Added VERY old code. Very cringy to look at, but hey, we all had to start somewhere...

OSU Coursework/CS 162 - Intro to Programming II/Final/PC Application/SimpleSerial.h

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+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+
+/** This code requires 'boost' to be successfully installed and when compiled will require the boost libaries to be included.
+The original code source as of this writting was found here:
+
+http://www.webalice.it/fede.tft/serial_port/serial_port.html
+
+*/
+
+class SimpleSerial
+{
+public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     * \param port device name, example "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "COM4"
+     * \param baud_rate communication speed, example 9600 or 115200
+     * \throws boost::system::system_error if cannot open the
+     * serial device
+     */
+    SimpleSerial(std::string port, unsigned int baud_rate)
+    : io(), serial(io,port)
+    {
+        serial.set_option(boost::asio::serial_port_base::baud_rate(baud_rate));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write a string to the serial device.
+     * \param s string to write
+     * \throws boost::system::system_error on failure
+     */
+    void writeString(std::string s)
+    {
+        boost::asio::write(serial,boost::asio::buffer(s.c_str(),s.size()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Blocks until a line is received from the serial device. A line is denoted by a final '\n' character
+     * Eventual '\n' or '\r\n' characters at the end of the string are removed.
+     * \return a string containing the received line
+     * \throws boost::system::system_error on failure
+     */
+    std::string readLine()
+    {
+        //Reading data char by char, code is optimized for simplicity, not speed
+        using namespace boost;
+        char c;
+        std::string result;
+        for(;;)
+        {
+            asio::read(serial,asio::buffer(&c,1));
+            switch(c)
+            {
+                case '\r':
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    return result;
+                default:
+                    result+=c;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+private:
+    boost::asio::io_service io;
+    boost::asio::serial_port serial;
+};