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From: kz105@student.cs.york.ac.uk (Jamie)
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Subject: Need your help. How to use ada communicate with hardware? ---A
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i'm recently learning ada. we have a project needed using computer to
control a machine. the machine has a microcontroller. i need to write
some program to communication with it via RS232 serial link. for
example, i need to ask the status of machine by sending a request, and
the machine will return a string to the computer. but i don't actually
know how to use ada to communicate hardware, becasue i'm a beginner of
programming. some body said that there is a binding to comms port.
could anyone please show me how to use it with some examples. Thanks.