Change baud rate for the serial monitor

[JohnDoeKyrgyz]

Is it possible to change the baud rate for the serial monitor?

[formulahendry]

Hi @JohnDoeKyrgyz , currently, there is no direct way to change the baud rate, it is always 9600 for now. I plan to add a config entry in File > Preferences -> Settings, so that users could change the baud rate there. What's your opinion? Or, will you change the baud rate frequently and want this extension to provide a UI (e.g. in Status Bar at the bottom) to change the baud rate?

[JohnDoeKyrgyz]

I think the File > Preferences > Settings entry is a good idea. In many examples I see people using 115200 as the default baud rate for serial communication.

Would it also be possible to configure this on a per device basis? Maybe a custom setting in the platformio.ini file?

[formulahendry]

per device basis

Do you mean:

• baud rate would be different per workspace?
• Or, baud rate would be different per device but in the same workspace? i.e. there are several devices in the same platformio.ini but have different baud rate

[JohnDoeKyrgyz]

Ideally it would be possible to have one baud rate setting for the entire workspace that would be the default, and then the ability to override it for each device.

Realistically though, just being able to change the baud rate in File > Preferences > Settings would probably be good enough.

[formulahendry]

Thanks for your feedback! That makes complete sense. Realistically, I will add a config entry in File > Preferences -> Settings, so that user could set baud rate in the overall User Settings as well as in each Workspace Settings.

[formulahendry]

Hi @JohnDoeKyrgyz , a config entry platformio.baudRate is added, please install the latest version and have a try. Let me know if you have any other feedback.

[JohnDoeKyrgyz]

Thanks! This will be useful. Looks good to me.

[egur]

Hi,

I would like to use a BaudRate > 921600 bps.
How can it be done ?
I would like to set the BaudRate to be larger than 3 MB

Please advise.

[formulahendry]

@egur Does updating platformio.baudRate work for you?

[ArtiomLK]

In the file platformio.ini add:
monitor_speed = baudRate
For example:
monitor_speed = 115200