im using this code to send strings to serial port but this is very slow,the other end of communciation arduino board is not able to get those strings at realtime,how can i fasten this communication? there is no problem in arduino board or arduino code,it works fine for its sample examples and also works fast for serial monitor communication which is inbuilt with arduino programmer ide.
msvcpp code
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "conio.h"
#include "iostream"
#include "windows.h"
#include "WinDef.h"
#include "WinUser.h"
#include "windowsx.h"
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#pragma comment(lib, "gdi32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "User32.lib")
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO::Ports;
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{ String^ answer;
String^ answernew;
POINT coord;
answernew="hello";
// arduino settings
SerialPort^ arduino;
arduino = gcnew SerialPort("COM5", 115200);
// open port
try
{
arduino->Open();
while(1)
{
GetCursorPos(&coord);
answer=Convert::ToString(int(coord.x/7.80));
//7.80 is scaleing factor of screenwidth by max angle of servo motor
//if mouse moves to new location
if(String::Compare(answer,answernew))
{
answernew=answer;
Sleep(1200);
//1 is motor no im trying to control
Console::WriteLine(answernew);
arduino->Write(String::Concat("1,",answernew));
}
}
// close port to arduino
arduino->Close();
}
catch (IO::IOException^ e )
{
Console::WriteLine(e->GetType()->Name+": Port is not ready");
}
catch (ArgumentException^ e)
{
Console::WriteLine(e->GetType()->Name+": incorrect port name syntax, must start with COM/com");
}
Sleep(500);
return 0;
}
//arduino code
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo1; // create servo object to control a servo
// a maximum of eight servo objects can be created
//maximum 176 to minimum 1
void setup()
{
myservo1.attach(7); // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop()
{ if(Serial.available()>0)
{int servo=Serial.parseInt();
int pos=Serial.parseInt();
// myservo1.write(pos);
if(pos>0&&pos<176)
switch(servo)
{
case 1:myservo1.write(pos);break;
case 2:;//myservo1.write(pos);break;
case 3:;//myservo1.write(pos);break; // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos'
}
Serial.flush();
}
// waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
