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Pablo Flores
Pablo Flores

Reputation: 717

Communicate an Arduino with python

I am trying to communicate an Arduino using python. I was able to connect it using the serial module. This is the code:

import serial

while True:
  print "Opening port"
  arduinoData = serial.Serial("com7", 9600)
  print "The port is open"

  while (arduinoData.inWaiting()==0): #I wait for data
    print "There is no data"

  print "Reading data"
  arduinoString = arduinoData.readline()
  print arduinoString

It seems that is hanging when I want to read the data, in the line that says arduinoString = arduino.readline().

What could be the problem?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 540

Answers (3)

Noah bouma
Noah bouma

Reputation: 102

instead using the while loop inside of the main while loop you can use an if else statement. Also, to read the data you can use the read function with arduinoData.inWaiting() as the paramater like this : arduinoData.read(arduinoData.inWaiting()). I hope this code will help you:

arduinoData = serial.Serial("com7", 9600)

while True:

    if arduinoData.inWaiting() > 0: # check if there is data available
        print "Reading data"
        arduinoString = arduinoData.read(arduinoData.inWaiting()) '''read and decode data'''
        print arduinoString

    else:
        print "There is no data"

Upvotes: 1

Romain Willmann
Romain Willmann

Reputation: 352

The structure of your code is strange. I had a similar issue by creating the Serial object in a function without making it global. Maybe you should put this line outside the loop :

arduinoData = serial.Serial("com7", 9600)

Also, your initialization seems a bit light. I usually use more parameters but it depends of your hardware.

ser = serial.Serial( 
    port = 'com4', \
    baudrate = 19200, \
    parity=serial.PARITY_NONE, \
    stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE, \
    bytesize = serial.EIGHTBITS, \
    timeout = 0.25)

A workaround for your readline() issue coud be using the read() function instead and checking if it contains data.

Hope it will help !

Upvotes: 1

Noah bouma
Noah bouma

Reputation: 102

Alright, you are getting the AttributeError: 'Serial' object has no attribute 'ser' error because in reality ser does not exist in the arduinoData object. It's my fault because I was thinking of the class that I created in my program containing ser which is just the another serial object. To fix this just replace arduinoData.ser with arduinoData

To add on, you should probably declare arduinoData outside of the while loop. you should do this because every time the you create a serial object it takes time to connect to the Arduino. For this, your program might not be able to read the data.

I hope this answer will help you.

Upvotes: 0

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