Python Serial Communication (pyserial)

Initialize serial device

import serial
#Serial takes these two parameters: serial device and baudrate
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB0', 9600)

Read from serial port

Initialize serial device

import serial
#Serial takes two parameters: serial device and baudrate
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB0', 9600)

to read single byte from serial device

data = ser.read()

to read given number of bytes from the serial device

data = ser.read(size=5)

to read one line from serial device.

data = ser.readline()

to read the data from serial device while something is being written over it.

#for python2.7
data = ser.read(ser.inWaiting())

#for python3
ser.read(ser.inWaiting)

Check what serial ports are available on your machine

To get a list of available serial ports use

python -m serial.tools.list_ports

at a command prompt or

from serial.tools import list_ports
list_ports.comports()  # Outputs list of available serial ports

from the Python shell.

Syntax

ser.read(size=1)

ser.readline()

ser.write()

Parameters

|parameter|details |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- |port|Device name e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0 on GNU/Linux or COM3 on Windows. |baudrate|baudrate type: int default: 9600 standard values: 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 200, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200

Remarks

For more details check out pyserial documentation