Author: William Woodall wjwwo.nosp@m.od@g.nosp@m.mail..nosp@m.com, John Harrison ash@g.nosp@m.reat.nosp@m.ertha.nosp@m.ninf.nosp@m.inity.nosp@m..com

What is serial?

Serial is a cross-platform, simple to use library for using serial ports on computers. This library provides a C++, object oriented interface for interacting with RS-232 like devices on Linux and Windows.

Want to use it with ROS(Robot Operating System)? No problem, it compiles as a unary stack.

Getting Started

Ready to jump in?

Checkout our examples: serial_example.cc
Look at the main class documentation: serial::Serial

Features

Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Support
Easy to use interface (modeled after PySerial)
Minimal dependencies (cmake)
Complete timeout control serial::Serial::setTimeout
Check and set handshaking lines (CTS, DSR, RI, CD and RTS, DTR)
Block for changes in handshaking lines (Linux and Windows)
Flush I/O separately and block until all writing done

Installation

Dependencies

CMake:
- CMake is required for building the system and can be located here: http://www.cmake.org/

Compiling

Once you have gathered the dependencies, you need to checkout the software from github.com:

    git clone git://github.com/wjwwood/serial.git

Once you have checked out the source code from github.com you can enter the directory and build the software.

    cd serial
    make
    make test # (optional) builds the example and tests, and runs the tests.
    make doc  # (optional) builds _this_ documentation.

Installing

To install simply:

    sudo make install