available()


Description

Gets the number of bytes (characters) available for reading from the serial port. This is data that’s already arrived and stored in the serial receive buffer. The available() inherits from the Stream utility class.

Syntax

port.available()

Parameters

none

Returns

a integer value which represents the size of received data

Example

#include <PhpocExpansion.h>
#include <Phpoc.h>
#define BUFFER_SIZE 100  // read and write buffer size, reduce it if memory of Arduino is not enough

byte spcId = 1;

ExpansionSerial port(spcId);

byte rwbuf[BUFFER_SIZE];  // read and write buffer

void setup() {
    Serial.begin(9600);
    while(!Serial)
        ;

    Phpoc.begin(PF_LOG_SPI | PF_LOG_NET);
    Expansion.begin();
    port.begin("115200N81N");
}

void loop() {
    int txfree = port.availableForWrite();

    // Get the number of bytes available for reading
    int rxlen = port.available(); 

    if(rxlen > 0) {
        if(rxlen <= txfree) {
            int rwlen; // read and write length

            if(rxlen <= BUFFER_SIZE) 
                rwlen = rxlen;
            else
                rwlen = BUFFER_SIZE;

            // receive data
            rwlen = port.readBytes(rwbuf, rwlen);

            // send data
            port.write(rwbuf, rwlen);

            // print data to serial monitor of Arduino IDE
            Serial.write(rwbuf, rwlen);
        }
    }

    delay(1);
}