Questions tagged [serial-port]

A serial port facilitates the transfer of data, typically in a unidirectional or bidirectional manner, one bit at a time. Specifically, it is often associated with the RS-232 port featuring a 9-pin d-sub connector which was previously the common standard for serial communication on personal computers.

Event types in the node.js serialport module

Can event types be declared when sending data using socket.io's capabilities? Instead of the standard serialport.write("OMG IT WORKS\r"); approach, is there a way to specify different events such as "positionUpdate", "data", "timeSync," and so on ...

What is the best way for my web application to interface with a serial port?

I am working on a cloud-based web application that uses ASP Web API and Angular, both hosted on Azure. I have a requirement for my Angular app to communicate with a serial port for reading and writing data. How can I achieve this functionality? I've come ...

Strange characters are appearing when I communicate between Intel Edison and NodeJS via serial port

I have connected an FTDI device to my computer, with the FTDI then connected to an Intel Edison Arduino breakout board using the 0RX and 1TX pins. Here is the serial pin hookup: Edison TX ------> FTDI RX Edison RX ------> FTDI TX To manage the GPIO o ...