M J. / Mbed 2 deprecated InteractiveSerialInterface

Interactive serial interface for sending commands to an embedded system using serial communications. This will be helpful if you want to send commands to serial port and be able to correct the wrong text entered at the terminal

Dependencies:   mbed

main.cpp@5:bfc6c756c8e9, 2019-09-02 (annotated)

Committer:
mjm2016
Date:
Mon Sep 02 12:28:53 2019 +0000
Revision:
5:bfc6c756c8e9
Parent:
4:183056edc0f4 
Bug fixed

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mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 1 #include "mbed.h"
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 2 /*
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 3 Author Mariwan Jalal
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 4 This function will take a string from the terminal and save it in a buffer.
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 5 The string is editable during the time user input the string.
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 6 This will be useful if any one want to have an interactive interface for an application.
mjm2016 2:880559109781 7 USE IT AT YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY .. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 8 Free to use.
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 9
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 10 */
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 11
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 12 #define MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING 256 //Change this line to get longer string.
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 13 #define BAUD_RATE_ 9600 // Serial Terminal baudrate
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 14 Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX);
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 15
mjm2016 1:e71563467f24 16 void GetStringFromSerial(char (& stringBuf) [MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING])
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 17 {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 18 pc.printf("Echoes back to the screen anything you type\n");
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 19 int i=0;
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 20 while(i<MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING) {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 21 stringBuf[i]=pc.getc();
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 22 if(stringBuf[i]=='\n') {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 23 stringBuf[i]='\0';
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 24 if (i>0) {
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 25 i--;
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 26 if(stringBuf[i]=='\r') {
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 27 stringBuf[i]='\0';
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 28 }
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 29 return;
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 30 }
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 31 }
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 32 if(stringBuf[i]=='\b') {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 33 pc.puts("\b \b");
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 34 stringBuf[i]='\0';
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 35 if (i>0) {
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 36 i--;
mjm2016 2:880559109781 37 }
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 38 stringBuf[i]='\0';
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 39
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 40 } else {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 41 pc.putc(stringBuf[i]);
mjm2016 2:880559109781 42 i++;
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 43 }
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 44
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 45 }
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 46 }
mjm2016 5:bfc6c756c8e9 47
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 48 int main()
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 49 {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 50 pc.baud(BAUD_RATE_); // DEFAULT IS 9600, THIS IS JUST FOR NOTIFICATION FOR THE READER.
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 51 char g[MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING];
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 52 memset (g,'\0',MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING);
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 53 while (1) {
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 54 memset (g,'\0',MAX_LENGTH_OF_THE_STRING);
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 55 GetStringFromSerial(g);
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 56 pc.printf("\n");
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 57 pc.printf(g);
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 58 pc.printf("\n");
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 59 }
mjm2016 0:97014197b0d4 60 }