(Reference) Serial Monitor

Serial Monitor

Main Idea

• Serial monitor lets you receive status messages from Photon 2
• Serial Monitor lets you print debug messages

Operation

• Open Serial Monitor in Workbench
  • View > Command Palette > Serial Monitor

• Serial Monitor is only available while the Photon 2 is connected to your computer via USB

Code

• Below is a basic example which displays the following on the screen

Hello World
There are 7 days in a week

void setup() {
    //initialize Serial object
    Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
    //Display message
    Serial.println("Hello World");
	
	//Display string and int
	int days = 7;
	Serial.println("There are " + String(days) + " days in a week")
}