Added ability to use SoftwareSerial library for communication with VESC

examples/getVescValuesSoftwareSerial/getVescValuesSoftwareSerial.ino

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+  Name:    getVescValuesSoftwareSerial.ino
+  Created: 06-03-2019
+  Author:  SkewPL
+  Description:  This example shows ability to use SoftwareSerial port to communicate with VESC. Confirmed to be working on ESP8266.
+                Remember to change the baud rate to a correct value, you can find which baud rate does your VESC use in VESCTool -> UART section.
+*/
+
+#include <VescUart.h>
+#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
+
+/** Initiate VescUart class */
+VescUart vesc;
+
+/** Initiate SoftwareSerial class */
+SoftwareSerial vescSerial(13, 15);
+
+void setup() {
+
+  /** Setup Serial port to display data */
+  Serial.begin(9600);
+
+  /** Setup SoftwareSerial port */
+  vescSerial.begin(19200);
+
+  /** Define which ports to use as UART */
+  vesc.setSerialPort(&vescSerial);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+
+  /** Call the function getVescValues() to acquire data from VESC */
+  if ( vesc.getVescValues() ) {
+
+    Serial.println(vesc.data.rpm);
+    Serial.println(vesc.data.inpVoltage);
+    Serial.println(vesc.data.ampHours);
+    Serial.println(vesc.data.tachometerAbs);
+
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    Serial.println("Failed to get data!");
+  }
+
+  delay(50);
+}

src/VescUart.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "VescUart.h"
-#include <HardwareSerial.h>
 
 VescUart::VescUart(void){
 	nunchuck.valueX         = 127;
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ VescUart::VescUart(void){
 	nunchuck.upperButton  	= false;
 }
 
-void VescUart::setSerialPort(HardwareSerial* port)
+void VescUart::setSerialPort(Stream* port)
 {
 	serialPort = port;
 }

src/VescUart.h

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class VescUart
 		 * @brief      Set the serial port for uart communication
 		 * @param      port  - Reference to Serial port (pointer) 
 		 */
-		void setSerialPort(HardwareSerial* port);
+		void setSerialPort(Stream* port);
 
 		/**
 		 * @brief      Set the serial port for debugging
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class VescUart
 	private: 
 
 		/** Variabel to hold the reference to the Serial object to use for UART */
-		HardwareSerial* serialPort = NULL;
+		Stream* serialPort = NULL;
 
 		/** Variabel to hold the reference to the Serial object to use for debugging. 
 		  * Uses the class Stream instead of HarwareSerial */