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Multi-platform C serial port library

Originally written to allow cross-platform support for virtualised serial ports from programs written in the C language. The library is compatible with regular serial ports as well.

Functionality

The included functions allow:

  • Opening and closing the serial port
  • Writing data to the port
    • Single byte
    • 16-bit word
    • Length-specified buffer
  • Reading data from the port (non-blocking)
    • Buffer up to a specified length
  • Converting between raw hexadecimal and ASCII representation of hexadecimal

The library and included programs are licensed under an MIT license so they can be used and modified in any project, public, private and course based, as long as the license header remains.

Welcome

  1. Opening a Serial Port
  2. Closing a Serial Port
  3. Sending Data
  4. Receiving Data
  5. Additional Facilities
  6. Included Programs
    1. tester.c
    2. serTest.c
  7. Operating System Dependent Issues
    1. Linux required access privileges
    2. Windows, accessing serial ports above COM9
    3. Serial buffer overflow
    4. Linux not detecting broken serial port
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