Malt

Malt is a Java library that handles serial communication, it wraps
jSerialComm.
It can be used to send and receive messages between Java and Arduino (or other microcontrollers).

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.harium.malt</groupId>
    <artifactId>malt</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Generating a local jar

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Examples

See: malt-examples

Troubleshout

Avoid /var/lock permission issues

• Install uucp library:

In Fedora:

sudo yum install -y uucp

In Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install -y uucp

• Add permission to edit /var/lock

sudo chown uucp /var/lock
sudo usermod -aG uucp $USER
sudo nano /etc/group (change uucp:x:#:{username}  to uucp:x:#:uucp,{username})
sudo chgrp uucp /var/lock
sudo chmod 775 /var/lock

• Don’t forget to logout!

References

• http://playground.arduino.cc/Interfacing/Java

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=547410