A Simple Ruby Program to Read Arduino serial over bluetooth and send an email, (say, to use IFTTT).

serialPort.rb

#simplest ruby program to read from arduino serial,
#using the SerialPort gem
#(http://rubygems.org/gems/serialport)
 
require "serialport"
require "pony"
 
#params for serial port
port_str = "/dev/tty.supershoesBT1-SPP"  #may be different for you
#port_str = "/dev/tty.usbmodemfd121"  #may be different for you
baud_rate = 9600
data_bits = 8
stop_bits = 1
parity = SerialPort::NONE
 
sp = SerialPort.new(port_str, baud_rate, data_bits, stop_bits, parity)

#just read forever
while true do
   while (i = sp.gets) do       # see note 2
      puts i
      #puts "String"
      #puts i.class #String


      #email people here
      Pony.mail(:to => 'trigger@ifttt.com', :from => 'savannahniles@gmail.com', :subject => "#MLPartyMachine", :body => "On " + Time.now.strftime("%B %d at %I:%M %p") + ", people partied. #MLPartyMachine")


    end
end
 
sp.close                       #see note 1