Thread: Input via the serial port for a C program

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    Question Input via the serial port for a C program

    Hello
    I am doing a electronics cource at the moment and have done some C++ programming but not alot, what I need to know is whats requried for a C program to read data from the serial port, I know about reading data from a file.

    The reason I ask is because I would like to send data from a 8051 to the com port and have a C program read and store the data.

    Any information or links would be helpful.
    Thanks Anthony

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    I've just done a board search
    "serial port" Showing results 1 to 25 of 207
    Which of those is confusing you?

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    I did a search and using "serial port" and your right there is a heap of information.
    I'll start reading

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