Talking to computer via Arduino input.

Using Arduino Programming Questions
1

Is this possible? I did a brief search for valuable libraries and ran across Firmata, but that one seems to focus on talking from computer to Arduino. I want to send information to my computer based on input on the physical Arduino

2

I want to send information to my computer based on input on the physical Arduino

Like sending data to the Serial Monitor application?

3

Thats starting to look better. I am an experienced programmer, but hardware is still pretty new to me. Does this communcation require a COM port on my computer?

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Does this communcation require a COM port on my computer?

The same one you use to upload sketches TO the Arduino.

5

cool thanks