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ISO-TP (ISO 15765-2) Support Library in C
================================

## API
This is a platform agnostic C library that implements the ISO 15765-2 (also
known as ISO-TP) protocol, which runs over a CAN bus. Quoting Wikipedia:

First, set up some shim functions to your lower level system:
>ISO 15765-2, or ISO-TP, is an international standard for sending data packets
>over a CAN-Bus. The protocol allows for the transport of messages that exceed
>the eight byte maximum payload of CAN frames. ISO-TP segments longer messages
>into multiple frames, adding metadata that allows the interpretation of
>individual frames and reassembly into a complete message packet by the
>recipient. It can carry up to 4095 bytes of payload per message packet.
void debug(const char* format, ...) {
...
}
This library doesn't assume anything about the source of the ISO-TP messages or
the underlying interface to CAN. It uses dependency injection to give you
complete control.

The current version supports *only single frame ISO-TP messages*. This is fine
for OBD-II diagnostic messages, for example, but this library needs some
additional work before it can support sending larger messages.

## Usage

First, create some shim functions to let this library use your lower level
system:

// required, this must send a single CAN message with the given arbitration
// ID (i.e. the CAN message ID) and data. The size will never be more than 8
// bytes.
void send_can(const uint16_t arbitration_id, const uint8_t* data,
const uint8_t size) {
...
}

// optional, provide to receive debugging log messages
void debug(const char* format, ...) {
...
}


// not used in the current version
void set_timer(uint16_t time_ms, void (*callback)) {
...
}

Then, set up a callback and send an ISO-TP message:
With your shims in place, create an IsoTpShim object to pass them around:

IsoTpShim shims = isotp_init_shims(debug, send_can, set_timer);

### API

With your shims in hand, send an ISO-TP message:

// this is your callback for when the message is completely sent - it's
// optional
// Optiona: This is your callback that will be called when the message is
// completely sent. If it was single frame (the only type supported right
// now), this will be called immediately.
void message_sent(const IsoTpMessage* message, const bool success) {
// You received the message! Do something with it.
}

IsoTpShim shims = isotp_init_shims(debug, send_can, set_timer);
IsoTpHandle handle = isotp_send(&shims, 0x100, NULL, 0, message_sent);

if(handle.completed) {
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Finally, receive an ISO-TP message:

// This is your callback for when a complete ISO-TP message is received at
// the arbitration ID you specify - it's optional. The completed message is
// also returned by isotp_receive_can_frame
// Optional: This is your callback for when a complete ISO-TP message is
// received at the arbitration ID you specify. The completed message is
// also returned by isotp_receive_can_frame, which can sometimes be more
// useful since you have more context.
void message_received(const IsoTpMessage* message) {
}

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}
}

// TODO add an optional dispatcher to handle multiple open requests

## Testing

The library includes a test suite that uses the `check` C unit test library.
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