# OLA Serial Data Test Example

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/ola-serial-data-test-example/41103>\
**Category:** Artemis\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/ola-serial-data-test-example/41103 "2020-12-14T23:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icarus71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f1d935/32.png) [@Icarus71](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Icarus71)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/ola-serial-data-test-example/41103/1 "2020-12-14T23:57:15Z")

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As the OLA is not a board as such there are no examples of it using it to receive Serial data.

Is it possible you can point me to an example of sending data from say a Mega using Serial1 to the OLA.

I can then build on your example and send my data , including a time stamp, to the OLA.

Thanks in anticipation

Regards

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**Author:** ![TS-Chris](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/ts-chris/32/6057_2.png) [@TS-Chris](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Chris)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/ola-serial-data-test-example/41103/2 "2020-12-15T20:42:13Z")

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Hello lcarus, thanks for posting.

Unfortunately we do not have a test sketch for sending serial data but it would be simple for you to write one. Arduino’s [[Serial.Begin help page](https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/communication/serial/begin/) has everything you need to write a sketch.]([Serial.begin() - Arduino Reference](https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/communication/serial/begin/))