Making Use Of The Arduino Serial Plotter

Taking a look at some of the advantages and limitations of the built in Arduino serial plotter - a great alternative to the serial monitor terminal.

It is useful for watching changes in trends such as temperature logging, monitoring multiple inputs and comparing them, even using it as a simple oscilloscope or logic analyzer.

Some tricks and work-arounds can help make the interface and experience a lot better though.

Sketch:

Video on using the DS18B20 one wire digital thermometer probe:


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