Merge pull request brettdottech#246 from dreed47/serial_monitor_fixes

Serial monitor fixes

Author: brett-dot-tech

firmware/config/config.h.template

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 // LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE, LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
 #define LOG_LEVEL LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
 
+// Enable if you're having issues with the app outputting garbage characters on startup, delay in ms
+// #define SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY 4000
+
 // if not defined, then no memory debugging is emitted
 // #define MEMORY_DEBUG_INTERVAL 5000
 

firmware/src/main.cpp

@@ -46,11 +46,24 @@ void addWidgets() {
 void setup() {
     // Initialize global resources
     initializeGlobalResources();
+
+#ifdef SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY
+    // Add a delay to allow the serial interface to initialize
+    delay(SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY);
+#endif
+
     Serial.begin(115200);
+
+    // Clear the serial buffer of any garbage
+    while (Serial.available() > 0) {
+        Serial.read();
+    }
+
     Log.begin(LOG_LEVEL, &Serial);
-    Log.noticeln("Starting up...");
+    Log.noticeln("🚀 Starting up...");
     Log.noticeln("PCB Version: %s", PCB_VERSION);
 
+
     wifiManager = new OrbsWiFiManager();
     config = new ConfigManager(*wifiManager);
     sm = new ScreenManager(tft);