Connect to Arduino with UWP

Question

I am trying to write to Arduino Uno device, but SerialDevice.FromIdAsync always returns null. Here is my code:

    DeviceInformationCollection devices = await DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync();

    foreach (DeviceInformation deviceInfo in devices)
    {
        if (deviceInfo.Name.IndexOf("Arduino") >= 0) {
            Debug.Log("Arduino found with id="+deviceInfo.Id);
            serialDevice = await SerialDevice.FromIdAsync(deviceInfo.Id);
            if (serialDevice == null) Debug.Log("it's null");
            break;
        }
    }

Running this code gives me "Arduino found with id=\\?USB#VID_2341&PID_0001#55...." and then "it's null"

In my manfiest I have the following inside Capabilities:

<DeviceCapability Name="serialcommunication">
  <Device Id="any">
    <Function Type="name:serialPort" />
  </Device>
</DeviceCapability>

Answer 1

Connect to Arduino with UWP

For getting SerialDevice, we suggest use SerialDevice.GetDeviceSelector() to get deviceSelector and use the following to create SerialDevice watcher. And we have provided code sample that you could refer directly. I have tested, it works in my side that the app could list Arduino Uno device with USB\VID_2341&PID_0043\xxxxx device Id.

var deviceWatcher = DeviceInformation.CreateWatcher(deviceSelector);