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Getting  data from computer progy to Arduino

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Greetings all. Need help getting my Arduino UNO (R3)  to talk to my satellite tracking program ( GNOME Predict ) for amateur radio satellites. Looking to drive 2 servo motors to move antennas. New here, new to Arduino, and yes I did buy the books and slowly learning. Running Pinguy OS ( Linux distro. ) but would like to also try Win XP. Many thanks for any and all help. 73 Ben

  • Hi Ben,

     

    You can write a simple program in python using pySerial to communicate with Arduino. If you want to try the same with

    Windows XP, you can write simple program in C# to send recieve commands to Arduino. There also exists a framework called Firmata (check Arduino Samples) which allow you to send data to and fro with the PC. You however need to write piece of code on the PC (either Windows or Linux) to communicate with your satellite tracking program.

     

    My book freeduino.begin() has a special chapter with sample program to communicate with Windows PC.

    http://www.bhashatech.com/books/131-freeduino-begin.html  or you can buy digital edition for iPad on iTunes store.

     

    Cheers

    Siddharth