ASCII Table
This example demonstrates the advanced serial printing functions by generating on the serial monitor of the Arduino Software (IDE) a table of characters and their ASCII values in decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary. For more on ASCII, see asciitable.com
Hardware Required
- Arduino or Genuino Board
Circuit
image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page
None, but the board has to be connected to the computer through the serial port or the USB port.
Code
The sketch waits for a serial connection in the setup() then prints line by line the ASCII table up to the last printable character. When this is accomplished, it enters an endless loop in a while structure and nothing else happens. Closing and opening the serial monitor window of the Arduino Software (IDE) should reset the board and restart the sketch.
/*
ASCII table
Prints out byte values in all possible formats:
- as raw binary values
- as ASCII-encoded decimal, hex, octal, and binary values
For more on ASCII, see http://www.asciitable.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
The circuit: No external hardware needed.
created 2006
by Nicholas Zambetti <http://www.zambetti.com>
modified 9 Apr 2012
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ASCIITable
*/
void setup() {
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
// prints title with ending line break
Serial.println("ASCII Table ~ Character Map");
}
// first visible ASCIIcharacter '!' is number 33:
int thisByte = 33;
// you can also write ASCII characters in single quotes.
// for example, '!' is the same as 33, so you could also use this:
// int thisByte = '!';
void loop() {
// prints value unaltered, i.e. the raw binary version of the byte.
// The Serial Monitor interprets all bytes as ASCII, so 33, the first number,
// will show up as '!'
Serial.write(thisByte);
Serial.print(", dec: ");
// prints value as string as an ASCII-encoded decimal (base 10).
// Decimal is the default format for Serial.print() and Serial.println(),
// so no modifier is needed:
Serial.print(thisByte);
// But you can declare the modifier for decimal if you want to.
// this also works if you uncomment it:
// Serial.print(thisByte, DEC);
Serial.print(", hex: ");
// prints value as string in hexadecimal (base 16):
Serial.print(thisByte, HEX);
Serial.print(", oct: ");
// prints value as string in octal (base 8);
Serial.print(thisByte, OCT);
Serial.print(", bin: ");
// prints value as string in binary (base 2) also prints ending line break:
Serial.println(thisByte, BIN);
// if printed last visible character '~' or 126, stop:
if (thisByte == 126) { // you could also use if (thisByte == '~') {
// This loop loops forever and does nothing
while (true) {
continue;
}
}
// go on to the next character
thisByte++;
}
ASCII table
Prints out byte values in all possible formats:
- as raw binary values
- as ASCII-encoded decimal, hex, octal, and binary values
For more on ASCII, see http://www.asciitable.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
The circuit: No external hardware needed.
created 2006
by Nicholas Zambetti <http://www.zambetti.com>
modified 9 Apr 2012
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ASCIITable
*/
void setup() {
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
// prints title with ending line break
Serial.println("ASCII Table ~ Character Map");
}
// first visible ASCIIcharacter '!' is number 33:
int thisByte = 33;
// you can also write ASCII characters in single quotes.
// for example, '!' is the same as 33, so you could also use this:
// int thisByte = '!';
void loop() {
// prints value unaltered, i.e. the raw binary version of the byte.
// The Serial Monitor interprets all bytes as ASCII, so 33, the first number,
// will show up as '!'
Serial.write(thisByte);
Serial.print(", dec: ");
// prints value as string as an ASCII-encoded decimal (base 10).
// Decimal is the default format for Serial.print() and Serial.println(),
// so no modifier is needed:
Serial.print(thisByte);
// But you can declare the modifier for decimal if you want to.
// this also works if you uncomment it:
// Serial.print(thisByte, DEC);
Serial.print(", hex: ");
// prints value as string in hexadecimal (base 16):
Serial.print(thisByte, HEX);
Serial.print(", oct: ");
// prints value as string in octal (base 8);
Serial.print(thisByte, OCT);
Serial.print(", bin: ");
// prints value as string in binary (base 2) also prints ending line break:
Serial.println(thisByte, BIN);
// if printed last visible character '~' or 126, stop:
if (thisByte == 126) { // you could also use if (thisByte == '~') {
// This loop loops forever and does nothing
while (true) {
continue;
}
}
// go on to the next character
thisByte++;
}
Output
ASCII Table ~ Character Map !, dec: 33, hex: 21, oct: 41, bin: 100001 ", dec: 34, hex: 22, oct: 42, bin: 100010 #, dec: 35, hex: 23, oct: 43, bin: 100011 $, dec: 36, hex: 24, oct: 44, bin: 100100 %, dec: 37, hex: 25, oct: 45, bin: 100101 &, dec: 38, hex: 26, oct: 46, bin: 100110 ', dec: 39, hex: 27, oct: 47, bin: 100111 (, dec: 40, hex: 28, oct: 50, bin: 101000 ), dec: 41, hex: 29, oct: 51, bin: 101001 *, dec: 42, hex: 2A, oct: 52, bin: 101010 +, dec: 43, hex: 2B, oct: 53, bin: 101011 ,, dec: 44, hex: 2C, oct: 54, bin: 101100 -, dec: 45, hex: 2D, oct: 55, bin: 101101 ., dec: 46, hex: 2E, oct: 56, bin: 101110 /, dec: 47, hex: 2F, oct: 57, bin: 101111 0, dec: 48, hex: 30, oct: 60, bin: 110000 1, dec: 49, hex: 31, oct: 61, bin: 110001 2, dec: 50, hex: 32, oct: 62, bin: 110010 3, dec: 51, hex: 33, oct: 63, bin: 110011 4, dec: 52, hex: 34, oct: 64, bin: 110100 5, dec: 53, hex: 35, oct: 65, bin: 110101 6, dec: 54, hex: 36, oct: 66, bin: 110110 7, dec: 55, hex: 37, oct: 67, bin: 110111 8, dec: 56, hex: 38, oct: 70, bin: 111000 9, dec: 57, hex: 39, oct: 71, bin: 111001 :, dec: 58, hex: 3A, oct: 72, bin: 111010 ;, dec: 59, hex: 3B, oct: 73, bin: 111011 <, dec: 60, hex: 3C, oct: 74, bin: 111100 =, dec: 61, hex: 3D, oct: 75, bin: 111101 >, dec: 62, hex: 3E, oct: 76, bin: 111110 ?, dec: 63, hex: 3F, oct: 77, bin: 111111 @, dec: 64, hex: 40, oct: 100, bin: 1000000 A, dec: 65, hex: 41, oct: 101, bin: 1000001 B, dec: 66, hex: 42, oct: 102, bin: 1000010 C, dec: 67, hex: 43, oct: 103, bin: 1000011 D, dec: 68, hex: 44, oct: 104, bin: 1000100 E, dec: 69, hex: 45, oct: 105, bin: 1000101 ...
See Also
- increment, ++
- while()
- serial()
- Dimmer - Move the mouse to change the brightness of an LED.
- Graph - Send data to the computer and graph it in Processing.
- Midi - Send MIDI note messages serially.
- MultiSerialMega - Use two of the serial ports available on the Arduino and Genuino Mega.
- PhysicalPixel - Turn a LED on and off by sending data to your board from Processing or Max/MSP.
- ReadASCIIString - Parse a comma-separated string of integers to fade an LED.
- SerialCallResponse - Send multiple variables using a call-and-response (handshaking) method.
- SerialCallResponseASCII - Send multiple variables using a call-and-response (handshaking) method, and ASCII-encode the values before sending.
- SerialEvent - Demonstrates the use of SerialEvent().
- VirtualColorMixer - Send multiple variables from Arduino to your computer and read them in Processing or Max/MSP.
Last revision 2015/07/28 by SM
