Hey guys,
Im trying to send an integer over the serial port to my Ardunio, the chip is then going to display the number in binary on the LED's, however im having lots of trouble trying to send the data as a byte over the serial port, as far as I can debug the following code sends it as the ASC char values.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or spot the mistake? Id really appreciate it Ive been pulling my hair out over this for a long time.
Thanks
Ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'serialport' # use Kernel::require on windows, works better.
#params for serial port
port_str = "/dev/tty.usbserial-A700dZt3" #may be different for you
baud_rate = 9600
data_bits = 8
stop_bits = 1
parity = SerialPort::NONE
sp = SerialPort.new(port_str, baud_rate, data_bits, stop_bits, parity)
#just write forever
while true do
sp.write 11.to_s(2)
sleep 10
end
Arduino
int ledPin = 10;
int ledPin1 = 11;
int ledPin2 = 12;
int ledPin3 = 13;
byte incomingByte; // for incoming serial data
void setup() {
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT); // initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT); // initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT); // initialize the LED pin as an output:
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("I am online");
}
void loop() {
// send data only when you receive data:
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
incomingByte = Serial.read();
Serial.println(incomingByte, DEC);
int value = (incomingByte, DEC) % 16;
digitalWrite(ledPin, (value >> 0) % 2);
digitalWrite(ledPin1, (value >> 1) % 2);
digitalWrite(ledPin2, (value >> 2) % 2);
digitalWrite(ledPin3, (value >> 3) % 2); // MSB
}
}
Thanks 
