What modules do you use for Serial Port usage? were they "addon" 
modules, or does Python
have something internal for serial ports?

--Bob A

Jake Anderson wrote:
>
> I have some python stuff that works fine in both Linux and windows and 
> uses the serial port.
> The hardest part I have found is python by default lacks a "byte" type 
> variable, which can make communications with little micro's more 
> difficult. I did find a method of doing the conversion but its not 
> pretty and might need to be changed if it runs on 64bit hardware (I 
> didn't look into it too far i was more interested in the hardware lol)
> I have seen a module out there that seems to be designed for making 
> packets of data (like IP datagrams) in any format you like which might 
> make things much easier.
>
> As far as UI type stuff wxPython is really nice and quite easy to use, 
> the "style" is a little cluttered in it for legacy reasons 
> (capitalisation and the like can be all over the place), it uses native 
> widgets for whatever platform its on so in windows it looks like a 
> windows program and in Linux it looks like Linux.
>
> You might need to do a little work for cross platform but mainly only 
> things like where files are saved by default IE vista wont let programs 
> save config changes in their own program directory without running with 
> admin privileges. Which can make changing an ini file a hassle.
>
>   

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