Make RPC example easier to understand

[sebromero]

"Fixes" #96

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Memory usage change @ fbec775

Board	flash	%	RAM for global variables	%
arduino:mbed:envie_m4	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed:envie_m7	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed:nano33ble	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0	0 - 0	0.0 - 0.0

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Board	libraries/Scheduler/examples/MultipleBlinks flash	%	libraries/Scheduler/examples/MultipleBlinks RAM for global variables	%	libraries/doom/examples/Doom flash	%	libraries/doom/examples/Doom RAM for global variables	%	libraries/KernelDebug/examples/KernelDebug flash	%	libraries/KernelDebug/examples/KernelDebug RAM for global variables	%	libraries/Portenta_SDCARD/examples/TestSDCARD flash	%	libraries/Portenta_SDCARD/examples/TestSDCARD RAM for global variables	%	libraries/Portenta_Video/examples/Envie_video_coreboot flash	%	libraries/Portenta_Video/examples/Envie_video_coreboot RAM for global variables	%	libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_getBootloaderInfo flash	%	libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_getBootloaderInfo RAM for global variables	%	libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_updateBootloader flash	%	libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_updateBootloader RAM for global variables	%	libraries/ThreadDebug/examples/ThreadDebug flash	%	libraries/ThreadDebug/examples/ThreadDebug RAM for global variables	%	libraries/USBHOST/examples/KeyboardController flash	%	libraries/USBHOST/examples/KeyboardController RAM for global variables	%	libraries/USBHOST/examples/Shell flash	%	libraries/USBHOST/examples/Shell RAM for global variables	%	libraries/WiFi/examples/PortentaWiFiFirmwareUpdater flash	%	libraries/WiFi/examples/PortentaWiFiFirmwareUpdater RAM for global variables	%	libraries/PDM/examples/PDMSerialPlotter flash	%	libraries/PDM/examples/PDMSerialPlotter RAM for global variables	%
arduino:mbed:envie_m4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
arduino:mbed:envie_m7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
arduino:mbed:nano33ble	0	0.0	0	0.0																									0	0.0	0	0.0													0	0.0	0	0.0

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Board,libraries/Scheduler/examples/MultipleBlinks<br>flash,%,libraries/Scheduler/examples/MultipleBlinks<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/doom/examples/Doom<br>flash,%,libraries/doom/examples/Doom<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/KernelDebug/examples/KernelDebug<br>flash,%,libraries/KernelDebug/examples/KernelDebug<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/Portenta_SDCARD/examples/TestSDCARD<br>flash,%,libraries/Portenta_SDCARD/examples/TestSDCARD<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/Portenta_Video/examples/Envie_video_coreboot<br>flash,%,libraries/Portenta_Video/examples/Envie_video_coreboot<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_getBootloaderInfo<br>flash,%,libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_getBootloaderInfo<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_updateBootloader<br>flash,%,libraries/Portenta_System/examples/PortentaH7_updateBootloader<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/ThreadDebug/examples/ThreadDebug<br>flash,%,libraries/ThreadDebug/examples/ThreadDebug<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/USBHOST/examples/KeyboardController<br>flash,%,libraries/USBHOST/examples/KeyboardController<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/USBHOST/examples/Shell<br>flash,%,libraries/USBHOST/examples/Shell<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/WiFi/examples/PortentaWiFiFirmwareUpdater<br>flash,%,libraries/WiFi/examples/PortentaWiFiFirmwareUpdater<br>RAM for global variables,%,libraries/PDM/examples/PDMSerialPlotter<br>flash,%,libraries/PDM/examples/PDMSerialPlotter<br>RAM for global variables,%
arduino:mbed:envie_m4,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0
arduino:mbed:envie_m7,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0
arduino:mbed:nano33ble,0,0.0,0,0.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0,0.0,0,0.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,0,0.0,0,0.0

[JSCLadon]

I am trying to pass a class Value1P from M4 to M7.
The calass is defined as:
class Value1P { int lineID; double current; double tension; Value1P() { lineID = 0001; current = 0; tension = 0; }; ~Value1P() {}; };
I adjusted the example and got the error message: " Value1P has no member named 'msgpack_unpack' v.msgpack_unpack(o.convert());"

I got stuck. If you improve your examples, could you consider an example, were not only a plain int is passed from one core to another?

That would be just wonderful!

Thanks in advance!

[facchinm]

Hi @JSCLadon ,
values being passed from one function to another must be serializable in msgpack (see https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#formats for the supported ones). The solution is usually a packer/unpacker from basic types to the actual object before passing it to the function.
@sebromero do you think that adding an example like that would make sense?

[sebromero]

@facchinm Yes, I think it would be useful. I would probably put it into a separate sketch but I expect other people to have the same issue.

[JSCLadon]

This is a perfect example! Thanks a lot!