This patch receives an ASCII-encoded decimal string that ends with a linefeed and carriage return in the serial port, and converts it to a number. A Wiring/Arduino program to send data to it follows. It’s based on an example by Jamie Allen.
To use the patch, copy the text and paste it into a new max patch window.
Thanks to David Mellis and Jamie Allen for the collaboration. These patches were written for a one-day Arduino workshop at NIME 07 hosted by the three of us. The Arduino program comes from the Arduino example files, by David Mellis.