# Visually show beam in processing

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/visually-show-beam-in-processing/15979
**Category:** Project Guidance
**Created:** [November 30, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/visually-show-beam-in-processing/15979 "2019-11-30T12:14:42Z")
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### Author: ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/visually-show-beam-in-processing/15979/2 "2019-11-30T13:02:42Z")

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Absolutely you can!

- The Arduino can collect data from sensors  
Using A/D:  
[analogRead() - Arduino Reference](https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/analog-io/analogread/)
- The Arduino and Processing can communicate.  
[Serial / Libraries / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/libraries/serial/index.html)  
[Serial - Arduino Reference](https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/communication/serial/)
- Processing can visualize that data  
[https://processing.org/](https://processing.org/)

Related post:

> [@Getting data from strain guages](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-data-from-strain-guages/15978):
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> hello guys… i am facing problem regarding processing 3… we are doing final year project in which we are doing structural health monitoring by using strain guages. now being a civil engineer i am not capable of writing code in processing software to get data from ardunio with which strainguages are attached. can u people help me to write code to recieve data from dtrain guages…

Starting doing some exploration.  
There are lots of resources out there including this forum.

I may assist once you start doing some personal exploration on the subject.

🙂

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