Is there a way to log events on Arduino when developing using C / AVR toolchain, and not the Arduino IDE? Working on Ubuntu.
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Do you want your host system to record stuff received from an Arduino? Or do you want an Arduino to record data? Either way, the answer is yes, it can be done.James Waldby - jwpat7– James Waldby - jwpat72016年09月07日 05:46:06 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 5:46
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First one, I would like to see on my host what Arduino is doing.vasily– vasily2016年09月07日 07:16:20 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 7:16
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The IDE uses a plain serial console to communicate with the Arduino. You can use any serial console application you like.Gerben– Gerben2016年09月07日 07:55:45 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 7:55
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On Ubuntu, I usually simply do
stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 raw 9600
cat /dev/ttyACM0 > the.log.file
Replace 9600 with your baud rate of choice.
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Ha, neato. No character encoding mangling woes?user400344– user4003442016年09月07日 18:18:00 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 18:18
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@user400344: The command is encoding agnostic: it moves the data from the serial port to the file as a byte stream, not a character stream. It could well be binary data for that matter.Edgar Bonet– Edgar Bonet2016年09月07日 19:26:25 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 19:26
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Thanks, it will replace my terrible hack completely. Do you use something similarly simplistic to send data to your MCUs?user400344– user4003442016年09月07日 19:29:03 +00:00Commented Sep 7, 2016 at 19:29
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@user400344: No, I use text-based protocols, like in this command line interpreter, and type the stuff directly at the keyboard, usually through screen. You could
cat the.data.to.send > /dev/ttyACM0but, since the Arduino resets when you open the port, your sketch will miss the beginning of the file. You can avoid this auto-reset feature by putting a cap between RESET and 5V.Edgar Bonet– Edgar Bonet2016年09月08日 12:53:10 +00:00Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 12:53 -
pretty neat. what value should I use for the cap?user400344– user4003442016年09月08日 16:45:08 +00:00Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 16:45
Any of these are straightforward: python (serial library) or processing (same type of user interface, will happily build portable java programs for linux/win/mac). I use an awful perl script for logging stuff, can't recommend it. If you don't prefer the two first options, have a look at IPC::Open2 or IPC::Open3 - I use a bidirectional connection so I can send stuff, but I rely on 'tip' to do the serial connection stuff. If I wanted to log more than a few things, I would probably use python, which is much easier to read (later), and it will require a small fraction of the memory a fullblown java applet.