Serial Port Monitor

As the curator and writer for Benedikt’s Workspace, I decided I would share my thoughts on using Serial Port Monitoring software in order to embed UART devices. I decided to try SPM when I realized that I needed excellent time and format analysis, and I had been unable to find it through other serial ports such as PuTTY and Termite.

I used a Linux-powered security camera to test out the software. After some hardware modifications to make sure that I had located and measured the appropriate serial port pins, I fired up the Serial Port Monitor and created a new session to test the COM ports.

One of my favorite features was that Serial Port Monitor allowed for setting up multiple display parameters and the serial port to be used.

All in all, Serial Port Monitor worked great and was packed with functions and features that I know I’ll be using often in my future projects. The software is intuitive without being distracting and really feels like there’s no end to its usefulness considering it’s such a small 15 MB-worth of disk space.

If you’ve ever struggled with identifying and connecting serial ports, or just looking for a tool to help make the whole process easier, then I strongly recommend the Serial Port Monitor.

Serial Port Monitor has been very helpful when developing and testing software for hardware. It was a huge help tracing communication between my PC and the mobile device I was working on

I needed a reliable and feature-rich SPM to monitor the data streaming between three various apps that needed to function in synchrony. Serial Port Monitor was perfect for my needs.

If I could go back and change anything, I would’ve used Serial Port Monitor much sooner. I would’ve saved hours of troubleshooting with other products that lacked many features this software has.

I strongly recommend Serial Port Monitor, I’ve been a Linux specialist for years, and it’s been a great addition to my workflow. It has a port “sniffer” which identifies any open ports on Windows OS.