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dstroy0 / InputHandler

Arduino input handler
https://dstroy0.github.io/InputHandler/
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Could an integer be used as a UI cmd? #8

Closed 2bndy5 closed 2 years ago

2bndy5 commented 2 years ago

Following the convention laid out by the Firmata library, a controlling input (albeit a user or external program) can specify a different input command using a single unsigned char. Is this something that could be extended to this lib?

More specifically, if this is possible, I would like to not require a null byte terminator for this scenario. Thus, the title says integer, not encoded c-string.

dstroy0 commented 2 years ago

At its heart it is using strcmp to compare the first position input token the command list built by UserCommandParameters. Any unsigned char should trigger commands. I have a few sensors that send out serial strings and I've been experimenting using this library to parse their output which looks like "H 12345 T 12345 Z 00010\r\n" so I made a command that triggers on H and looks for those other tokens. In theory ANY unsigned char should work.

2bndy5 commented 2 years ago

I have a few sensors that send out serial strings

Holy crap! This could be used as a GPS parser!

I'll have to spin up a modified example and try sending hex digits over the serial monitor.

dstroy0 commented 2 years ago

This functionality is available.