
SoftSerial Shield is connected to the Software UART:D2&D3
*/
#
include
<SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial
SoftSerial
(
2
,
3
);
unsigned
char
buffer[
64
];
// buffer array for data receive over serial port
int
count =
0
;
// counter for buffer array
void
setup
()
{
SoftSerial.begin(
9600
);
// the SoftSerial baud rate
Serial.begin(
9600
);
// the Serial port of Arduino baud rate.
}
void
loop
()
{
// if date is coming from software serial port ==> data is coming from SoftSerial shield
if
(SoftSerial.available())
{
while
(SoftSerial.available())
// reading data into char array
{
buffer[count++] = SoftSerial.read();
// writing data into array
if
(count ==
64
)
break
;
}
Serial.write(buffer, count);
// if no data transmission ends, write buffer to hardware serial port
clearBufferArray();
// call clearBufferArray function to clear the stored data from the array
count =
0
;
// set counter of while loop to zero
}
if
(Serial.available())
// if data is available on hardware serial port ==> data is coming from PC
or notebook
SoftSerial.write(Serial.read());
// write it to the SoftSerial shield
}
void
clearBufferArray
()
// function to clear buffer array
{
// clear all index of array with command NULL
for
(
int
i=
0
; i<count; i++)
{
buffer[i]=
NULL
;
}
}
Step 2.
Open the Serial Monitor, the card information can be displayed as
shown below: