pyserial - How to read the last line sent from a serial device

Question

I have an Arduino connected to my computer running a loop, sending a value over the serial port back to the computer every 100 ms.

I want to make a Python scr

Answer 1

Here's an example using a wrapper that allows you to read the most recent line without 100% CPU

class ReadLine:
    """
    pyserial object wrapper for reading line
    source: https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial/issues/216
    """
    def __init__(self, s):
        self.buf = bytearray()
        self.s = s

    def readline(self):
        i = self.buf.find(b"\n")
        if i >= 0:
            r = self.buf[:i + 1]
            self.buf = self.buf[i + 1:]
            return r
        while True:
            i = max(1, min(2048, self.s.in_waiting))
            data = self.s.read(i)
            i = data.find(b"\n")
            if i >= 0:
                r = self.buf + data[:i + 1]
                self.buf[0:] = data[i + 1:]
                return r
            else:
                self.buf.extend(data)

s = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyS0')
device = ReadLine(s)
while True:
    print(device.readline())