bevy_serial

bevy_serial is a plugin to add non-blocking serial communication to bevy. This plugin is based on mio-serial that can realize non-blocking high-performance I/O.

Reading and writing from/to serial port is realized via bevy's event system. Each serial port is handled via port name or a unique label you choose. These event handlers are added to the following stage to minimize the frame delay.

• Reading: PreUpdate
• Writing: PostUpdate

Usage

Simple Example

Here is a simple example:

use bevy::prelude::*;
use bevy_serial::{SerialPlugin, SerialReadMessage, SerialWriteMessage};

// to write data to serial port periodically
#[derive(Resource)]
struct SerialWriteTimer(Timer);

const SERIAL_PORT: &str = "/dev/ttyUSB0";

fn main() {
    App::new()
        .add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
        // simply specify port name and baud rate for `SerialPlugin`
        .add_plugins(SerialPlugin::new(SERIAL_PORT, 115200))
        // to write data to serial port periodically (every 1 second)
        .insert_resource(SerialWriteTimer(Timer::from_seconds(
            1.0,
            TimerMode::Repeating,
        )))
        // reading and writing from/to serial port is achieved via bevy's event system
        .add_systems(Update, read_serial)
        .add_systems(Update, write_serial)
        .run();
}

// reading event for serial port
fn read_serial(mut reader: MessageReader<SerialReadMessage>) {
    // you can get label of the port and received data buffer from `SerialReadMessage`
    for SerialReadMessage(label, buffer) in reader.read() {
        let s = String::from_utf8(buffer.clone()).unwrap();
        println!("Received packet from {label}: {s}");
    }
}

// writing event for serial port
fn write_serial(
    mut writer: MessageWriter<SerialWriteMessage>,
    mut timer: ResMut<SerialWriteTimer>,
    time: Res<Time>,
) {
    // write msg to serial port every 1 second not to flood serial port
    if timer.0.tick(time.delta()).just_finished() {
        // you can write to serial port via `SerialWriteMessage` with label and buffer to write
        let buffer = b"Hello, bevy!";
        writer.write(SerialWriteMessage(SERIAL_PORT.to_string(), buffer.to_vec()));
    }
}

Multiple Serial Ports with Additional Config

You can add multiple serial ports with additional config.

App::new()
    .add_plugins(MinimalPlugins)
    // you can specify various configurations for multiple serial ports by this way
    .add_plugins(SerialPlugin::new_with_config(vec![SerialConfig {
        label: Some(SERIAL_LABEL.to_string()),
        port_name: SERIAL_PORT.to_string(),
        baud_rate: 115200,
        data_bits: DataBits::Eight,
        flow_control: FlowControl::None,
        parity: Parity::None,
        stop_bits: StopBits::One,
        timeout: Duration::from_millis(0),
        read_buffer_len: 2048,
        read_result_handler: Some(Arc::new(|label, result| {
            println!("Read result of {label}: {result:?}");
        })),
        write_result_handler: Some(Arc::new(|label, result| {
            println!("Write result of {label}: {result:?}");
        })),
    }]))
    // reading and writing from/to serial port is achieved via bevy's event system
    .add_systems(Update, read_serial)
    .add_systems(Update, write_serial)
    .run();

Development

pre-commit hooks

Install pre-commit and hooks (pre-commit/pre-push) hooks if you need:

pre-commit install --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type pre-push

To uninstall:

pre-commit uninstall --hook-type pre-commit --hook-type pre-push

Supported Versions

License

Dual-licensed under either

• MIT
• Apache 2.0