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-rw-r--r--libraries/Bridge/examples/Process/Process.ino21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/Bridge/examples/Process/Process.ino b/libraries/Bridge/examples/Process/Process.ino
index 25e45c7..919cea7 100644
--- a/libraries/Bridge/examples/Process/Process.ino
+++ b/libraries/Bridge/examples/Process/Process.ino
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
void setup() {
// Setup Bridge (needed every time we communicate with the Arduino Yún)
Bridge.begin();
+
// Setup Console
Console.begin();
+ // Buffering improves Console performance, but we must remember to
+ // finish sending using the Console.flush() command.
Console.buffer(64);
+
// Wait until a Network Monitor is connected.
while (!Console);
@@ -31,16 +35,19 @@ void loop() {
void runCurl() {
// Launch "curl" command and get Arduino asciilogo from the network
- Process p;
- p.begin("curl");
- p.addParameter("http://arduino.cc/asciilogo.txt");
- p.run();
+
+ Process p; // Create a process and call it "p"
+ p.begin("curl"); // Process should launch the "curl" command
+ p.addParameter("http://arduino.cc/asciilogo.txt"); // Add the URL parameter to "curl"
+ p.run(); // Run the process and wait for its termination
- // Print arduino logo over the console
+ // Print arduino logo over the console.
+ // A process output can be read with the stream methods
while (p.available()>0) {
char c = p.read();
Console.print(c);
}
+ // Ensure the latest bit of data is sent.
Console.flush();
}
@@ -51,11 +58,13 @@ void runCpuInfo() {
p.addParameter("/proc/cpuinfo");
p.run();
- // Print command output on the Console
+ // Print command output on the Console.
+ // A process output can be read with the stream methods
while (p.available()>0) {
char c = p.read();
Console.print(c);
}
+ // Ensure the latest bit of data is sent.
Console.flush();
}