I am trying to use Java to detect signals from the serial port sent from an IR circuit. When the IR circuit detects an obstacle, it gives an output of 0 volts and otherwise the output is 5 volts. Can I read these voltage differences directly on the PC using Java. Do I need to have a PIC or some other micro controller integrated in the circuit?
shawnv100 0 Newbie Poster
NormR1 563 Posting Sage Team Colleague
I think you will need some kind of driver that will connect to java to get data from a serial port.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
A steady 5v or 0v signal is not a standard RS-232 signal. First, you need a specialized driver capable of detecting that the voltage change is valid and not just a transient glitch (not uncommon), and then passing the appropriate information to the user-space application (java in this case). Honestly, this would be a lot easier in C, and may be simpler to create a JNI to the C code that will let your java application to detect these state changes. Have fun, and good luck!
shawnv100 0 Newbie Poster
yeah...i installed the driver....i had tested this with a hyper terminal and i did get readings...so shouldn't java be able to detect it as well...
shawnv100 0 Newbie Poster
yeah...i installed the driver....i had tested this with a hyper terminal and i did get readings...so shouldn't java be able to detect it as well...
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