fwrite do not write numbers 1-32
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i need to write a byte to a serial port say '24'. i am using the following code(this is for standard output) fwrite(1,[24],'uint8') but it writes a blank space but if i write any number greater than or equal to 33 it writes some character on the screen. any clues whats going on or what is my mistake fprintf is still worse it gives blank space from 1-150 or near about.
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Fangjun Jiang
on 29 Nov 2011
You are right, file ID 1 is the standard output. You are writing binary numbers but the standard output only shows the corresponding ASCII characters.
Your command will be the same as char(24) or char(33) for any other numbers.
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Walter Roberson
on 29 Nov 2011
What behavior are you wanting? fwrite() transfers the data in binary. Standard output interprets binary as indicating characters, and displays the characters corresponding to each byte (or pair of bytes perhaps.) Character 24 is the CAN control function, which is a non-printing character in most fonts.
You could change your font to Wingdings to see those characters (except 0), but you would then of course then have problems seeing your regular output.
If you want to see the characters '2' and then '4' when you write out 24, then you should be using fprintf() instead of fwrite()
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Nov 2011
MATLAB would indeed write binary 00000101 in that situation (since you are specifying uint8 output.)
Are you certain that the microcontroller is expecting the parameter to be in binary? Some want the commands in binary, some want them in text.
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