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Sets the speed (baud rate) for the serial communication. Using speeds higher than 9600 baud will result in faulty communication.
speed: the baud rate (long)
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// include the SoftwareSerial library so you can use its functions:
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define rxPin 2
#define txPin 3
// set up a new serial port
SoftwareSerial mySerial = SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);
void setup() {
// define pin modes for tx, rx:
pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
// set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
mySerial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
// ...
}
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