Serial Port Data Reader

This function reads data from a specified serial port and returns the read data as a string.

Technology Stack : PySerial

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def read_serial_data(port, baudrate, timeout=1):
    import serial
    ser = serial.Serial(port, baudrate, timeout=timeout)
    data = ser.read_all().decode('utf-8')
    ser.close()
    return data