<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>serialBegin</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="csound.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="syntax-highlighting.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Canonical Csound Reference Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="OpcodesTop.html" title="Orchestra Opcodes and Operators" /> <link rel="prev" href="sensekey.html" title="sensekey" /> <link rel="next" href="serialEnd.html" title="serialEnd" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">serialBegin</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sensekey.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Orchestra Opcodes and Operators</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="serialEnd.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="refentry"> <a id="serialBegin"></a> <div class="titlepage"></div> <a id="IndexSerialBegin" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2> <span class="refentrytitle">serialBegin</span> </h2> <p>serialBegin — Open a serial port. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892319144"></a> <h2>Description</h2> <p> Open a serial port for arduino. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892275928"></a> <h2>Syntax</h2> <pre class="synopsis">iPort <span class="command"><strong>serialBegin</strong></span> SPortName [, ibaudRate]</pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892273736"></a> <h2>Initialization</h2> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>SPortName</em></span> -- port name number </p> <p> <span class="emphasis"><em>ibaudrate</em></span> -- serial speed, defaulting to 9600 bps. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892271224"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p> Here is an example of the serialBegin opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/serialBegin.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">serialBegin.csd</em></a>. </p> <div class="example"> <a id="idm281472892269432"></a> <p class="title"> <strong>Example 871. Example of the serialBegin opcode.</strong> </p> <div class="example-contents"> <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472712681176"></a> <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="nt"><CsoundSynthesizer></span> <span class="nt"><CsOptions></span> <span class="c1">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span> -n <span class="c1">;;;no output</span> <span class="c1">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span> <span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span> <span class="c1">; -o serialBegin.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span> <span class="nt"></CsOptions></span> <span class="nt"><CsInstruments></span> <span class="vg">sr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">44100</span> <span class="vg">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">500</span> <span class="c1">; the default krate can be too fast for the arduino to handle</span> <span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="vg">0dbfs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span> i<span class="n">Port</span> <span class="nb">serialBegin</span> <span class="s">"/dev/cu.usbmodemfa131"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">9600</span> <span class="c1">;connect to the arduino with baudrate = 9600</span> k<span class="n">Gain</span> <span class="nb">init</span> <span class="mi">16</span> <span class="c1">;read our knob value</span> k<span class="n">Val</span> <span class="nb">serialRead</span> i<span class="n">Port</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span>k<span class="n">Val</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">then</span> k<span class="n">Gain</span> <span class="o">=</span> k<span class="n">Val</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">128</span> <span class="k">endif</span> a<span class="n">Sig</span> <span class="nb">in</span> <span class="c1">;get our audio input and get its rms</span> k<span class="n">Rms</span> <span class="nb">rms</span> a<span class="n">Sig</span><span class="o">*</span>k<span class="n">Gain</span> k<span class="n">Rms</span> <span class="o">=</span> k<span class="n">Rms</span><span class="o">*</span>k<span class="n">Rms</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">255</span> <span class="c1">;scale the rms to a good value for the LED and send it out</span> <span class="nb">serialWrite</span> i<span class="n">Port</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span>k<span class="n">Rms</span> <span class="o"><</span> <span class="mi">255</span> <span class="p">?</span> k<span class="n">Rms</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">255</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1">;must be in range: 0-255</span> <span class="kd">endin</span> <span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span> <span class="nt"><CsScore></span> <span class="nb">f</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">1024</span> <span class="mi">10</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">200</span> <span class="nb">e</span> <span class="nt"></CsScore></span> <span class="nt"></CsoundSynthesizer></span> </pre> </div> </div> </div> <p><br class="example-break" /> This is the matching Arduino code : </p> <pre class="screen"> void setup() { // enable serial communication Serial.begin(9600); // declare pin 9 to be an output: pinMode(9, OUTPUT); } void loop() { // only do something if we received something (this should be at csound's k-rate) if (Serial.available()) { // set the brightness of LED (connected to pin 9) to our input value int brightness = Serial.read(); analogWrite(9, brightness); // while we are here, get our knob value and send it to csound int sensorValue = analogRead(A0); Serial.write(sensorValue/4); // scale to 1-byte range (0-255) } } .....</pre> <p> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892263944"></a> <h2>See Also</h2> <p> <a class="link" href="serialEnd.html" title="serialEnd"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialEnd</a>, <a class="link" href="serialWrite_i.html" title="serialWrite_i"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialWrite_i</a>, <a class="link" href="serialWrite.html" title="serialWrite"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialWrite</a>, <a class="link" href="serialRead.html" title="serialRead"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialRead</a>, <a class="link" href="serialPrint.html" title="serialPrint"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialPrint</a>, <a class="link" href="serialFlush.html" title="serialFlush"><em class="citetitle"></em>serialFlush</a>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm281472892256168"></a> <h2>Credits</h2> <p> </p> <table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"> <tr> <td>Author: Matt Ingalls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p>New in version 5.14</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sensekey.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="OpcodesTop.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="serialEnd.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sensekey </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> serialEnd</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>