elementary serial print using the external IO breakout board and PL2303

Dependencies:   microbit

main.cpp

Committer:
matrixmike
Date:
2020-01-02
Revision:
9:ea84b7a3e23f
Parent:
8:49fe8894d28d

File content as of revision 9:ea84b7a3e23f:

/*
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Copyright (c) 2016 British Broadcasting Corporation.
This software is provided by Lancaster University by arrangement with the BBC.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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*/
#include "MicroBit.h"
MicroBit uBit;
MicroBitSerial serial(USBTX, USBRX);
int main()
{
    uBit.init();
    /*    int sendChar(char c);
        int send(ManagedString s);
     */
    int c;

    c = 'c';
    serial.format(8,mbed::RawSerial::None,2);
    serial.baud(1200);  // changed to transmit to Brother EP44 
    serial.redirect(MICROBIT_PIN_P1, MICROBIT_PIN_P2);  // tx,rx
    serial.send("A\r\n");
//    c=uBit.serial.read(ASYNC);
    for (int x = 0; x < 100; x++) {
        serial.send("B");  // was serial.send("A\r\n");
        serial.send(char(c));
//       serial.send(s);
//       c=uBit.serial.read(ASYNC);
    }
    release_fiber();
}

// .........
//#include "MicroBit.h"
//#include "mbed.h"
/*
Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
MicroBit uBit;
MicroBitSerial serial(USBTX, USBRX);
int main()
{
    Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
    // Initialise the micro:bit runtime.
    uBit.init();
      serial.baud(9600);
    for ( int x = 2; x < 14; x++) {
    pc.printf("Hello World on a Friday\n\r");
    pc.printf("Hello World on a %d Friday\n\r", x );
    pc.printf("Hello World on a %c Friday\n\r", '%' );
    uBit.display.scroll("HELLO WORLD! 2:)");
    }

    // If main exits, there may still be other fibers running or registered event handlers etc.
    // Simply release this fiber, which will mean we enter the scheduler. Worse case, we then
    // sit in the idle task forever, in a power efficient sleep.
    release_fiber();
}
*/
// Print "Hello World" to the PC
/*
#include "mbed.h"

Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);

int main() {
    pc.printf("Hello World\n");
}
*/