moved the clearing code and used the SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY value to set the delay

Author: dreed47

firmware/config/config.h.template

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
 // 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
-// #define SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY
+// Enable if you're having issues with the app outputting garbage characters on startup, delay in ms
+// #define SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY 4000
 
 // ============= END OF USER CONFIGURATION =================================================================
 

firmware/src/main.cpp

@@ -49,15 +49,16 @@ void setup() {
 
 #ifdef SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY
     // Add a delay to allow the serial interface to initialize
-    delay(4000);
+    delay(SERIAL_INTERFACE_INIT_DELAY);
 #endif
 
+    Serial.begin(115200);
+
     // Clear the serial buffer of any garbage
     while (Serial.available() > 0) {
         Serial.read();
     }
 
-    Serial.begin(115200);
     Log.begin(LOG_LEVEL, &Serial);
     Log.noticeln("🚀 Starting up...");