void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{char a[10];
if(Serial.setTimeout(1000)<1000)
{
  if(Serial.available())
  {
    int b=Serial.readBytes(a,10  );
    Serial.println(b);
  }
}}

is this way of using Serial.settimeout().if not please correct me

 

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Or, you could just ask the question all over the internet without looking for the answer yourself...

 

Breaking a problem to very small pieces doesn't really help. Resume the discussion over your whole project in this thread so that people can have a complete idea of what you are trying to do.

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