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// variable to hold an instance of the p5.webserial library:
const serial = new p5.WebSerial();
// HTML button object:
let portButton;
let inData; // for incoming serial data
let outData; // for outgoing data
// variables for the circle to be drawn:
let locH, locV;
let circleColor = 255;
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 300); // make the canvas
// check to see if serial is available:
if (!navigator.serial) {
alert("WebSerial is not supported in this browser. Try Chrome or MS Edge.");
}
// if serial is available, add connect/disconnect listeners:
navigator.serial.addEventListener("connect", portConnect);
navigator.serial.addEventListener("disconnect", portDisconnect);
// check for any ports that are available:
serial.getPorts();
// if there's no port chosen, choose one:
serial.on("noport", makePortButton);
// open whatever port is available:
serial.on("portavailable", openPort);
// handle serial errors:
serial.on("requesterror", portError);
// handle any incoming serial data:
serial.on("data", serialEvent);
serial.on("close", makePortButton);
}
function draw() {
background(0);// black background
fill(circleColor);// fill depends on the button
ellipse(locH, locV, 50, 50); // draw the circle
}
// if there's no port selected,
// make a port select button appear:
function makePortButton() {
// create and position a port chooser button:
portButton = createButton('choose port');
portButton.position(10, 10);
// give the port button a mousepressed handler:
portButton.mousePressed(choosePort);
}
// make the port selector window appear:
function choosePort() {
serial.requestPort();
}
// open the selected port, and make the port
// button invisible:
function openPort() {
// wait for the serial.open promise to return,
// then call the initiateSerial function
serial.open().then(initiateSerial);
// once the port opens, let the user know:
function initiateSerial() {
console.log("port open");
// send a byte to start the microcontroller sending:
serial.print("x");
}
// hide the port button once a port is chosen:
if (portButton) portButton.hide();
}
function serialEvent() {
// read a string from the serial port
// until you get carriage return and newline:
var inString = serial.readStringUntil("\r\n");
//check to see that there's actually a string there:
if (inString) {
if (inString !== "hello") {
// if you get hello, ignore it
// split the string on the commas:
var sensors = split(inString, ",");
if (sensors.length > 2) {
// if there are three elements
// element 0 is the locH:
locH = map(sensors[0], 0, 1023, 0, width);
// element 1 is the locV:
locV = map(sensors[1], 0, 1023, 0, height);
// element 2 is the button:
circleColor = 255 - sensors[2] * 255;
// send a byte back to prompt for more data:
serial.print('x');
}
}
}
}
// pop up an alert if there's a port error:
function portError(err) {
alert("Serial port error: " + err);
}
// try to connect if a new serial port
// gets added (i.e. plugged in via USB):
function portConnect() {
console.log("port connected");
serial.getPorts();
}
// if a port is disconnected:
function portDisconnect() {
serial.close();
console.log("port disconnected");
}