Network/remote control

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[BobSaidHi]

Bitserial is unpleasant and a proper HTTP API may be a less than optimal solution.

Background Research

• LinkedIn - Robot Protocol Design Intro
• NI - Network Protocol Types
• Relevant Article - Video Game Networking
• Linked Relevant Article with more details
• Relevant Paper Comparing Messaging Protocols
• LinkedIn - Robot Protocol Design Tips for High Throughput
• SNWS,SD - Relevant Paper
• Cornell - Relevant Paper
• Relevant Industry Website, but not that helpful
• More Articles
• Even More Articles
• Another List of Articles
• Also look into continuous protocols

Relevant Discussion- JSON vs. serialzation

Flinging JSON back and forth could work but could become a bit too verbose. Alternatively, SCPI may not be much better. (To be sent over socketrs w/ Python Twisted)

Comparison:

{
    "joystickLeft": {
        "x": 0.0,
        "y": 0.0
    },
    "joystickRight": {
        "x": 0.0,
        "y": 0.0
    },
    "buttons": {
        "a": false,
        "b": false,
        "c": false,
        "d": false
    }
}

JoyStickLeft: 0.0,0.0
JoyStifckRight: 0.0,0.0
BUTtons: False,False,False,False

JSL: 0.0,0.0
JSR: 0.0,0.0
BUT: 0,0,0,0

• If I wantedot use JS, Cyclon JS could wok (Don't Seem to be alternatives)
• Intro/ Guide

Alternatively, MQTT is similar to NetworkTables (Spec) but simpler (publish/subscribe system)

• https://mqtt.org/
• https://mqtt.org/software/

Also, look into MsgPac or similar to convert high level API into binary serial api.

Conclusion

• Read up serialization, TCP sockets, serial transmission, serialization of data in Python Twisted
• Consider just using MQTT if it's not that much more work or has better features