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Serial.setTimeout() sets the maximum milliseconds to wait for serial data. It defaults to 1000 milliseconds.
Serial.setTimeout() inherits from the Stream utility class.
Serial.setTimeout(time)
Serial: serial port object. See the list of available serial ports for each board on the Serial main page.
time : timeout duration in milliseconds (long).
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Serial functions that use the timeout value set via Serial.setTimeout():
Serial.find()
Serial.findUntil()
Serial.parseInt()
Serial.parseFloat()
Serial.readBytes()
Serial.readBytesUntil()
Serial.readString()
Serial.readStringUntil()
LANGUAGE stream
LANGUAGE stream.setTimeout()
