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Pete
May 3, 2012, 9:40:17 AM5/3/12
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Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
inappropriate forum to discuss this particular problem, but I reckon
you guys are about the nearest thing I've got to finding a quick
simple answer to what should be an absurdly easy problem to deal with,
but it's been doing my head in all morning.
OK, so here's the thing: I'm using an arduino mega board to connect a
PC running win7 (64-bit) with some external apparatus. I'm using
"processing" as a controlling program within the PC to talk to the
arduino board. I downloaded processing from their website OK, and
installed it OK, but it seems the serial library is missing. When I
type:
import processing.serial.*;
serial.list();
I would expect a list of the available COM ports. Instead, I get the
error message:
Cannot find anything named "serial"
So obviously the serial library is missing. I checked out the
processing website and found a definition of the serial library, but
no obvious way to download a copy, or anything resembling a .zip file
that might be downloadable. Am I simply looking in the wrong place?
Can anyone advise, or point me in the right direction to a solution?
Cheers,
Pete.
inappropriate forum to discuss this particular problem, but I reckon
you guys are about the nearest thing I've got to finding a quick
simple answer to what should be an absurdly easy problem to deal with,
but it's been doing my head in all morning.
OK, so here's the thing: I'm using an arduino mega board to connect a
PC running win7 (64-bit) with some external apparatus. I'm using
"processing" as a controlling program within the PC to talk to the
arduino board. I downloaded processing from their website OK, and
installed it OK, but it seems the serial library is missing. When I
type:
import processing.serial.*;
serial.list();
I would expect a list of the available COM ports. Instead, I get the
error message:
Cannot find anything named "serial"
So obviously the serial library is missing. I checked out the
processing website and found a definition of the serial library, but
no obvious way to download a copy, or anything resembling a .zip file
that might be downloadable. Am I simply looking in the wrong place?
Can anyone advise, or point me in the right direction to a solution?
Cheers,
Pete.
markspace
May 3, 2012, 9:51:35 AM5/3/12
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On 5/3/2012 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
> inappropriate forum
100% inappropriate, yes. Java is not Arduino. And I don't know about
> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
> inappropriate forum
the Arduino, so I certainly can't answer.
Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.
You'd probably be best to ask on the Arduino website forums or a mailing
list. They might know.
Patricia Shanahan
May 3, 2012, 10:57:27 AM5/3/12
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On 5/3/2012 6:51 AM, markspace wrote:
...
an Arduino. However, I won't be posting my Arduino questions here.
Different topic.
Patricia
...
> Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.
Since I'm retired, I'm technically a hobbyist. And I am planning to buy
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.
an Arduino. However, I won't be posting my Arduino questions here.
Different topic.
Patricia
Jeff Higgins
May 3, 2012, 12:29:24 PM5/3/12
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distribution I just downloaded. Don't know about the Win version.
Have you read the instructions here:
<http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Interfacing/Processing>?
There seems to be some platform specific stuff that I ran across
somewhere(?).
Jeff Higgins
May 3, 2012, 12:39:06 PM5/3/12
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On 05/03/2012 09:51 AM, markspace wrote:
> On 5/3/2012 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
>> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
>> inappropriate forum
>
>
> 100% inappropriate, yes. Java is not Arduino. And I don't know about the
> Arduino, so I certainly can't answer.
>
> Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.
I'm a hobbyist. I've been using Java successfully in hobby projects for
> On 5/3/2012 6:40 AM, Pete wrote:
>> Complete newbie here, so go easy on me, OK? I already know this is an
>> inappropriate forum
>
>
> 100% inappropriate, yes. Java is not Arduino. And I don't know about the
> Arduino, so I certainly can't answer.
>
> Java is not really a hobbiest or "newbie" type of language. It's
> frequently used on large corporate projects as a middle tier for large
> web apps. (And I mean LARGE.) Most folks (possibly all folks) on this
> list are professionals, not hackers. I honestly don't think I've seen
> any "hacker" types at all on c.l.j.p.
a long time.
Daniel Pitts
May 3, 2012, 12:52:23 PM5/3/12
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interested in what you're doing, I doubt most people here have the
expertize to aid in your quest. Try a more appropriate forum to place
your query.
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