Reading data from serial in Python

Reading data from serial in Python is very simple, but this is only the start.. Install PySerial with pip install pyserial

# Import the library
import serial

# Try to connect to the port
try:
fabkit = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem1421', 9600)
except:
print "Failed to connect"
exit()

# Read data and print it to terminal... until you stop the program
while 1:
line = fabkit.readline()
print line

# We should close the connection... but since there's a while 1 loop before, we never reach this
fabkit.close()

Original tutorial by:

• Massimo Menichinelli - info at openp2pdesign.org - massimo.menichinelli at aalto.fi

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