C# App to send and receive serial data

Took 30 mins out of my day to quickly code an app to send and receive serial data to my Arduino Uno. The app is simple in terms of just setting the Baud rate and the port name required to open a connection to the Port.

Send serial data (strings) from Arduino

So I have some spare time, so I looked at the Serial Communication using the Arduino device. I was able to successfully send messages from the Arduino board to the Arduino Serial Monitor on my laptop. I was able to send simple  hard coded values as well as dynamically generated string messages.

Fading LED

I finally got my hands on a Arduino Uno. I was surprised at how small the unit was, as it’s slightly larger than a box of matches. After downloading the latest version to date of the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (v0.22), I managed to install the drivers on windows 7.