When i try to serial read the character 'A' into an integer ser_in1 and print ser_in1, it prints 65-1, however it prints the ascii values for other characters correctly. Why is this? I have used this in the past and it has worked. if(Serial.available() > 0) { ser_in1 = Serial.read(); Seri…

Serial Read returns odd value...

system March 21, 2009, 7:28pm 5

  if(Serial.available() > 0)
How do i correct this? :-/

I think:

if(Serial.available() >= 2)

Should do the trick?

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