Codeserialport

Matlab code to use serial port to communicate with the CNI tablet.

NOTE: on Linux, you may need to create a symbolic link for matlab to find the port location; see here for more info http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-3ZT8GP/index.html?product=ML&solution=1-3ZT8GP

% Code to use CNI Tablet using serial port % Aim: Simply outputs x and y coordinates from the tablet. % Written by Manish Saggar (saggar@stanford.edu) on 3/26/2012

function tabletCodeSerialPort()

   % change the path below for location of tablet mount, usually in
   % /dev/...
   s = serial('/dev/cu.usbmodem12341','BaudRate',57600);
   fopen(s);     
   c = onCleanup(@()letscleanup(s));

   % screen resolution
   theRect = [0 0 1200 800];

   while(1)
       ln = fgets(s);
       if size(ln,2) ~=18 || ln(3) == 'N'
           continue;
       end            
       x = str2double(ln(3:5));
       y = str2double(ln(9:11));
       b = str2double(ln(15));

       if x <= 0 || y <= 0
           continue;
       end 
       x = floor((x/(850+180))*theRect(3))
       y = floor((y/(800+230))*theRect(4))
   end

   fclose(s); delete(s); clear s; 

end

% if Ctrl+C is used this function clears up the pointer of the tablet. % Otherwise Matlab crashes or you need to quit matlab every time. function letscleanup(s)

   % clear serial port
   fclose(s); delete(s); clear s; 
   
   Screen('CloseAll');
   ShowCursor;
   psychrethrow(psychlasterror);

end