i'll got with this I guess

2026-03-05 18:55:00 +00:00
parent f8d483dd62
commit 9b10042112
2 changed files with 120 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -1,8 +1,59 @@
 package telemetry

+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type DataType uint8
+
+const (
+	DataTypeUINT8  DataType = 0
+	DataTypeINT8   DataType = 1
+	DataTypeUINT16 DataType = 2
+	DataTypeINT16  DataType = 3
+	DataTypeSTRING DataType = 4
+)
+
 type TelemetryField struct {
-	Parser func()
-	Value  any
+	Type  DataType
+	Value any
+}
+
+// Pack will pack this current TelemetryField into bytes to send over the wire
+// Format:
+// 0x00 - DataType
+// 0x01 - if its a (u)int8
+// or
+// 0x01 - if its a (u)int16 - first byte
+// 0x01 - if its a (u)int16 - second byte
+// or
+// 0x02 - str len max is 255 chars
+// [0x02] - str
+func (tf *TelemetryField) Pack() []byte {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	buf.WriteByte(uint8(tf.Type))
+
+	switch tf.Type {
+	case DataTypeINT8:
+		buf.WriteByte(uint8(tf.Value.(int8)))
+	case DataTypeUINT8:
+		buf.WriteByte(uint8(tf.Value.(uint8)))
+	case DataTypeINT16, DataTypeUINT16:
+		binary.Write(buf, binary.LittleEndian, tf.Value)
+	case DataTypeSTRING:
+		str := tf.Value.(string)
+		buf.WriteByte(uint8(len(str)))
+		buf.WriteString(str)
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+func (tf *TelemetryField) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", tf.Value)
 }

 // NOTE: Replace values with a more appropriate custom field approach where