in reply to Blocking on serial port!

Does read(14) block until it gets 14 bytes? or will it return fewer bytes? try checking the returned count.

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Re^2: Blocking on serial port!
by jabidof (Initiate) on Apr 26, 2013 at 13:12 UTC
    Yes, read(14) blocks till 14 bytes are received. Thing is I'm sure there are 14 bytes sent every 250ms. I could verify in many ways. Thanks!
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