Committing individual examples instead of one .zip

build/shared/dist/examples/serial_comm/serial_read_basic/serial_read_basic.pde

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+/* Serial Read Basic
+ * ----------------- 
+ *
+ * turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to digital  
+ * pin 13. The LED will light up when receiving a 'H' over the serial
+ * port. The LED will blink shortly.
+ *
+ * Created 1 December 2005
+ * copyleft 2005 DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>
+ * http://arduino.berlios.de
+ *
+ */
+
+int ledPin = 13;   // select the pin for the LED
+int val = 0;       // variable to store the data from the serial port
+
+void setup() {
+  pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT);   // declare the LED's pin as output
+  Serial.begin(9600);        // connect to the serial port
+}
+
+void loop () {
+  // read the serial port
+  val = Serial.read();
+
+  // if the input is '-1' then there is no data
+  // at the input, otherwise check out if it is 'H'
+  if (val != -1) {
+    if (val == 'H') {
+      digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
+      delay(200);
+      digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
+    }
+  }
+}