From ece84dafcfc9937c7f8dd954e51c63e2720dec20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Calder <olivercalder@protonmail.ch>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 12:20:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added send_raw() function to allow sending arbitrary binary
 data using the serial port.

---
 src/port.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/port.rs b/src/port.rs
index e389283..2228a19 100644
--- a/src/port.rs
+++ b/src/port.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ impl SerialPort {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Sends a raw byte on the serial port, intended for binary data.
+    pub fn send_raw(&mut self, data: u8) {
+        unsafe {
+            wait_for!(self.line_sts().contains(LineStsFlags::OUTPUT_EMPTY));
+            self.data.write(data);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Receives a byte on the serial port.
     pub fn receive(&mut self) -> u8 {
         unsafe {