Mastering Internet of Things

Communicating with the Arduino

The Arduino is accessed using Firmata. To do that, we use the Windows.Devices.Enumeration, Microsoft.Maker.RemoteWiring, and Microsoft.Maker.Serial namespaces, available in the Windows-Remote-Arduino NuGet. We begin by enumerating all the devices it finds:

DeviceInformationCollection Devices =  
   await UsbSerial.listAvailableDevicesAsync(); 
foreach (DeviceInformationDeviceInfo in Devices) 
{ 

If our Arduino device is found, we will have to connect to it using USB:

if (DeviceInfo.IsEnabled&&DeviceInfo.Name.StartsWith("Arduino")) { Log.Informational("Connecting to " + DeviceInfo.Name); this.arduinoUsb = new UsbSerial(DeviceInfo); this.arduinoUsb.ConnectionEstablished += () => Log.Informational("USB connection established."); ...