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Inter-Arduino Serial Communication. Simple, right? I can't figure it out!

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Rich D.

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Hi all,

I'm sure it's just me but I can't seem to figure out this Arduino software too easily. I find the arduino site's examples incomplete and unclear. Now, please realize I have done some amazing things with software both high and low-level over the years, but for some reason this simple task seems to elude me. What I am hoping to do is simple:

Serial communication; individual bytes and possibly strings (I'll take either!) between two Arduinos. One is your basic Arduino - the Leonardo, and the other is a MEGA2560. I'm looking to send/receive bytes that are not always visible ASCII characters - anything from 00 to FF (or 0-255).

If there is somebody out there who can create a very simple, no-frills example of transmit and receive code for each of these machines (if there is a difference), please, please, PLEASE, post it here for me to consume. (I don't sound too desperate, do I?)

Yes, I did use the same baud rate - 19.2k, and yes I did connect a common ground between the two boards. Tx->Rx and Rx->Tx. It's just the software is made to be so simple that I can't seem to make it work! I am also aware that the USB to program it and other hardware may share the same lines, and something about the Leonardo has both Serial and Serial1 (though I forget which is which).

Many thanks in advance for any useful information....you are awesome!
 
If you are having a bit of trouble with Arduino playground.. Try www.tronixstuff.com..

There are a lot more examples.... There is always Adafruitt www.adafruit.com... Even more stuff..

The best way to use the serial RS232 for inter chip communication for newbies is always a text based protocol..

send ascii text to one... and convert to integer! and visa versa... The libraries almost always include the string library..
 
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