# Serial Communication Library

## Documentation

Coming Soon!

## Dependencies

* CMake, for the build system: http://www.cmake.org/
* (Optional) ROS

## Stand Alone Installation

Get the source:

    git clone git://github.com/wjwwood/serial.git
    cd serial

Compile the code:

    make

Or run cmake youself:

    mkdir build && cd build
    cmake ..
    make

Install the code (UNIX):

    make
    sudo make install

Uninstall the code (UNIX):

    make
    sudo make uninstall

Build the documentation:

    Comming Soon!

## Using within ROS workspace

Setup workspace (skip if you already have one):

    mkdir some_ros_workspace
    rosws init some_ros_workspace
    cd some_ros_workspace
    source setup.bash

Add the rosinstall entry for this stack:
    
    echo "- git: {local-name: serial, uri: 'https://github.com/wjwwood/serial.git', version: 'master'}" >> .rosinstall
    
Rerun rosinstall (note this will change your $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH):
    
    rosinstall .
    source setup.bash

Build the unary stack:

    rosmake serial --rosdep-install

Run the example:

    rosrun serial serial_example

## License

The BSD License

Copyright (c) 2011 William Woodall

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