diff --git a/satrs-core/src/parsers/ccsds.rs b/satrs-core/src/encoding/ccsds.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from satrs-core/src/parsers/ccsds.rs
rename to satrs-core/src/encoding/ccsds.rs
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/parsers/cobs.rs b/satrs-core/src/encoding/cobs.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from satrs-core/src/parsers/cobs.rs
rename to satrs-core/src/encoding/cobs.rs
index 5d906a8..0b0e04a 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/parsers/cobs.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/encoding/cobs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 use crate::tmtc::ReceivesTcCore;
-use cobs::decode_in_place;
+use cobs::{decode_in_place, encode};
+
+/// This function encodes the given packet with COBS and also wraps the encoded packet with
+/// the sentinel value 0. It can be used repeatedly on the same encoded buffer by expecting
+/// and incrementing the mutable reference of the current packet index. This is also used
+/// to retrieve the total encoded size.
+pub fn encode_packet_with_cobs(packet: &[u8], encoded_buf: &mut [u8], current_idx: &mut usize) {
+    encoded_buf[*current_idx] = 0;
+    *current_idx += 1;
+    *current_idx += encode(packet, &mut encoded_buf[*current_idx..]);
+    encoded_buf[*current_idx] = 0;
+    *current_idx += 1;
+}
 
 /// This function parses a given buffer for COBS encoded packets. The packet structure is
 /// expected to be like this, assuming a sentinel value of 0 as the packet delimiter:
@@ -58,7 +70,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     use cobs::encode;
 
     use crate::{
-        parsers::tests::{encode_simple_packet, INVERTED_PACKET, SIMPLE_PACKET},
+        encoding::tests::{encode_simple_packet, INVERTED_PACKET, SIMPLE_PACKET},
         tmtc::ReceivesTcCore,
     };
 
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/encoding/mod.rs b/satrs-core/src/encoding/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d2727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/satrs-core/src/encoding/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+pub mod ccsds;
+pub mod cobs;
+
+pub use crate::encoding::ccsds::parse_buffer_for_ccsds_space_packets;
+pub use crate::encoding::cobs::parse_buffer_for_cobs_encoded_packets;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) mod tests {
+    use super::cobs::encode_packet_with_cobs;
+
+    pub(crate) const SIMPLE_PACKET: [u8; 5] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+    pub(crate) const INVERTED_PACKET: [u8; 5] = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1];
+
+    pub(crate) fn encode_simple_packet(encoded_buf: &mut [u8], current_idx: &mut usize) {
+        encode_packet_with_cobs(&SIMPLE_PACKET, encoded_buf, current_idx)
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn encode_inverted_packet(encoded_buf: &mut [u8], current_idx: &mut usize) {
+        encode_packet_with_cobs(&INVERTED_PACKET, encoded_buf, current_idx)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
index ec080e2..357b07d 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 use std::vec::Vec;
 
-use crate::parsers::parse_buffer_for_cobs_encoded_packets;
+use crate::encoding::parse_buffer_for_cobs_encoded_packets;
 use crate::tmtc::ReceivesTc;
 use crate::tmtc::TmPacketSource;
 
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ mod tests {
     };
 
     use crate::{
+        encoding::tests::{INVERTED_PACKET, SIMPLE_PACKET},
         hal::std::tcp_server::ServerConfig,
-        parsers::tests::{INVERTED_PACKET, SIMPLE_PACKET},
         tmtc::{ReceivesTcCore, TmPacketSourceCore},
     };
     use alloc::{boxed::Box, collections::VecDeque, sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/lib.rs b/satrs-core/src/lib.rs
index 50e9d42..8ae56e5 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern crate downcast_rs;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", test))]
 extern crate std;
 
+pub mod encoding;
 pub mod error;
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[cfg_attr(doc_cfg, doc(cfg(feature = "alloc")))]
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ pub mod hk;
 pub mod mode;
 pub mod objects;
 pub mod params;
-pub mod parsers;
 pub mod pool;
 pub mod power;
 pub mod pus;
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/parsers/mod.rs b/satrs-core/src/parsers/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c25060a..0000000
--- a/satrs-core/src/parsers/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-pub mod ccsds;
-pub mod cobs;
-
-pub use crate::parsers::ccsds::parse_buffer_for_ccsds_space_packets;
-pub use crate::parsers::cobs::parse_buffer_for_cobs_encoded_packets;
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-pub(crate) mod tests {
-    use cobs::encode;
-
-    pub(crate) const SIMPLE_PACKET: [u8; 5] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
-    pub(crate) const INVERTED_PACKET: [u8; 5] = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1];
-
-    pub(crate) fn encode_simple_packet(encoded_buf: &mut [u8], current_idx: &mut usize) {
-        encoded_buf[*current_idx] = 0;
-        *current_idx += 1;
-        *current_idx += encode(&SIMPLE_PACKET, &mut encoded_buf[*current_idx..]);
-        encoded_buf[*current_idx] = 0;
-        *current_idx += 1;
-    }
-}