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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;
};