Improved serial port detection in Processing

Processing after v2.1 has an improved method of listing available serial ports.

 // if using Processing 2.1 or later:
 // println(Serial.list());       // old method
 printArray(Serial.list());   // improved function 

This will output the list of serial ports in a much nicer to read format, including port number.

So instead of

/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/cu.usbserial-DN01JDLP /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/tty.usbserial-DN01JDLP

you get a nice, clean list:

[0] "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port"
[1] "/dev/cu.usbserial-DN01JDLP"
[2] "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port"
[3] "/dev/tty.usbserial-DN01JDLP"

(By the way, in Processing and older versions of Arduino you may see the same port listed as cu and tty. Either will work, but it is recommended to use cu in Arduino and tty in Processing.)

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