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hparra / ruby-serialport

ruby-serialport is a Ruby library that provides a class for using RS-232 serial ports
http://rubygems.org/gems/serialport
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Ruby/SerialPort

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Description

Ruby/SerialPort is a Ruby library that provides a class for using RS-232 serial ports. This class also contains low-level functions to check and set the current state of the signals on the line.

The native Windows version of this library supports the Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, and MinGW compilers.

There is an alternative gem with MRI, JRuby, and Rubinius support. See below.

Installation

Install the gem as normal: sudo gem install serialport

Testing

Use Ruby's version of miniterm: ruby test/miniterm.rb

API

See http://rubydoc.info/gems/serialport/SerialPort or run yard

Issues

See https://github.com/hparra/ruby-serialport/issues

Alternatives

The Hybrid Group's MRI, JRuby, & Rubinius compatible rubyserial gem may provide improved compatibilty in modern environments.

License

GPL

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