Serial.print() is used to display the reading.

The circuit coonection is as given below:

 Potentiometer attached to analog input 0

 Center pin of the potentiometer to the analog pin
 One side pin (either one) to ground
 The other side pin to +5V
 LED anode (long leg) attached to digital output 13
 LED cathode (short leg) attached to ground

Note: Pin 13 is mostly preferred for testing purpose because most Arduinos have a built-in LED
attached to pin 13 on the board, the LED is optional.

You can see the readings from Serial Monitor. It can be accessed by pressing the
shortcut ‘Ctrl+Shift+M’or you can access it from Tools > serial monitor as shown below.
The programme code is given below :

int sensorPin = A0; // select the input pin for the potentiometer
int ledPin = 13; // select the pin for the LED
int sensorValue = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor

void setup() {
// start serial port at 9600 bps:
Serial.begin(9600);
// declare the ledPin as an OUTPUT:
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
// read the value from the sensor:
sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);
Serial.print(sensorValue); // print ADC value of analog reading
// turn the ledPin on
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
 // stop the program for milliseconds:
delay(sensorValue);
// turn the ledPin off:
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
// stop the program for for milliseconds:
delay(sensorValue);
}
You can vary the analog reading by adjusting the potentiometer. This tutorial only helps you to build a
basic knowledge about ADC usage in ARDUINO. In spite of this, there are many applications for ADC
pins.
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Arduino and Visual Basic Part 1: Receiving Data From

the Arduino
Posted on June 8, 2015
After creating the dropControllerBT app and realizing how much easier controlling the
dropController device is through the app I started to think about creating a PC app. I haven’t done
any PC programming for many years and so I looked at what various options are currently available.
Visual Basic kept being recommended for ease of use and quick development. Visual Basic comes as
part of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Suite and I initially download and played with Visual Studio
Express which in turn lead to Visual Studio Community. Both are free for personal use.

Visual Studio Express is a striped down version of the larger packages and has some major
limitations. Visual Studio 2013 Community, on the other hand, is a full featured IDE and
development system free to use for students, open source contributors and small development teams.
It includes several languages but for now I am only interested in Visual Basic.

Visual Studio 2013 Community is available for download at https://www.visualstudio.com/en-

us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx. The download is just the installer which will
download the main program from the internet. If, like me, you prefer an off line installer, you can get
one at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9863609
The main download page is at https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs
After installing the software it took me a while and many Google searches before I started to figure
out the IDE. For me, fully learning the IDE is beyond what I want and have time for but over the
course of a weekend I managed to create my first working program. A simple example of receiving
data from the Arduino.

Arduino to Visual Basic 2013 Communication

The example uses a very simply form and shows what ever it recieves from the Arduino in a text
box.

The Arduino Sketch

The Arduino Sketch sends the string “1234” over the serial connection once every second. At the
same time it blinks the built in LED on pin 13.
/*
* Sketch Arduino and Visual Basic Part 1 - Receiving Data From the Arduino
*
* send "1234" over a serial connection once a second
*
*/

byte LEDpin = 13;

void setup()
{
pinMode(LEDpin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
Serial.println("1234");
digitalWrite(LEDpin,HIGH);
delay(100);
digitalWrite(LEDpin,LOW);
delay(900);
}
To test that the sketch is working you can open the serial monitor:

You are likely to be using a different COM port.

The Visual Basic Program
Here is the form:
The form includes:
– a drop down list that contains the available COM ports
– a Connect / Dis-connect button.
– a label to show if the timer is active or not
– a text box where the received data is displayed.
– a CLEAR button that clears the contents of the text box.

And here is the program:

'Simple example of receiving serial data
'written in Visual Basic 2013
'

Imports System
Imports System.IO.Ports

Public Class Form1

Dim comPORT As String
Dim receivedData As String = ""

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles My

Timer1.Enabled = False
comPORT = ""
For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
comPort_ComboBox.Items.Add(sp)
Next
End Sub

Private Sub comPort_ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

comPort_ComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged
If (comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem <> "") Then
comPORT = comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem
End If
End Sub

Private Sub connect_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles connect_BTN.Click

If (connect_BTN.Text = "Connect") Then
If (comPORT <> "") Then
SerialPort1.Close()
SerialPort1.PortName = comPORT
SerialPort1.BaudRate = 9600
SerialPort1.DataBits = 8
SerialPort1.Parity = Parity.None
SerialPort1.StopBits = StopBits.One
SerialPort1.Handshake = Handshake.None
SerialPort1.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default
SerialPort1.ReadTimeout = 10000

SerialPort1.Open()
connect_BTN.Text = "Dis-connect"
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: ON"
Else
 MsgBox("Select a COM port first")
End If
Else
SerialPort1.Close()
connect_BTN.Text = "Connect"
Timer1.Enabled = False
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: OFF"
End If

End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick

receivedData = ReceiveSerialData()
RichTextBox1.Text &= receivedData
End Sub

Function ReceiveSerialData() As String

Dim Incoming As String
Try
Incoming = SerialPort1.ReadExisting()
If Incoming Is Nothing Then
Return "nothing" & vbCrLf
Else
Return Incoming
End If
Catch ex As TimeoutException
Return "Error: Serial Port read timed out."
End Try

End Function

Private Sub clear_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles clear_BTN.Click

RichTextBox1.Text = ""
End Sub

End Class

The program in Detail

I am using two global variables; comPORT and receivedData. comPORT is the COM port selected
by the user and should be the one the Arduino is connected to. receivedData is the data received on
the selected COM port
Dim comPORT As String
Dim receivedData As String = ""

When the program is first run, the Form1_Load() subroutine populates the COM port combo box /
drop down list with the available COM ports. The program then waits for the user to pick one.
 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
MyBase.Load
Timer1.Enabled = False
comPORT = ""
For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
comPort_ComboBox.Items.Add(sp)
Next
End Sub

When the user selects a COM port, the value is copied to the variable comPORT. This is not really
necessary as the selected value can be read from the combo box but I like to keep this kind of data in
easy to use variables.
Private Sub comPort_ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Ha
comPort_ComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged
If (comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem <> "") Then
comPORT = comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem
End If
End Sub

Sub connect_BTN_Click() triggers when the user clicks on the Connect button. The first thing the
routine does is determine if the user is connecting or dis-connecting. The same button is used for
both.
If connecting, and comPORT is not empty, then the serial port properties are set, the serial port is
opened and the timer is started. To show that the timer is active the timer label is updated to “Timer:
ON”.
If comPORT is empty a message is displayed telling the user to select a COM port first.
If dis-connecting, the serial port is closed, the timer is stopped and the timer label is updated to
“Timer: OFF”.

The Timer label is there purely for debugging.

Private Sub connect_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles
connect_BTN.Click
If (connect_BTN.Text = "Connect") Then
If (comPORT <> "") Then
SerialPort1.Close()
SerialPort1.PortName = comPORT
SerialPort1.BaudRate = 9600
SerialPort1.DataBits = 8
SerialPort1.Parity = Parity.None
SerialPort1.StopBits = StopBits.One
SerialPort1.Handshake = Handshake.None
SerialPort1.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default 'very
important!
SerialPort1.ReadTimeout = 10000

SerialPort1.Open()
connect_BTN.Text = "Dis-connect"
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: ON"
Else
MsgBox("Select a COM port first")
End If
 Else
SerialPort1.Close()
connect_BTN.Text = "Connect"
Timer1.Enabled = False
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: OFF"
End If
End Sub

A timer is used to check for incoming data. The timer is set to trigger every 500ms or half a second
and when triggered it calls the Timer1_Tick() routine. For this example 500ms is fast enough. For
more complex tasks the timing may need to be adjusted.

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

Timer1.Tick
receivedData = ReceiveSerialData()
RichTextBox1.Text &= receivedData
End Sub

Timer1_Tick() calls a second subroutine that checks to see if there is any serial data and if there is it
then copies the incoming data to the receivedData variable.
receivedData is then added to the textbox.
Function ReceiveSerialData() As String
Dim Incoming As String
Try
Incoming = SerialPort1.ReadExisting()
If Incoming Is Nothing Then
Return "nothing" & vbCrLf
Else
Return Incoming
End If
Catch ex As TimeoutException
Return "Error: Serial Port read timed out."
End Try

End Function
The final subroutine, Sub clear_BTN_Click(), simply resets the contents of the text box.
Private Sub clear_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles
clear_BTN.Click
RichTextBox1.Text = ""
End Sub

Trouble Shooting
If you are not receiving data in the VB program but the Arduinos serial monitor works then on the
serial port within VB, set “DtrEnable = true” and “RtsEnable = true”. Thank you Banause for the tip.
This seems to be required for the Arduino Leonardo.

This is a very simple example that I used to learn the basics on making a serial connection between
the Arduino and a computer. As such the code can be made much better.
– The COM port is left open all the time and for more complex applications it may be better to open
and close the port as required.
– The application simply displays what ever data is received. There is no error checking. To make it
more reliable and to ensure you have all the data it would be better if the data was enclosed in start
and end tags and then parsed.

For more information on serial communication with the Arduino and using start and end makers take
a look at Robin2’s Serial Input Basics on the Arduino forum.

Download
Download the Visual Basic project files and the Arduino sketch

ArduinoVisualBasicSerial.zip 87.82 KB
Download

You will need to have Visual Studio installed to use the VB project files.

Next Steps
In part 2 we take this further. And in part 3 we start to control an Arduino
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61 THOUGHTS ON “ARDUINO AND VISUAL BASIC PART 1: RECEIVING DATA FROM THE ARDUINO”

1. Kid on July 6, 2015 at 12:32 pm said:

Great help. :D
I’m a newbie at this and I keep receiving this one error in VB..
Error 1 ‘comPort_ComboBox’ is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.
I copied the entire code exactly as it is and I’m using visual basic express 2010.
Any idea on what I must be doing wrong?

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2. Martyn on July 7, 2015 at 12:16 pm said:

Try deleting the combo box and recreating it. Remember to give the new combo box the same name
“comPort_ComboBox”

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4. Igor on August 28, 2015 at 3:52 pm said:

Hi I’m having a problem that I cant figure out. I would appreciate if you can help.
When I try to read serial data from Arduino to Visual Basic I get nothing in the text field. It works
fine with Arduino’s own serial monitor, but VB program sees nothin. I even copied your code
exactly and it still doesn’t work. Other examples I found on internet don’t work either. I’m on VB
2013 Ultimate btw.

Thanks

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o Essaon March 16, 2016 at 8:01 pm said:

Hi Igor

I’m too face this issue , I use VB 2013 and Arduino Leonardo board ,when I replace the board with
Mega ADK …there is no problem…
It works very good ..

Thanks Martyn for this helpful great topic

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 Martynon March 17, 2016 at 7:18 am said:

Since the program uses basic serial communication it should work with all versions of the Arduino
and other microprocessors.

If the Arduino serial monitor is working then there is no reason the VB program should not work.
There are a few things worth remembering:
– You cannot have two connections to the same Arduino. If the serial monitor is open then VB
cannot use the COM port.
– Double check the baud rates.
– If you have changed any of the serial properties (data bits, parity, encoding, etc) change them back
to the defaults.

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o Banauseon May 17, 2016 at 9:25 am said:

Hi, i had this problem so long and didnt know how to fix it. But now i found the solution. Klick on
the Serialport in the Form1, then you have to set “DtrEnable = true” and “RtsEnable = true”. Now it
should work.

I know my english inst that good, but i hope u can understand what i wanted to say :D
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 karlon January 4, 2017 at 12:23 pm said:

Hi Banause,
Thanks for the tip.
I had the same issue with Arduino Leonardo. Problem solved after following your tip.

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5. Martyn on August 29, 2015 at 2:10 am said:

If the serial monitor is working then you should be able to connect through VB. Use the downloaded
programs rather than copy paste from the website. Does the VB program compile OK?

A couple of basic things to check (sorry if they seem patronising),

– confirm you are using the correct COM port.
– check that the baud rate is correct. The above program uses 9600

Can you connect (are you getting an error message)?

Does the timer change to ON when you connect?

Only one connection to a COM port can be made at a time. If you open the serial monitor then you
block VB and vice a versa.

You can also try using a different serial terminal such as putty.

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7. zaid on November 20, 2015 at 12:13 am said:

helo
I’m new to VB and I’m trying developing a VBA application to send and receive data to an RFID
reader and put the result into Microsoft Access.
pless help me?

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o Martynon November 21, 2015 at 6:08 am said:

I can’t help directly but I would suggest you break the project down in to smaller parts. Get the
Arduino + RFID working, get the MS Access side working and then put them together. My examples
can help with the communication between Arduino and VB.

If not already a member, join the Arduino forum at http://forum.arduino.cc/ you will get help there.
Also, search for Arduino and RFID. There are many guides online.
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8. skatefish on April 18, 2016 at 3:09 pm said:

hello sir. may i know how to read multiple sensors reading and show in different textbox for each
reading? please sir

thanks

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o Martynon April 19, 2016 at 5:27 am said:

See http://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-and-visual-basic-part-2-receiving-data-from-the-arduino-
part-2/
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 skatefishon April 19, 2016 at 5:45 pm said:

thanks sir

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 9. JR on April 24, 2016 at 7:18 pm said:

i dont understand this line ” If (comPORT “”) Then ” form code what does it mean?

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o Martynon April 25, 2016 at 4:52 am said:

If (comPORT <> “”) Then ….

If comPORT is empty / not equal to nothing then try to make a connection.

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10. Bitnicker on May 15, 2016 at 11:37 am said:

I tried this code to get really fast into listening to the arduino, while submitting the values from
AnalogIn (A0). But reading the whole values is sometimes to much data. Remember, you read the
whole buffer once without disposing the buffer.

So I have altered the code

from

[code]
Incoming = SerialPort1.ReadExisting()
[/code]

to
[code]
Incoming = SerialPort1.ReadLine()
SerialPort1.DiscardInBuffer()
[/code]
Now it runs pretty good and replies actual data.

(Hope this blog reads the code tags right. If not, just ignore the tags.)

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11. Dan Farber on May 28, 2016 at 4:06 pm said:

Very nice and interesting article. Thank you

Question1?- when is part 2 due?-
Question 2?- will this program work with windows XP?

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o Martynon May 29, 2016 at 2:46 pm said:

Part 2 – http://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-and-visual-basic-part-2-receiving-data-from-the-
arduino-part-2/
Part 3 – http://www.martyncurrey.com/arduino-and-visual-basic-part-3-controlling-an-arduino/
for XP you need to select .NET version 4 or lower. Project => Properties => Application.
If XP is 32 bit, also select any CPU.

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12. Bejo on June 23, 2016 at 4:48 am said:

Great, Thank you.. work well

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 13. Chuck Hayes on July 14, 2016 at 6:40 pm said:

I am trying to receive a signal if a limit switch is enabled. All I need is to know how to make a
Boolean true in VB.NET. If the switch is closed send a signal either through USB or serial to the
computer. I am pretty good at VB. I am not really sure what Adruino board to buy or how to talk to
the board. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chuck

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o Martynon July 15, 2016 at 2:33 am said:

If using just one switch then any Arduino would be suitable.

Start by looking at the main boards; Uno, Mega, Nano. The Uno and Nano are very similar (mainly a
different size). The Mega adds extra hardware (additional hardware serial ports) and functions but is
bigger and more expensive.

When making permanent projects I tend to use Nanos. They are small and easy to work with.

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14. Henry on August 21, 2016 at 5:01 pm said:

Excellent post, friend.

You helped me a lot.
Thank you so much.
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15. Aulia on August 24, 2016 at 11:18 pm said:

very nice tutorial with detail explanation, Thank you and keep update..!

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16. fresh on November 26, 2016 at 7:51 pm said:

hello my english is not very well…..thx for this post it helps me to understand more visual basic
because im a beginner. i have a projekt with an arduino uno and an xbee shield with an xbee module
on the pc side i have also an xbee now i woul like to receive the data on the pc i get the commands
from the print function from the arduino but the problem is that they are only for a short time
displayed on the textbox can you help me please that the data is stored in the textbox

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o Martynon November 27, 2016 at 3:24 am said:

Not really sure I understand. Is the textbox being cleared or is the data scrolling up too fast?

It may be worth while having a look at part 2 and part 3. These show how to use different commands.

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 17. juju on January 13, 2017 at 10:18 am said:

Hello Martyn,

First of all, thank you very much for your tutorial which is one of the few and complete on the
internet. You are also one of the few people who answer questions. I can not integrate a Bluetooth
connection with your example that will allow me to have a wireless connection to manage a relay
card. Could you advise me to connect a relay with bluetooth and vb.net?

Thank you very much for your help and continue to make tuto that is great

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o Martynon January 14, 2017 at 3:10 am said:

Take a look at the next 2 posts. Part 3 is the most helpful but go through part 2 first.

To control a set of relays you can adapt the example in part 3. Simply use the same number of
buttons as you have relays.

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18. Aaron on January 21, 2017 at 8:15 pm said:

Thank you! You helped me so much. I’ve understand it and have modified it. So then.

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 19. Mustafa Abdalwahid noori on February 7, 2017 at 7:58 am said:

i try to be use the rfid tag as password .. but i get not found when i write same code it worked !
If (TextBox1.Text = ” 212 79 21 219″) Then

Form3.Show()
Else
MsgBox(“not found”)
End If

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20. afaquaholic on February 8, 2017 at 2:04 am said:

so oddly I had one board (pro micro) that didn’t read, and another (uno) that did, so no idea why your
hint with setting the serialport.rtsenable and serialport.dtrenable to true worked,, but i had been
struggling with that for a long time. Thanks for that tip.

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21. Mateusz Krajewski on February 18, 2017 at 12:12 pm said:

Hello,
When i run my program I get error : AAccess denied to the port ‘COM3′. What can iI do?
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o Mateusz Krajewskion February 20, 2017 at 7:57 am said:

Solution, you can’t have open serial port monitor while you use VB program

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22. Henrik Lauridsen on February 21, 2017 at 7:39 am said:

Hi Martyn,
Great site and very good explanations. Thank you for sharing.
Please continue your great work.
/Henrik

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23. Thomas on February 22, 2017 at 12:45 pm said:

Hey Guys!

I hope someone can help.

I did stopwatch in my visual studio program, but i cant start my stopwatch with “command”.

For example

Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles RichTextBox1.TextChanged
If TextBox1.Text = “Motion detected!” Then
Timer2.Start()
Stopwatch.Start()
End If
End Sub
….
Someone know how can i solve this problem ? What private sub i need to use?

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24. ying liu on March 6, 2017 at 1:55 pm said:

Thank you for your article, which is exactly what i am looking for!
Question: is there any way to avoiding COM select? if the Form only work with Arduino, Can i make
it automatically connect with Arduino Board?

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o Martynon March 8, 2017 at 1:17 pm said:

You can hard code the COM port if will only ever use the same Arduino and you never reset the
assigned USB port.

The form will work with anything that uses usb for serial communication. This can be another
microprocessor or something else.

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25. karakoram on May 11, 2017 at 2:54 pm said:

First I would like to thank you for this helpful tutorial, I would like to inquire or rather consult my
experience while studying this program, I have followed all the stages that have been described, the
program can be run well without error warning appears, all COM Can be detected on combobox, but
when I have selected one COM in Combobox, the program is not running properly, it always appears
msgBox that I have to choose Comport first, but I have chosen one of them, is it because I use
VB2010 so there is little difference of setting , I hope you can give me help, thank you :)
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o Martynon May 12, 2017 at 7:22 am said:

The message is generated when comPORT is empty:

If (comPORT <> “”) Then

SerialPort1.Close()
SerialPort1.PortName = comPORT
SerialPort1.BaudRate = 9600
SerialPort1.DataBits = 8
SerialPort1.Parity = Parity.None
SerialPort1.StopBits = StopBits.One
SerialPort1.Handshake = Handshake.None
SerialPort1.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default
SerialPort1.ReadTimeout = 10000

SerialPort1.Open()
connect_BTN.Text = “Dis-connect”
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer_LBL.Text = “Timer: ON”
Else
MsgBox(“Select a COM port first”)
End If

If this is not working test the value of comPORT after you click the connect button. See what value it
has.

You can use the textbox to display the value of comPORT or any other messages:
RichTextBox1.Text &= “my message” & vbCrLf

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26. Raheel Ansari on May 20, 2017 at 6:21 am said:

great work..
please make any projects using arduino rfid and visual basic
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27. Sloba on August 4, 2017 at 2:35 pm said:

Why this will not work ??

If receivedData = “1111” Then

lb_status.Text = “OK!”
Else
lb_status.Text = “nOK!”
End If

It’s always a nOK and when 1111 comes out of the serial??

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28. Anthony Devlin on August 21, 2017 at 9:54 am said:

Hi there,

Completely new to visual basic; when i use this code my visual basic wants me to declare
“serialport1″ as it cannot be found (for the connect_BTN_Click sub)

Any help would be appreciated.

Anthony

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 o Martynon August 22, 2017 at 12:39 pm said:
Are you using the files from the download or are you copy/pasting?
If copy/paste download the example files.

Are you using Visual Studio 2013 Community?

This is the only IDE I have tried. I cannot guarantee the code will work in other versions (although it
should).

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29. Erwin on August 24, 2017 at 11:03 pm said:

So simple yet very helpful. Many thanks sir. :)

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30. Evgeny on September 13, 2017 at 8:40 am said:

Hi Martyn,
when I try to compile the VB program I get 2 mistakes-
1) BC30506 Handles clause requires a WithEvents variable defined in the containing type or one of
its base types. Relates to this line -Private Sub ComPort_ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(sender
As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles comPort_ComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged
2) BC30451 ‘comPort_ComboBox’ is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.
Relates to all lines with comPort_ComboBox

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. Can u help with these mistakes please?!

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 o Martynon September 14, 2017 at 5:03 am said:
Hi,k

unfortunately I cannot help with this. I only have VS 2013 and the code compiles fine with this
version.

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 Evgenyon September 14, 2017 at 7:31 am said:

I’ve caught all issues, thanks any way :)
do u now how to convert 2 bytes in richtexbox to the ASCII?

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31. Muhammad Sameer on September 23, 2017 at 10:23 am said:

Awesome detailed project and great share

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32. baank83 on November 7, 2017 at 3:07 pm said:

I have same article which guide to make communication serial between Arduino and Visual C++.
Any reader interested, please visit our blogspot:
http://engineer2you.blogspot.com/2016/12/arduino-serial-communication-visual.html

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 33. Opart on January 31, 2018 at 7:44 am said:

Dear Martyn,
First I want to say Thank you very much for your sharing. Now I having problem only output data.
For Example ,
my message
31/01/18,14:39:28,0067.1
31/01/18,14:39:28,0067.1
31/01/18,14:39:28,0067.1
my message
31/01/18,14:39:28,0067.1
31/01/18,14:39:29,0067.1
my message
31/01/18,14:39:29,0067.1
31/01/18,14:39:29,0067.1

31/01/18my message <<<<<< so weird , It takes about 2-4 sec to appear one.
,14:39:29,0067.1
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Please help me , Thank you.

Opart

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34. nikhil on February 13, 2018 at 10:54 am said:

I want to display data in bar chart. Arduino will send data and it will be displayed on bar chart. Like
spectrum of frequency.
Request you to help
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o Martynon February 13, 2018 at 11:01 am said:

I can’t help at this time but google visualbasic bar chart for lots of guides.

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35. VP on February 28, 2018 at 6:29 pm said:

Thank you very much for the article. Especially for the troubleshooting comment about RTS and
DTR, Would never be able to figure out myself why with the same sketch UNO R3 is responding and
Pro Micro is not. While the serial monitor shows no problem for both. Now by setting them Enable,
the Pro Micro works fine, and VB stopped reading from UNO R3 …

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36. Sri Krishna on December 23, 2018 at 9:53 am said:

Hi,

I am working on Azure IoT project using MXchip AZ3166 board. I installed visual basic studio and
Arduino. I installed Azure IoT workbench Dev kit in visual basic. I configured Aurdino path in it.
When I compiled a sample projects from Azure IoT workbench I am encountering a error stating that
install Arduino or add Arduino path and another error unable to find Aurdino path.

Kindly anyone suggest me some solutions to solve this error. Thank you.

Sri Krishna
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37. Les on February 17, 2019 at 9:44 pm said:

Where is SerialPort1 declared in VB code?

I don’t see it in the code sections of the article nor the downloaded VB code.

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o Martynon February 18, 2019 at 9:52 am said:

The serial port does not need to be declared. It is declared in the designer by including in the
program.

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C ### visual part

Imports System
Imports System.IO.Ports

Public Class Form1

Dim comPORT As String

Dim receivedData As String = ""

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Handles MyBase.Load
Timer1.Enabled = False
comPORT = ""
For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
comPort_ComboBox.Items.Add(sp)
Next
End Sub

Private Sub comPort_ComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

Handles comPort_ComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged
If (comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem <> "") Then
comPORT = comPort_ComboBox.SelectedItem
End If
End Sub

Private Sub connect_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

connect_BTN.Click
If (connect_BTN.Text = "Connect") Then
If (comPORT <> "") Then
SerialPort1.Close()
SerialPort1.PortName = comPORT
SerialPort1.BaudRate = 38400
SerialPort1.DataBits = 8
SerialPort1.Parity = Parity.None
SerialPort1.StopBits = StopBits.One
SerialPort1.Handshake = Handshake.None
SerialPort1.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default 'very important!
SerialPort1.ReadTimeout = 10000

SerialPort1.Open()
connect_BTN.Text = "Dis-connect"
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: ON"
Else
MsgBox("Select a COM port first")
End If
 Else
SerialPort1.Close()
connect_BTN.Text = "Connect"
Timer1.Enabled = False
Timer_LBL.Text = "Timer: OFF"
End If

End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick

receivedData = ReceiveSerialData()
RichTextBox1.Text &= receivedData
End Sub

Function ReceiveSerialData() As String

Dim Incoming As String
Try
Incoming = SerialPort1.ReadExisting()
If Incoming Is Nothing Then
Return "nothing" & vbCrLf
Else
Return Incoming
End If
Catch ex As TimeoutException
Return "Error: Serial Port read timed out."
End Try

End Function

Private Sub clear_BTN_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles clear_BTN.Click

RichTextBox1.Text = ""
End Sub

End Class
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