import processing.serial.*; Serial myPort; // Create object from Serial class String val; // Data received from the serial port void setup() { // On Windows machines, this generally opens COM1. // Open whatever port is the one you're using. String portName = Serial.list()[0]; //change the 0 to a 1 or 2 etc. to match your port myPort = new Serial(this,portName, 9600); } void draw() { if ( myPort.available() > 0) { // If data is available, val = myPort.readStringUntil('\n'); // read it and store it in val } println(val); //print it out in the console }