#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ ldr.py Display analog data from Arduino using Python (matplotlib) Author: Mahesh Venkitachalam Website: electronut.in """ import sys, serial, argparse import numpy as np from time import sleep from collections import deque import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation # plot class class AnalogPlot: # constr def __init__(self, strPort, maxLen): # open serial port self.ser = serial.Serial(strPort, 9600) self.ax = deque([0.0]*maxLen) self.ay = deque([0.0]*maxLen) self.maxLen = maxLen # add to buffer def addToBuf(self, buf, val): if len(buf) < self.maxLen: buf.append(val) else: buf.pop() buf.appendleft(val) # add data def add(self, data): assert(len(data) == 2) self.addToBuf(self.ax, data[0]) self.addToBuf(self.ay, data[1]) # update plot def update(self, frameNum, a0, a1): try: line = self.ser.readline() data = [float(val) for val in line.split()] # print data if(len(data) == 2): self.add(data) a0.set_data(range(self.maxLen), self.ax) a1.set_data(range(self.maxLen), self.ay) except KeyboardInterrupt: print('exiting') return a0, # clean up def close(self): # close serial self.ser.flush() self.ser.close() # main() function def main(): # create parser parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="LDR serial") # add expected arguments parser.add_argument('--port', dest='port', required=True) # parse args args = parser.parse_args() #strPort = '/dev/tty.usbserial-A7006Yqh' strPort = args.port print('reading from serial port %s...' % strPort) # plot parameters analogPlot = AnalogPlot(strPort, 100) print('plotting data...') # set up animation fig = plt.figure() ax = plt.axes(xlim=(0, 100), ylim=(0, 1023)) a0, = ax.plot([], []) a1, = ax.plot([], []) anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, analogPlot.update, fargs=(a0, a1), interval=50) # show plot plt.show() # clean up analogPlot.close() print('exiting.') # call main if __name__ == '__main__': main()