Updated all comments for while (!Serial) additions to serial-based examples

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

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
  created 2006
  by Nicholas Zambetti 
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 void setup() { 
  //Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600); 
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
+  while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
   
   // prints title with ending line break 
   Serial.println("ASCII Table ~ Character Map"); 

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

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  
  Created 26 Sept. 2005
  by Tom Igoe
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe and Scott Fitzgerald
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ void setup()
 {
   // start serial port at 9600 bps and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+  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 

libraries/Ethernet/examples/ChatServer/ChatServer.ino

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  
  created 18 Dec 2009
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  */
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ void setup() {
   server.begin();
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Chat server address:");
   Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());

libraries/Ethernet/examples/DhcpAddressPrinter/DhcpAddressPrinter.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 12 April 2011
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  */
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
   // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
 
   // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/DhcpChatServer/DhcpChatServer.ino

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 21 May 2011
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  Based on ChatServer example by David A. Mellis
  
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ void setup() {
   // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
   // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // start the Ethernet connection:
   Serial.println("Trying to get an IP address using DHCP");

libraries/Ethernet/examples/DnsWebClient/DnsWebClient.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
  created 18 Dec 2009
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe, based on work by Adrian McEwen
  
  */
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ EthernetClient client;
 void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/PachubeClient/PachubeClient.ino

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 15 March 2010
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe with input from Usman Haque and Joe Saavedra
  
 http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/PachubeClient
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ const unsigned long postingInterval = 10*1000; //delay between updates to Pachub
 void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
  // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/PachubeClientString/PachubeClientString.ino

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 15 March 2010
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe with input from Usman Haque and Joe Saavedra
  
  http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/PachubeClientString
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ const unsigned long postingInterval = 10*1000;  //delay between updates to Pachu
 void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+  while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // give the ethernet module time to boot up:
   delay(1000);

libraries/Ethernet/examples/TelnetClient/TelnetClient.ino

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 14 Sep 2010
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  */
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ void setup() {
   Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // give the Ethernet shield a second to initialize:
   delay(1000);

libraries/Ethernet/examples/TwitterClient/TwitterClient.ino

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 21 May 2011
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This code is in the public domain.
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ void setup() {
 
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // attempt a DHCP connection:
   Serial.println("Attempting to get an IP address using DHCP:");

libraries/Ethernet/examples/UdpNtpClient/UdpNtpClient.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
  created 4 Sep 2010 
  by Michael Margolis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This code is in the public domain.
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // start Ethernet and UDP
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/WebClient/WebClient.ino

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 18 Dec 2009
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by David A. Mellis
  
  */
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ EthernetClient client;
 void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
 
   // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/WebServer/WebServer.ino

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  
  created 18 Dec 2009
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  */
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ EthernetServer server(80);
 void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // start the Ethernet connection and the server:
   Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);

libraries/SD/examples/CardInfo/CardInfo.ino

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  
  created  28 Mar 2011
  by Limor Fried 
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  */
  // include the SD library:
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("\nInitializing SD card...");
   // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default.

libraries/SD/examples/Datalogger/Datalogger.ino

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  ** CS - pin 4
  
  created  24 Nov 2010
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
   // make sure that the default chip select pin is set to

libraries/SD/examples/DumpFile/DumpFile.ino

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  
  created  22 December 2010
  by Limor Fried
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
   // make sure that the default chip select pin is set to

libraries/SD/examples/Files/Files.ino

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
  created   Nov 2010
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
   // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default.

libraries/SD/examples/ReadWrite/ReadWrite.ino

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
  created   Nov 2010
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
   // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default.

libraries/SD/examples/listfiles/listfiles.ino

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
  created   Nov 2010
  by David A. Mellis
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This example code is in the public domain.
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ void setup()
 {
   // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   Serial.print("Initializing SD card...");
   // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default.

libraries/SoftwareSerial/examples/SoftwareSerialExample/SoftwareSerialExample.ino

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * TX is digital pin 3 (connect to RX of other device)
  
  created back in the mists of time
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  based on Mikal Hart's example
  
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin57600;
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
   
   Serial.println("Goodnight moon!");
 

libraries/SoftwareSerial/examples/TwoPortReceive/TwoPortReceive.ino

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Second serial device's TX attached to digital pin 4, RX to pin 5
  
  created 18 Apr. 2011
- modified 2 Apr 2012
+ modified 9 Apr 2012
  by Tom Igoe
  based on Mikal Hart's twoPortRXExample
  
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ void setup()
 {
  // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
   Serial.begin(9600);
-  // this check is only needed on the Leonardo:
-  while (!Serial) ;
- ;
+   while (!Serial) {
+    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
+  }
+
 
   // Start each software serial port
   portOne.begin(9600);