Hi @MaxG .
I see the fact that the default number is 50 rather than 5 as you originally thought was already clarified earlier in the thread. For those who would like to have more than 50, I'll mention here that the Arduino IDE developers are tracking the request here:
opened 07:47PM - 02 Feb 22 UTC
type: enhancement
topic: code
### Describe the request
Change the number of plot values back to 500. Or mak… e it a user selectable option
### Describe the current behavior
The Arduino IDE 2.x Serial Plotter displays only 50 data values, compared to the Arduino IDE 1.x plotter, which displayed 500 values.
This is a problem because events stream by 10 times faster and are much harder to see. With 500 points we see a much clearer time history of the physical measurements we're making.
I use the Plotter a lot in my K-12 STEM workshops, and this will really have a negative impact.
### Arduino IDE version
51f69f6a5930ed1c947ac708b2d7280ea3e0cd57
### Operating system
All
### Operating system version
Any
### Additional context
#### Additional requests
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1308
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-serial-plotter-webapp/pull/32#issuecomment-1702745688
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-serial-plotter-webapp/pull/32#issuecomment-1819911002
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-serial-plotter-webapp/pull/32#issuecomment-1915065796
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-plotter-very-fast-in-adruino-2-1/1123294
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/plotter-with-more-samples-in-the-window/1034998
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-can-i-change-the-amount-of-data-displayed-in-the-serial-plotter-window/1043750/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-can-i-change-the-amount-of-data-displayed-in-the-serial-plotter-window/1043750/18
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-plotters-horizontal-scale/1014334
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-plotter-x-axis-too-limited/1172318
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/your-reason-for-not-switching-to-the-2-x-ide/1176322/10
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-plotter-output-too-fast/1233965
### Issue checklist
- [X] I searched for previous requests in [the issue tracker](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues?q=)
- [X] I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest [nightly build](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#nightly-builds)
- [X] My request contains all necessary details
If you have a GitHub notifications of any new developments related to this subject:
Until then, you can use the workaround solution provided by @JohnLincoln in post #9 .
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