Data monitor
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purpose
The purpose of the 'data monitor' is to the permit the reading and modification of 'global variables' on an active platform with minimum overhead to the system.
proposal
- Create a data structure 'monitored_locations' that contain a list of addresses, and object sizes
- Create a empty telemetery message packet large enough to store data from 'monitored_locations'
- A function runs over entries in 'monitored_locations'. and copies the referenced data into a telemetry message packet.
issues
- The proposed system does not lock data structures. Depending on the application layer implementation, data in a state of transition may be read/written.
- Reads of data structures could accrue at the end of the statemachine.
- Writes to data structures would be queued, and implemented before the statemachine.
- Header files on the PC could be inconsistant with the memory map on the robot
