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Class

Serial

Name

write()

Examples
// Example by Tom Igoe

import processing.serial.*;

// The serial port:
Serial myPort;

// List all the available serial ports:
println(Serial.list());

// I know that the first port in the serial list on my mac
// is always my  Keyspan adaptor, so I open Serial.list()[0].
// Open whatever port is the one you're using.
myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);

// Send a capital A out the serial port
myPort.write(65);
Description Writes bytes, chars, ints, bytes[], Strings to the serial port
Syntax
serial.write(data)
Parameters
serial any variable of type Serial
data byte, char, int, bytes[], String: data to write
Returns int
Usage Web & Application
Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:25pm EDT

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