NEW FEATURES AND NEW FUNCTIONS

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+// Copyright (C) 2017 - 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
+// Organization: FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
+// Email: toolbox@scilab.in
+
+function out=RPI_serialGetchar(fd)
+// Function to get next character from serial device
+//
+// Calling Sequence
+//  RPI_serialGetchar(fd)
+//
+// Parameters
+//  fd: file-descriptor obtained from RPI_serialOpen function  
+//
+// Description
+//  This function returns the next character available on the serial device. This call will block for up to 10 seconds if no data is available (when it will return -1).
+//
+// Examples
+//  RPI_serialGetchar(13)
+// See also
+//  RPI_serialOpen, RPI_serialClose, RPI_serialFlush, RPI_serialPutchar, RPI_serialPuts, RPI_serialPrintf, RPI_serialDataAvail
+//
+// Authors
+//  Jorawar Singh
+//
+// Bibliography
+//  http://wiringpi.com/reference/
+
+    commande="sGc#1#"+string(fd)+"#";
+    if getos()=="Linux" then
+        out=unix_g("python -c ""import socket;s=socket.socket();s.connect((''"+RPI_piAdress+"'',9077));s.send(''"+commande+"'');print(s.recv(1024));s.close()""");
+    elseif getos()=="Windows" then
+        [out,RPI_winR]=dos("python -c ""import socket;s=socket.socket();s.connect((''"+RPI_piAdress+"'',9077));s.send(''"+commande+"'');print(s.recv(1024));s.close()""");
+    end
+endfunction