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+/* Copyright (C) 2016 - IIT Bombay - FOSSEE
+
+ This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL.
+ This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ you should have received as part of this distribution.  The terms
+ are also available at
+ http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt
+ Author: Siddhesh Wani
+ Organization: FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
+ Email: toolbox@scilab.in
+*/
+
+/* Function to read character from spcified serial port (file descriptor). 
+   This function will block execution for 10 secs if no character is available,
+   and will return -1 in that case*/
+     
+#include "types.h"
+#include "RPIPeripheralSerial.h"
+
+int16 i16RPISerialGetChars(int fd)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	
+	data = serialGetchar(fd);
+
+	return data;
+}