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May 20, 2010
by CyberGod
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Hi, I am trying to read the output on the serial port on windows using putty as my client but all I see is garbage. What settings do I need to put, I have the correct COM port and all else is by default. This is how I write to the serial port:

uart_init(); FILE uart_stream = FDEV_SETUP_STREAM(uart_putchar, uart_getchar, _FDEV_SETUP_RW); stdin = stdout = &uart_stream; printf_P(PSTR("%.2f Volumern"), somevariablehere);

Thanks!

May 20, 2010
by hevans
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Hi Cybergod,

The default baudrate on Putty is not right, you have to set it to 115200. There is a screenshot of the proper Putty configuration on our Servo Squirter tutorial.

Humberto

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