Snapshot.

Cargo.lock

@@ -692,6 +692,12 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iter"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3b2e3c8e73c68d760d0c421025a2b740727f1e807bd4a3d6de2ceb886c5dcb9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "konst"
 version = "0.2.20"
@@ -889,6 +895,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "io",
+ "iter",
  "serialport",
 ]
 

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 clap = "4.6.6"
 io = "0.0.2"
+iter = "0.1.0"
 serialport = "4.10.0"
 

src/main.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use core::iter::repeat;
 
 fn get_smeter(comport: &str) -> String {
     let mut port = serialport::new(comport, 4800)
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ fn main() {
     // Simple test loop to make sure we are getting values each time
     for _i in 1..101 {
         let a = get_smeter(port);
-        println!("{a}");
+        //println!("{a}");
+        match a.parse::<i32>() {
+            Ok(n) => println!("{} {}", a, "#".repeat(n.try_into().unwrap())),
+            Err(e) => todo!(),
+            }
     }
 }