example code of hk packets might look like

src/main.rs

@@ -1,34 +1,43 @@
-use core::ops::Deref;
-use heapless::Vec;
-use postcard::{from_bytes, to_vec};
+use postcard::{from_bytes, to_stdvec, to_vec};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use zerocopy::byteorder::{U16, I32};
+use zerocopy::{FromBytes, AsBytes, Unaligned, NetworkEndian};
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-struct RefStruct<'a> {
-    bytes: &'a [u8],
-    str_s: &'a str,
+#[derive(AsBytes, FromBytes, Unaligned, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[repr(C, packed)]
+struct ZeroCopyTest {
+    some_bool: u8,
+    some_u16: U16<NetworkEndian>,
+    some_i32: I32<NetworkEndian>,
+    some_float: [u8; 4]
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
+struct PostcardTest {
+    some_bool: u8,
+    some_u16: u16,
+    some_i32: i32,
+    some_float: f32
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let message = "hElLo";
-    let bytes = [0x01, 0x10, 0x02, 0x20];
-    let output: Vec<u8, 11> = to_vec(&RefStruct {
-        bytes: &bytes,
-        str_s: message,
-    })
-    .unwrap();
+    let pc_test = PostcardTest {
+        some_bool: true as u8,
+        some_u16: 0x42,
+        some_i32: -200,
+        some_float: 7.7 as f32
+    };
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        &[0x04, 0x01, 0x10, 0x02, 0x20, 0x05, b'h', b'E', b'l', b'L', b'o',],
-        output.deref()
-    );
+    let out = to_stdvec(&pc_test).unwrap();
+    println!("{:#04x?}", out);
 
-    let out: RefStruct = from_bytes(output.deref()).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(
-        out,
-        RefStruct {
-            bytes: &bytes,
-            str_s: message,
-        }
-    );
+    let sample_hk = ZeroCopyTest {
+        some_bool: true as u8,
+        some_u16: U16::from(0x42),
+        some_i32: I32::from(-200),
+        some_float: (7.7 as f32).to_ne_bytes()
+    };
+    let mut slice = [0; 11];
+    sample_hk.write_to(slice.as_mut_slice());
+    println!("{:#04x?}", slice);
 }