Yivo

Trying to standardize the way I access serial data from sensors and stuff.

• Languages
  • C++
  • Python

API

Part	In Checksum	Type	Description
Header		uint8_t[2]	default $K
Size	x	uint16_t	0-65,535 bytes, stored as [L,H] => `(H << 8)
Type	x	uint8_t	255 message IDs, 0 is not allowed as an ID
Data	x	uint8_t[Size]	payload data array
Checksum		uint8_t	XOR of size, type, and data bytes

0	1	2	3	4	...	-1
$	K	L	H	T	...	checksum

Byte Conversions

Type	Bytes	Format	Python	C/C++
uint8	1	B	int	uint8_t
uint16	2	H	int	uint16_t
uint32	4	I	int	uint32_t
uint64	8	Q	int	uint64_t
int8	1	b	int	int8_t
int16	2	h	int	int16_t
int32	4	i	int	int32_t
int64	8	q	int	int64_t
float	4	f	float	float
double	8	d	float	double

Todo

• Make C and python functions/objects match ... they are different right now
• Should I move to a real CRC-8 checksum?
• Generate C and Python messages from a template instead of writing independently
  • Don't like solution, not sure it is really useful
• Add method bool has_valid_chksum()? Class could calculate checksum and then compare to its checksum

Done

• Remove messages from library. This is just a binary packer and not dependant on the message format other than, it is a struct
• c++: Make a header only library
• c++: rename YivoPack_t to something else like yivopkt_t
• c++: Should I move away from std::vector and to a fixed array size, since on create of a message, I know the complete size ... it isn't a mystery at that point
  • NO
    • would now have to use new and delete which aren't my favorite
    • std::array puts data on stack and can only handle a limited size before you overflow the stack

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