SerialPortManager.cs file contains a snippet of singleton class written in .NET C# that I wrote and used in some of my .NET projects to handle serial data communication, especially for the projects that required interfacing with Arduino board. This class basically is a wrapper written on top of System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class.

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Example code on how to use it

There is an event called OnDataReceived for you to subscribe to retrieve the data.

Example:

using HeiswayiNrird.SomethingManagers;
using System.Windows;

namespace SerialPortExample
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Subscribe to the event
            SerialPortManager.Instance.OnDataReceived += Handler_OnDataReceived;
        }

        // Event handler
        private void Handler_OnDataReceived(object sender, string data)
        {
            // TODO
            // Process your 'data' here...
        }
    }
}

Alternatively you can use anonymous function and marshall it to the main UI thread.

Example:

using HeiswayiNrird.SomethingManagers;
using System;
using System.Windows;

namespace SerialPortExample
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Subscribe to the event
            SerialPortManager.Instance.OnDataReceived += (sender, data) =>
            {
                // TODO
                // Process your 'data' here...
                double value = Convert.ToDouble(incomingData); // Assuming the 'data' contains value "123"...

                // Update the value to UI component...
                Application.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
                {
                    BindingTextBoxValue = value;
                }));
            };
        }

        // Binding properties
        public double BindingTextBoxValue { get; set; }
    }
}

Opening or closing the serial port connection

Example:

// To open/start serial port on COM4 with 9600 bps
SerialPortManager.Instance.Open("COM4", 9600);

// To close/stop serial port on COM4
SerialPortManager.Instance.Close();

Events to subscribe:

• OnStatusChanged - to get the status message.
• OnSerialPortOpened - to know if the serial port is opened or not.

Example:

using HeiswayiNrird.SomethingManagers;
using System.Windows;

namespace SerialPortExample
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Subscribe to the event
            SerialPortManager.Instance.OnStatusChanged += (sender, status) =>
            {
                // Update connection status message to UI component
                ConnectionStatus = status;
            };
        }

        // Binding properties
        public string ConnectionStatus { get; set; }
    }
}

How this class avoids the deadlock issue

SerialPortManager class uses ReadPort() method to be run on a new different thread and implements while loop statement for acquiring or reading data from the serial port. When SerialPortManager.Instance.Close() method is called, _keepReading variable will be set to false which will stop the app UI from receiving and updating the data while waiting the thread is fully terminated.

Using System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Close() method directly on the app UI thread to stop acquiring/reading data will cause a deadlock issue or hang the application. This is because the serial port base stream is locked while serial port events are being handled.