Different ways to visualize values

[usbalbin]

Not all values make sense to plot as graphs. For examples

• State machines
• bit fields like peripheral ISR registers etc
• logs - defmt logging #6
• more?

[usbalbin]

We also have the issue values with vastly different scales. Like temperatures in Degrees Celsius say 25-70 in the same view as some voltage in mV that ranges 0-5000mV. The temperature will be very hard to see. Should we fix this by allowing to specify what view to plot to?

[usbalbin]

Should probably try to understand how defmt encodes values first. However here are some ideas:

#[derive(Stuff)]
enum Bar {
    A,
    S(u8),
    D,
    F
}
const BAR: &str = "{u8 A|S({u8})|D|F}"; // The string that will be stored in the elf so the host knows how to parse and format the value

#[derive(Stuff)]
struct Foo {
    bar: Bar
    baz: u8
}
const FOO: &str = "Foo{{ bar: {BAR}, baz: {u8} }}";

Or perhaps we could just as well stringify the type as is and let the host parse that?