Serial Graphing application for Max/MSP

This Max patch takes in serial data and graphs it. It’s useful for seeing the changes in an analog sensor. An Arduino code sample that works with it follows the patch.

To use the patch, copy the text and paste it into a new max patch window.

Thanks to David Mellis and Jamie Allen for the collaboration. These patches were written for a one-day Arduino workshop at NIME 07 hosted by the three of us. The Arduino program comes from the Arduino example files, by David Mellis.

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Arduino code that sends in an analog value in the appropriate format:

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  int val = analogRead(0);
  Serial.println(val, DEC);
  delay(100);
}