Add custom Stream support and AltSoftSerial example!

Author: arduino12

examples/altsoftserial_based/altsoftserial_based.ino

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * A simple example to interface with rdm6300 rfid reader using AltSoftSerial.
+ * We use AltSoftSerial uart instead of the default software uart driver.
+ *
+ * Connections:
+ *     | Board            | RX Pin | PWM Unusable | Pin Unusable |
+ *     |------------------+--------+--------------+--------------|
+ *     | Teensy 3.0 & 3.1 |     20 |           22 |           21 |
+ *     | Teensy 2.0       |     10 |            - |            9 |
+ *     | Teensy++ 2.0     |      4 |       26, 27 |           25 |
+ *     | Arduino Uno      |      8 |           10 |            9 |
+ *     | Arduino Leonardo |     13 |            - |            5 |
+ *     | Arduino Mega     |     48 |       44, 45 |           46 |
+ *     | Wiring-S         |      6 |            4 |            5 |
+ *     | Sanguino         |     14 |           12 |           13 |
+ *
+ * Arad Eizen (https://github.com/arduino12) 08/05/19, 09/06/19, 22/06/19.
+ */
+
+#include <rdm6300.h>
+#include <AltSoftSerial.h>
+
+#define RDM6300_RX_PIN 8
+#define READ_LED_PIN 13
+
+Rdm6300 rdm6300;
+AltSoftSerial alt_soft_serial;
+
+
+void setup()
+{
+	Serial.begin(115200);
+
+	pinMode(READ_LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
+	digitalWrite(READ_LED_PIN, LOW);
+
+	alt_soft_serial.begin(RDM6300_BAUDRATE);
+	rdm6300.begin(&alt_soft_serial);
+
+	Serial.println("\nPlace RFID tag near the rdm6300...");
+}
+
+void loop()
+{
+	/* if non-zero tag_id, update() returns true- a new tag is near! */
+	if (rdm6300.update())
+		Serial.println(rdm6300.get_tag_id(), HEX);
+
+	digitalWrite(READ_LED_PIN, rdm6300.is_tag_near());
+
+	delay(10);
+}

library.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rdm6300",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "1.1.4",
   "keywords": "rdm6300, rfid",
   "description": "A simple library to interface with rdm6300 rfid reader.",
   "repository":

library.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=Rdm6300
-version=1.1.3
+version=1.1.4
 author=Arad Eizen
 maintainer=Arad Eizen <https://github.com/arduino12>
 sentence=A simple library to interface with rdm6300 rfid reader.

src/rdm6300.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 #include <Arduino.h>
 
 
+void Rdm6300::begin(Stream *stream)
+{
+	_stream = stream;
+	if (!_stream)
+		return;
+	_stream->setTimeout(RDM6300_READ_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
 void Rdm6300::begin(int rx_pin, uint8_t uart_nr)
 {
 	/* init serial port to rdm6300 baud, without TX, and 20ms read timeout */
@@ -28,9 +36,7 @@ void Rdm6300::begin(int rx_pin, uint8_t uart_nr)
 		_software_serial->begin(RDM6300_BAUDRATE);
 	}
 #endif
-	if (!_stream)
-		return;
-	_stream->setTimeout(RDM6300_READ_TIMEOUT);
+	begin(_stream);
 }
 
 void Rdm6300::end()

src/rdm6300.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 class Rdm6300
 {
 	public:
+		void begin(Stream *stream);
 		void begin(int rxPin, uint8_t uart_nr=1);
 		void end(void);
 		bool update(void);