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Matlab code to plot values from port in real time

March 12, 2013 Coded in Matlab

Plots values from specified com port from the system and shows it in real time. Format is "value1$value2*value3#

clc
clear all
close all
s1 = serial('COM26', 'BaudRate', 57600);
set(s1,'Terminator',35);
    fopen(s1);
V=[];
val='';
time=200;
count=0;
f=0;
 %   **********************************************************************
 %    Read Serial values
tic
tt=toc;
while(tt<time)
    val=fscanf(s1);
    tt=toc;
  
%########################################################################
 A=[];
 B=[];
 C=[];
 b=[];
 x=[];
 j=1;
 

     if(j<numel(val))
         while(val(j)~='$')
             a=val(j);
             b=[b,a];
             j=j+1;
         end
         A=[A,str2num(b)];
         j=j+1;
         b=[];
         while(val(j)~='*')
             a=val(j);
             b=[b,a];
             j=j+1;
         end
         B=[B,str2num(b)];
         j=j+1;
         b=[];
         while(val(j)~='#')
             a=val(j);
             b=[b,a];
             j=j+1;
         end
         C=[C,str2num(b)];
         i=j;
         b=[];
         f=f+i;
     end
     
x=[x,round(toc)];
if(~(isempty(A)&&isempty(B)&&isempty(C)))
    subplot(1,2,1)
    plot(x,A,'--rs','LineWidth',2,'MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','r','MarkerSize',5);
    hold on % if u want this in different graph remove hold on and add "figure" command before each graph;
    plot(x,B,'--rs','LineWidth',2,'MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','g','MarkerSize',5);
    grid on;
    subplot(1,2,2)
    plot(x,(B/(A+B))*100,'--rs','LineWidth',2,'MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','m','MarkerSize',5);
    hold on
    plot(x,C,'--rs','LineWidth',2,'MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','b','MarkerSize',5);
    grid on;
    pause(.01);
end

end
hold off
fclose(s1);

Memfault Beyond the Launch