[Tutor] I haven't touched nor played with Python in quite awhile, but I had a ? about serial ports.

[Deirdre Saoirse]

How it is done depends a bit on the OS, but in most OSes, it's a device
you stuff data into and listen to. In other words, it's one of those
things that seems complex until you do it.

But the fundamentals are indeed there.

Again, the specifics *do* depend on the OS, which you didn't specify.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Charles Gruschow, Jr. wrote:

> I haven't touched nor played with Python in quite awhile, but I had a
> ? about serial ports.
> 
> Can Python send and receive signals from a serial port?  Like for a
> serial port device of some sort.  Or for actuator motors in robotics.  
> Someday I wanted to experiment with robotics, but that's someday.
> 
> Well, anyway how would you do this with Python? Or do you need
> something else?
> 
> Out of curiousity, if there are examples for an actuator motor that
> would be cool too.

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