {
recvInProgress = true;
}
}
}
//============
void parseData() { // split the data into its parts
char * strtokIndx; // this is used by strtok() as an index
strtokIndx = strtok(tempChars,","); // get the first part - the string
strcpy(messageFromPC, strtokIndx); // copy it to messageFromPC
strtokIndx = strtok(NULL, ","); // this continues where the previous call left off
integerFromPC = atoi(strtokIndx); // convert this part to an integer
strtokIndx = strtok(NULL, ",");
floatFromPC = atof(strtokIndx); // convert this part to a float
}
//============
void showParsedData() {
Serial.print("Message ");
Serial.println(messageFromPC);
Serial.print("Integer ");
Serial.println(integerFromPC);
Serial.print("Float ");
Serial.println(floatFromPC);
}
// my addition
void servoWrite () {
messageFromPC.write(integerFromPC); // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
}
// end my addition