Random Serial Port Connector

This function randomly selects a serial port from the provided list and connects to it using the specified baudrate and timeout. If the port list is empty, it raises a ValueError exception.

Technology Stack : PySerial

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import serial
import random

def random_serial_port_connection(port_list, baudrate=9600, timeout=1):
    """
    Connects to a random serial port from the provided list with specified baudrate and timeout.
    """
    if not port_list:
        raise ValueError("Port list is empty")
    
    port = random.choice(port_list)
    ser = serial.Serial(port, baudrate, timeout=timeout)
    return ser