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Serial Monitor

Serial Monitor

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Send and receive text from serial ports.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Serial Monitor

The Serial Monitor extension provides a serial monitor to view output from as well as send messages to serial ports. This is often useful when testing or debugging programs on embedded devices.

Get Started

To get started with this extension, you should open the Serial Monitor by completing the following steps:

  1. Open the Panel by clicking Terminal -> New Terminal.
  2. You should see the Serial Monitor terminal. Serial Monitor
  3. Open it up and start using it!

Feedback

We appreciate any feedback you have to help improve this extension. To submit feedback, please create an issue on our GitHub page.

Documentation

The Serial Monitor extension and the general embedded support for Visual Studio Code are documented here.

Data/Telemetry

This extension collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. Collection of telemetry is controlled via the same setting provided by Visual Studio Code: "telemetry.enableTelemetry". Read our privacy statement to learn more.

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