/* Reading a serial ASCII-encoded string. This sketch demonstrates the Serial parseInt() function. It looks for an ASCII string of comma-separated values. It parses them into ints, and uses those to fade an RGB LED. Circuit: Common-Cathode RGB LED wired like so: - red anode: digital pin 3 - green anode: digital pin 5 - blue anode: digital pin 6 - cathode: GND created 13 Apr 2012 by Tom Igoe modified 14 Mar 2016 by Arturo Guadalupi This example code is in the public domain. */ // pins for the LEDs: const int redPin = 3; const int greenPin = 5; const int bluePin = 6; void setup() { // initialize serial: Serial.begin(9600); // make the pins outputs: pinMode(redPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(greenPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(bluePin, OUTPUT); } void loop() { // if there's any serial available, read it: while (Serial.available() > 0) { // look for the next valid integer in the incoming serial stream: int red = Serial.parseInt(); // do it again: int green = Serial.parseInt(); // do it again: int blue = Serial.parseInt(); // look for the newline. That's the end of your sentence: if (Serial.read() == '\n') { // constrain the values to 0 - 255 and invert // if you're using a common-cathode LED, just use "constrain(color, 0, 255);" red = 255 - constrain(red, 0, 255); green = 255 - constrain(green, 0, 255); blue = 255 - constrain(blue, 0, 255); // fade the red, green, and blue legs of the LED: analogWrite(redPin, red); analogWrite(greenPin, green); analogWrite(bluePin, blue); // print the three numbers in one string as hexadecimal: Serial.print(red, HEX); Serial.print(green, HEX); Serial.println(blue, HEX); } } }