Added delays to some serial examples to avoid crashing the serial monitor.

Author: Tom Igoe

build/shared/examples/02.Digital/toneKeyboard/toneKeyboard.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 8-ohm speaker on digital pin 8
  
  created 21 Jan 2010
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe 
 
 This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@ void loop() {
       tone(8, notes[thisSensor], 20);
     } 
   }
-  Serial.println();
 }

build/shared/examples/02.Digital/tonePitchFollower/tonePitchFollower.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 4.7K resistor on analog 0 to ground
  
  created 21 Jan 2010
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe 
 
 This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void loop() {
 
   // play the pitch:
   tone(9, thisPitch, 10);
-
+  delay(1);        // delay in between reads for stability
 }
 
 

build/shared/examples/03.Analog/AnalogInOutSerial/AnalogInOutSerial.ino

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * LED connected from digital pin 9 to ground
  
  created 29 Dec. 2008
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ void loop() {
   Serial.print("\t output = ");      
   Serial.println(outputValue);   
 
-  // wait 10 milliseconds before the next loop
+  // wait 2 milliseconds before the next loop
   // for the analog-to-digital converter to settle
   // after the last reading:
-  delay(10);                     
+  delay(2);                     
 }

build/shared/examples/03.Analog/Smoothing/Smoothing.ino

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     * Analog sensor (potentiometer will do) attached to analog input 0
 
   Created 22 April 2007
-  modified 30 Aug 2011
   By David A. Mellis  <dam@mellis.org>
-
+  modified 9 Apr 2012
+  by Tom Igoe
   http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Smoothing
   
   This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ void loop() {
   // calculate the average:
   average = total / numReadings;         
   // send it to the computer as ASCII digits
-  Serial.println(average);               
+  Serial.println(average);   
+  delay(1);        // delay in between reads for stability            
 }
 
 

build/shared/examples/04.Communication/Graph/Graph.ino

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   
  created 2006
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe and Scott Fitzgerald
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void loop() {
   Serial.println(analogRead(A0));
   // wait a bit for the analog-to-digital converter 
   // to stabilize after the last reading:
-  delay(10);
+  delay(2);
 }
 
 /* Processing code for this example

build/shared/examples/04.Communication/SerialCallResponse/SerialCallResponse.ino

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  
  Created 26 Sept. 2005
  by Tom Igoe
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe and Scott Fitzgerald
 
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ void setup()
 {
   // start serial port at 9600 bps:
   Serial.begin(9600);
+  while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
   pinMode(2, INPUT);   // digital sensor is on digital pin 2
   establishContact();  // send a byte to establish contact until receiver responds 
 }

build/shared/examples/05.Control/IfStatementConditional/IfStatementConditional.ino

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  connected to pin 13, so you don't need any extra components for this example.
  
  created 17 Jan 2009
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
 
 This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ void loop() {
 
   // print the analog value:
   Serial.println(analogValue);
-
+  delay(1);        // delay in between reads for stability
 }
 

build/shared/examples/05.Control/switchCase/switchCase.ino

@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
  * 10K resistor from analog in 0 to ground
  
  created 1 Jul 2009
- modified 30 Aug 2011
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe 
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
  
  http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SwitchCase
  */
 
-// these constants won't change:
+// these constants won't change. They are the
+// lowest and highest readings you get from your sensor:
 const int sensorMin = 0;      // sensor minimum, discovered through experiment
 const int sensorMax = 600;    // sensor maximum, discovered through experiment
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ void loop() {
     Serial.println("bright");
     break;
   } 
-
+  delay(1);        // delay in between reads for stability
 }
 
 

build/shared/examples/08.Strings/CharacterAnalysis/CharacterAnalysis.ino

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void setup() {
   // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
   while (!Serial) {
-    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed fo Leonardo only
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
   }
 
   // send an intro: