new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  # "Arduino companion"
  # test implm of a LEDs animations using an Arduino Micro & 74HC595 shift registers 
  
  import serial  # needed for serial communication with the uC/Arduino
  import time
  
  # initial setup
  # init the Arduino serial connection
  #ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB0', 9600, timeout=None)
  try:
      ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM1', 9600, timeout=None)
  except (OSError, IOError) as e:
      print "' should connect uC/Arduino first ;p !"
      quit()
  
  while 1 == 1:
  
    # test pattern: all outputs of the first shift register HIGH
    #ser.write( '0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1\n' )
    ser.write( '1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0\n' )
  
    uCmessage = ser.readline()
    print uCmessage
    
    time.sleep( 2 )
  
  # close the serial connection with the uC/Arduino
  ser.close()
  
subject: Create arduinoMicroShiftRegisterTests_PythonCompanion_K2000KIT.py