Parse data from sensor without delimeters Im using a variant of Arduino Due embedded on a ARM (Udoo). And I have connected a Medlab SPO2 Pearl 200 sensor to Serial1.

Im just trying to parse input from Serial1 to Serial, in a human-readable format (Hexadecimal).

The protocol is described in this image:


And using this Arduino code I reveice two times the "no finger detected line"

int lineLength = 16;
int spo2read[16];
int readed = 0;
 if (Serial1.available()) {
    int inByte = Serial1.read();
    if (readed &lt; lineLength) {
      spo2read[readed] = inByte;
    }
    readed++;
    if (readed == lineLength) {
      Serial.print("SPO2: ");
      for (int i = 0; i &lt;= lineLength; i++) {
        Serial.print(spo2read[i], HEX);
        Serial.print( delimeter);
      }
      Serial.println("");

      readed = 0;
    }

  }


Output with no finger is:

SPO2: A,FB,2,F9,0,FA,0,FC,A,FB,2,F9,0,FA,0,FC,0,


Buf if I put my finger, all is messed up:

SPO2: 7C,74,6B,62,5A,51,4A,42,3B,34,30,2E,2F,30,31,33,0,
SPO2: 36,38,3B,3E,3D,3C,3C,3B,3B,38,34,2F,2C,2B,2B,29,0,
SPO2: 24,21,1E,1D,1E,1E,1F,20,22,24,26,28,2B,2D,30,32,0,
SPO2: 35,37,39,3C,3E,40,42,44,45,4A,4F,53,55,57,59,5C,0,
SPO2: 5E,60,61,F9,0,FA,0,FC,1A,FB,0,F8,62,62,62,63,0,


Sensor doesn't sends a \n or \r so I don't know exactly how to parse the data
actually I don't think it is all mixed up

as per geometrikal use the markers to parse the data stream

I believe your above sample data started mid-stream during the 0xF8 of the wave form.

F8,...
...,7C,74,6B,62,5A,51,4A,42,3B,34,30,2E,2F,30,31,33,0,36,38,3B,3E,3D,3C,3C,3B,3B,38,34,2F,2C,2B,2B,29,0,24,21,1E,1D,1E,1E,1F,20,22,24,26,28,2B,2D,30,32,0,35,37,39,3C,3E,40,42,44,45,4A,4F,53,55,57,59,5C,0,5E,60,61
F9,0
FA,0
FC,1A
FB,0
F8,62,62,62,63,0,...


I believe reading this as a finite length does not portray the data for easy interpetation. Given that 0xF8 is a variable length protocol.

Where the reparse of your data initially appears to be legitimate parse.

That said I do read the SPO2, Pulse as zero. Where it may be likely the sensor has not finished its reading and auto gain cycles.