Introduction
Communication between 2 controllers is quite helpful. It can unlock more possibilities and also be able to do task simultaneously. Previously, I have shared how to do communication between Raspberry Pi and Arduino using I2C communication. Now, instead of using I2C, I will show you how to do it through USB cable and using serial communication. This setup also possible to program Arduino board using Raspberry Pi.
Video
This video will show you how to do serial communication between Arduino and Raspberry Pi through USB cable.
Hardware Preparation
This is the list of items used in the video.
Sample Program
This is the sample code used in the video for Arduino (top) and Raspberry Pi (bottom).
| #define BUTTON 2 | |
| #define LED1 3 | |
| #define LED2 4 | |
| #define LED3 5 | |
| #define PIEZO 8 | |
| #define NOTE_D4 294 | |
| #define NOTE_G4 392 | |
| #define NOTE_B4 494 | |
| void setup() | |
| { | |
| pinMode(BUTTON, INPUT_PULLUP); | |
| pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT); | |
| pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT); | |
| pinMode(LED3, OUTPUT); | |
| Serial.begin(9600); | |
| } | |
| void loop() | |
| { | |
| if (digitalRead(BUTTON) == LOW) { | |
| Serial.print("Button Pressed"); | |
| while (digitalRead(BUTTON) == LOW); | |
| delay(100); | |
| } | |
| if (Serial.available()) { | |
| delay(100); | |
| String inString = ""; | |
| while (Serial.available()) { | |
| char inChar = (char)Serial.read(); | |
| inString += inChar; | |
| } | |
| if (inString == "SW1 Pressed") { | |
| digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH); | |
| playTone(NOTE_D4); | |
| digitalWrite(LED1, LOW); | |
| } | |
| else if (inString == "SW2 Pressed") { | |
| digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH); | |
| playTone(NOTE_G4); | |
| digitalWrite(LED2, LOW); | |
| } | |
| else if (inString == "SW3 Pressed") { | |
| digitalWrite(LED3, HIGH); | |
| playTone(NOTE_B4); | |
| digitalWrite(LED3, LOW); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| void playTone(int note) | |
| { | |
| tone(PIEZO, note, 200); | |
| delay(200); | |
| noTone(PIEZO); | |
| } |
| from gpiozero import LED, Button, Buzzer | |
| import serial | |
| led1 = LED(17) | |
| sw1 = Button(21) | |
| sw2 = Button(16) | |
| sw3 = Button(20) | |
| buzzer = Buzzer(26) | |
| serialPort = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyUSB0", 9600, timeout=0.5) | |
| def sw1Pressed(): | |
| serialPort.write("SW1 Pressed".encode('utf-8')) | |
| def sw2Pressed(): | |
| serialPort.write("SW2 Pressed".encode('utf-8')) | |
| def sw3Pressed(): | |
| serialPort.write("SW3 Pressed".encode('utf-8')) | |
| sw1.when_pressed = sw1Pressed | |
| sw2.when_pressed = sw2Pressed | |
| sw3.when_pressed = sw3Pressed | |
| try: | |
| while True: | |
| command = serialPort.read_until('\0', size=None) | |
| commandString = command.decode('utf-8') | |
| if len(commandString) > 0: | |
| print(commandString) | |
| if commandString == "Button Pressed": | |
| led1.on() | |
| buzzer.beep(0.1, 0.1, 2) | |
| led1.off() | |
| except KeyboardInterrupt: | |
| led1.off() | |
| buzzer.off() |
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