Reading the COM port with C#

  • Reading the serial data from sensors with USB connected to Arduino or ESP32 or .. similar
  • Console App1

                    using System;
                    using System.Collections.Generic;
                    using System.Linq;
                    using System.Text;
                    using System.Threading;
                    using System.IO.Ports; 
                    
                    namespace ConsoleApp_SerialPort
                    { 
                        class Program
                        {
                    
                            #region CLASS functions  
                    
                                public static SerialPort serialPort1;
                                public static Thread MyThread;
                    
                    
                            public static void ReadPortFeatures()
                            {
                                try
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port INFO ==============================" );
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port open    : " + serialPort1.IsOpen);
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port Baud    : " + serialPort1.BaudRate);
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port Name    : " + serialPort1.PortName);
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port DBits   : " + serialPort1.DataBits);
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port Parity  : " + serialPort1.Parity);
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial port StopBits: " + serialPort1.StopBits);
                                    Console.WriteLine("===============================================");
                                }
                                catch
                                {
                    
                                    Console.WriteLine("PORT cannot be obtained.. ");
                                }
    
                            }    
                    
                            public static void _serialPort_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
                            {
                                int dataLength = serialPort1.BytesToRead;   
                                byte[] data = new byte[dataLength];
                            
                                int nbrDataRead = serialPort1.Read(data, 0, dataLength);
                                if (nbrDataRead == 0)
                                    return;
                    
                                Console.WriteLine("{0}|{1}",dataLength, nbrDataRead);
                    
                    
                                // Send data to whom ever interested
                                // if (NewSerialDataRecieved != null)
                                //    NewSerialDataRecieved(this, new SerialDataEventArgs(data));
                            }
                    
                            #endregion
    
                            #region MAIN()
                            static void Main(string[] args)
                            {
                                // get port names of available ports 
                                string[] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames(); 
                                foreach (string item in ports)
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine("||| Ports available for reading on this PC  ... ");
                                    Console.WriteLine("\n\t" + item);
                                    Console.WriteLine("================================================");
                                }
                    
                                // create the serial port object .. 
                                serialPort1 = new SerialPort("COM4", 115200, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
                                if (serialPort1 != null)
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine("Serial Port has been created .. ");
                                    ReadPortFeatures();
                                }
                    
                                // Open port
                                if (serialPort1.IsOpen == false)
                                {
                                    serialPort1.Open();
                                    ReadPortFeatures();
                    
                                    string data_rx = serialPort1.ReadExisting();
                                    Console.WriteLine(data_rx);
    
                                    // port listener subscribed to event of Data received
                                    // .. then call _serialPort_DataReceived()
                                    serialPort1.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(_serialPort_DataReceived);
                                    serialPort1.Close();
                            
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine("Port is bussy, cannot be opened now.. ");
                                    return;
                                
                                }
                                Console.ReadLine();
                    
                            }
                            #endregion MAIN 
                        }
                    }
              

    Multi channel reading

                    using System;
                    using System.Collections.Generic;
                    using System.Linq;
                    using System.Text;
                    using System.Threading.Tasks;
                    using System.IO.Ports;
    
                    using System.Globalization;
    
                    namespace ConsoleApp_Arduino
                    {
    
                        public class Program
                        {
                            #region GLOBALS
                            public double ti = 0;          // time instance 
                            public double wi  = 0;          // value .. 
                            public static int k = 0;
    
                            #endregion 
    
                            // 
                            // M
                            // A
                            // I
                            // N
                            // =============================================================================
                            static void Main(string[] args)
                            {
    
    
                                //||||   SERIAL PORT STREAMING 
                                SerialPort my_com3 = new SerialPort();
                                my_com3.BaudRate = 115200;
                                my_com3.PortName = "COM3";           
                                my_com3.Open();
    
                        
                            Console.WriteLine("===============================================================================");
    
                                while (true)
                                {
                                
                                    string data_rx = my_com3.ReadLine();
                                    DataParsing(data_rx);
                                    
                                    
                                    //Console.WriteLine("{0}", data_rx );
                                }
    
    
    
                            }//end of main 
    
                            #region DATA PARSING FUNCTION 
                            public static void DataParsing(string data_rx)
                            {
                                sbyte indexOf_startDataCharacter = (sbyte)data_rx.IndexOf("@");
                                sbyte indexOfA = (sbyte)data_rx.IndexOf("A");
                                sbyte indexOfB = (sbyte)data_rx.IndexOf("B");
                                sbyte indexOfC = (sbyte)data_rx.IndexOf("C");
    
                                if (indexOfA != -1 && indexOfB !=-1 && indexOf_startDataCharacter !=-1)
                                {
                                    // @1509A1.5090B0.0618C
    
                                    try
                                    {
                                    // strings 
                                        string s1 = data_rx.Substring(indexOf_startDataCharacter + 1, (indexOfA - indexOf_startDataCharacter)-1);
                                        string s2 = data_rx.Substring(indexOfA+1, (indexOfB - indexOfA)-1);
                                        string s3 = data_rx.Substring(indexOfB + 1, (indexOfC - indexOfB) - 1);
                                        k++;   
    
                                        Console.WriteLine("No: {0,5} | Li: {1,10} | ti: {2,10}| f(ti): {3,10} || t': {4,8}  | G(f(t)): {5,8} --|||", k, s1, s2, s3, 
                                            Convert.ToDecimal(s2, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                                            Convert.ToDecimal(s3, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));            
                                    }
                                    catch
                                    {
    
                                        Console.WriteLine("DATA PACAKGE NOT as expected ... ");
                                    }
                                
                                
                                }
                                #endregion
                            }
                        }
                    }
                     
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