Hello, i'm using the pulse sensor amped code, the LED at pin 13 able to light up once i've touched it. But the serial monitor is having problem.
it prints "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ", something like this. Is it because of the ASCII code or ? I'm using Mac OS X yosemite.
Here's the sample code
// Variables
int pulsePin = 0; // Pulse Sensor purple wire connected to analog pin 0
int blinkPin = 13; // pin to blink led at each beat
int fadePin = 5; // pin to do fancy classy fading blink at each beat
int fadeRate = 0; // used to fade LED on with PWM on fadePin
// Volatile Variables, used in the interrupt service routine!
volatile int BPM; // int that holds raw Analog in 0. updated every 2mS
volatile int Signal; // holds the incoming raw data
volatile int IBI = 600; // int that holds the time interval between beats! Must be seeded!
volatile boolean Pulse = false; // "True" when User's live heartbeat is detected. "False" when not a "live beat".
volatile boolean QS = false; // becomes true when Arduoino finds a beat.
// Regards Serial OutPut -- Set This Up to your needs
static boolean serialVisual = false; // Set to 'false' by Default. Re-set to 'true' to see Arduino Serial Monitor ASCII Visual Pulse
void setup(){
pinMode(blinkPin,OUTPUT); // pin that will blink to your heartbeat!
pinMode(fadePin,OUTPUT); // pin that will fade to your heartbeat!
Serial.begin(115200); // we agree to talk fast!
interruptSetup(); // sets up to read Pulse Sensor signal every 2mS
// AND APPLY THAT VOLTAGE TO THE A-REF PIN
// analogReference(EXTERNAL);
}
// Where the Magic Happens
void loop(){
serialOutput() ;
if (QS == true){ // A Heartbeat Was Found
// BPM and IBI have been Determined
// Quantified Self "QS" true when arduino finds a heartbeat
digitalWrite(blinkPin,HIGH); // Blink LED, we got a beat.
fadeRate = 255; // Makes the LED Fade Effect Happen
// Set 'fadeRate' Variable to 255 to fade LED with pulse
serialOutputWhenBeatHappens(); // A Beat Happened, Output that to serial.
QS = false; // reset the Quantified Self flag for next time
}
else {
digitalWrite(blinkPin,LOW); // There is not beat, turn off pin 13 LED
}
ledFadeToBeat(); // Makes the LED Fade Effect Happen
delay(20); // take a break
}
//////////
///////// All Serial Handling Code,
///////// It's Changeable with the 'serialVisual' variable
///////// Set it to 'true' or 'false' when it's declared at start of code.
/////////
void serialOutput(){ // Decide How To Output Serial.
if (serialVisual == true){
arduinoSerialMonitorVisual('-', Signal); // goes to function that makes Serial Monitor Visualizer
} else{
sendDataToSerial('S', Signal); // goes to sendDataToSerial function
}
}
// Sends Data to Pulse Sensor Processing App, Native Mac App, or Third-party Serial Readers.
void sendDataToSerial(char symbol, int data ){
Serial.print(symbol);
Serial.println(data);
}
// Decides How To OutPut BPM and IBI Data
void serialOutputWhenBeatHappens(){
if (serialVisual == true){ // Code to Make the Serial Monitor Visualizer Work
Serial.print("* Heart-Beat Happened *"); //ASCII Art Madness
Serial.print("BPM: ");
Serial.print(BPM);
Serial.print(" ");
} else{
sendDataToSerial('B',BPM); // send heart rate with a 'B' prefix
sendDataToSerial('Q',IBI); // send time between beats with a 'Q' prefix
}
}
void ledFadeToBeat(){
fadeRate -= 15; // set LED fade value
fadeRate = constrain(fadeRate,0,255); // keep LED fade value from going into negative numbers!
analogWrite(fadePin,fadeRate); // fade LED
}
// Code to Make the Serial Monitor Visualizer Work
void arduinoSerialMonitorVisual(char symbol, int data ){
const int sensorMin = 0; // sensor minimum, discovered through experiment
const int sensorMax = 1024; // sensor maximum, discovered through experiment
int sensorReading = data;
// map the sensor range to a range of 12 options:
int range = map(sensorReading, sensorMin, sensorMax, 0, 11);
// do something different depending on the
// range value:
switch (range) {
case 0:
Serial.println(""); /////ASCII Art Madness
break;
case 1:
Serial.println("---");
break;
case 2:
Serial.println("------");
break;
case 3:
Serial.println("---------");
break;
case 4:
Serial.println("------------");
break;
case 5:
Serial.println("--------------|-");
break;
case 6:
Serial.println("--------------|---");
break;
case 7:
Serial.println("--------------|-------");
break;
case 8:
Serial.println("--------------|----------");
break;
case 9:
Serial.println("--------------|----------------");
break;
case 10:
Serial.println("--------------|-------------------");
break;
case 11:
Serial.println("--------------|-----------------------");
break;
}
}
Serial.begin(115200); // we agree to talk fast!
So, why don't we agree to listen fast? Both ends of the port have to agree.
ahh, thank you! 
i didn't know there's a setting at the serial monitor.
adjusted the serial begin to 9600 and it works, then only realised it.