UART DYNAMIC assign to variable

Firmware Libraries
#1

hello we have a query regarding the uart. is there any global typdef where we can declare pointer of that type and later assign uart something like

Stream uart;
int port = 0;

switch(port){
 case 1:
  uart = Serial1;
 case 2:
 uart  = Serial2;
}

since we are using couple of sensors with interchangable uart the problem is with uart we don’t want to hardcode uart

thank you

#2

Serial1 and Serial2 are of type USARTSerial

But you would not want to do something like this

  USARTSerial uart = Serial1;

but rather

  USARTSerial *uart = &Serial1;

Or if you can opt for a reference

  USARTSerial& uart = Serial1;

This is especially suitable for a sensor class where you pass the respective interface to use to the constructor.

#3

Thank you sir it works

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