overrides Stream::readBytes()

Author: SuGlider

cores/esp32/HardwareSerial.cpp

@@ -467,6 +467,12 @@ size_t HardwareSerial::read(uint8_t *buffer, size_t size)
     return uartReadBytes(_uart, buffer, size, 0);
 }
 
+// Overrides Stream::readBytes() to be faster using IDF
+size_t HardwareSerial::readBytes(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+    return uartReadBytes(_uart, buffer, length, (uint32_t)getTimeout());
+}
+
 void HardwareSerial::flush(void)
 {
     uartFlush(_uart);

cores/esp32/HardwareSerial.h

@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ class HardwareSerial: public Stream
     {
         return read((uint8_t*) buffer, size);
     }
+    // Overrides Stream::readBytes() to be faster using IDF
+    size_t readBytes(uint8_t *buffer, size_t length);
+    size_t readBytes(char *buffer, size_t length)
+    {
+        return readBytes((char *) buffer, length);
+    }    
     void flush(void);
     void flush( bool txOnly);
     size_t write(uint8_t);