Glossary

Term	Description
Toit	A programming language designed for IoT devices, which we provide a high level SDK for. [Toit official website]
ESP32	A popular low-cost microcontroller with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, used in some Lightbug devices. [ESP32 on Wikipedia]
Message	A packet of communication sent between clients, using the Lightbug protocol.
Prefix	Optional bytes before a message to make it easier to see in a byte stream. 0x4c, 0x42 which is LB in ascii.
Header	The first part of the message that contains metadata about a message. Length, type, method, and other generic metadata or instruction.
Payload	The primary data that is being sent in a message.
Header field type	A field type uint8 that is used within header data. These are generally reused across all message types.
Payload field type	A field type uint8 that is used within payload data. These are generally specific to a message type. See messages.
bBytes	A byte array that represents a length and that amount of data in bytes. The length prefix is a uint8 (1 byte) for data type IDs 0–127, or a little-endian uint16 (2 bytes) for data type IDs 128–255. A bByte entry for a sub-128 field might be 3 9 9 9, where 3 is the length, and 9 9 9 is the data. A bByte entry for a greater than 128 field might be 3 0 9 9 9, where 3 is the length, and 9 9 9 is the data. See structure.