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<h2>Serial.begin(int speed)</h2>
<h4>Description</h4>
<p>Sets the data rate in bits per second (baud) for serial data transmission. For communicating with the computer, use one of these rates: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600, or 115200. You can, however, specify other rates - for example, to communicate over pins 0 and 1 with a component that requires a particular baud rate.
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<p class='vspace'></p><h4>Parameters</h4>
<p>long <strong>datarate</strong>, in bits per second (baud)
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<p class='vspace'></p><h4>Returns</h4>
<p>nothing
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<p class='vspace'></p><h3>Example:</h3>
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void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // opens serial port, sets data rate to 9600 bps
}
void loop() {}
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<p class='vspace'></p><p><strong>Arduino Mega example:</strong>
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<p class='vspace'></p><pre>
// Arduino Mega using all four of its Serial ports
// (Serial, Serial1, Serial2, Serial3),
// with different baud rates:
void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial1.begin(38400);
Serial2.begin(19200);
Serial3.begin(4800);
Serial.println("Hello Computer");
Serial1.println("Hello Serial 1");
Serial2.println("Hello Serial 2");
Serial3.println("Hello Serial 3");
}
void loop() {}
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<p class='vspace'></p><p><em>Thanks to Jeff Gray for the mega example</em>
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<p class='vspace'></p><h4>See also</h4>
<ul><li><a class='wikilink' href='Serial_Available.html'>Serial.available</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Serial_Read.html'>Serial.read</a>()
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Serial_Print.html'>Serial.print</a>(data)
</li><li><a class='wikilink' href='Serial_Println.html'>Serial.println</a>(data)
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