Tx and Rx on Digital pins

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Troubleshooting
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Hi everyone,
I just got a Arduino mini (with USB board) and been trying out the online tutorials, particular SoftwareSerial example. As I understand, it reads an input on the Rx pin, break it down into bits, analyze the bits to determine HIGH or LOW output and sends them out on the assigned Tx pin. I am wondering aside from the example, is there any other easier way to use digital pins as Tx and Rx for serial communication?

I was thinking...like Serial.Print works with pin 0 or 1 only. Is there a simple "Serial.Print" function that I could use for i.e. digital pins 6?

Would appreciate the help. Thank you!

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Forgot the link...the example is at

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Looks like you made it to the tutorial page before you made it to the reference page.

Here's all the info on SoftwareSerial:

Here's the specific page for the softwareserial print() function:

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Ah I seem to have skipped some parts. Many thanks, the links is just what I'm looking for :slight_smile: