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fawno/php-serial
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Serial port access convenience class

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PHP-Serial
==========

[](#php-serial)

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Serial port access convenience class

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP Pecl dio extension (>= 0.2.1) for SerialDio.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin into your application using [composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
  composer require fawno/php-serial

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
  require 'vendor/autoload.php';

  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialDio;
  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialConfig;
  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialBaudRates;
  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialStopBits;
  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialParity;
  use Fawno\PhpSerial\SerialDataBits;

  // Create default serial config
  $config = new SerialConfig;

  // Set Data Rate
  $config->setBaudRate(SerialBaudRates::B9600);

  // Set Data Bits
  $config->setDataBits(SerialDataBits::CS8);

  // Set Stop Bits
  $config->setStopBits(SerialStopBits::ONE);

  // Set Parity
  $config->setParity(SerialParity::NONE);

  // Set Flow Control
  $config->setFlowControl(true);

  // Create SerialDio object with COM3 as device
  $serial = new SerialDio('COM3', $config);

  // Open device
  $serial->open('r+b');

  // Set Blocking
  $serial->setBlocking(0);

  // Set Timeout
  $serial->setTimeout(0, 0);

  // Send data
  $serial->send($data);

  // Read data
  $data = $serial->read();
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~21 days

Recently: every ~36 days

Total

8

Last Release

1615d ago

Major Versions

0.1.2 → 1.0.02021-10-13

1.0.1 → 2.0.02022-03-06

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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