How do I get a max number of bytes from a string? - string

In .NET 2.0, I need to send some strings across the wire, but when building my packets I need to limit them to only 255 bytes.
I was going to use
UnicodeEncoding.GetBytes(char* chars,int charCount, byte* bytes, int byteCount)
MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/z2s6sc1d(v=vs.80)
but I can't compile my app with /unsafe, so this is out.
Here's the basic method I need to fill out:
private void GenerateSNMPObjectPacket(String value, int maxByteCount)
{
int byteCount = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(value);
if (byteCount > maxByteCount)
byteCount = maxByteCount;
byte[] valueBytes = new byte[byteCount];
//somehow get UTF8 bytes into valueBytes
//do what I do with my byte array
}

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android AudioTrack playback short array (16bit)

I have an application that playback audio. It takes encoded audio data over RTP and decode it to 16bit array. The decoded 16bit array is converted to 8 bit array (byte array) as this is required for some other functionality.
Even though audio playback is working it is breaking continuously and very hard to recognise audio output. If I listen carefully I can tell it is playing the correct audio.
I suspect this is due to the fact I convert 16 bit data stream into a byte array and use the write(byte[], int, int, AudioTrack.WRITE_NON_BLOCKING) of AudioTrack class for audio playback.
Therefore I converted the byte array back to a short array and used write(short[], int, int, AudioTrack.WRITE_NON_BLOCKING) method to see if it could resolve the problem.
However now there is no audio sound at all. In the debug output I can see the short array has data.
What could be the reason?
Here is the AUdioTrak initialization
sampleRate =AudioTrack.getNativeOutputSampleRate(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
minimumBufferSize = AudioTrack.getMinBufferSize(sampleRate, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_STEREO, AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT);
audioTrack = new AudioTrack(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, sampleRate,
AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_STEREO,
AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT,
minimumBufferSize,
AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM);
Here is the code converts short array to byte array
for (int i=0;i<internalBuffer.length;i++){
bufferIndex = i*2;
buffer[bufferIndex] = shortToByte(internalBuffer[i])[0];
buffer[bufferIndex+1] = shortToByte(internalBuffer[i])[1];
}
Here is the method that converts byte array to short array.
public short[] getShortAudioBuffer(byte[] b){
short audioBuffer[] = null;
int index = 0;
int audioSize = 0;
ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2);
if ((b ==null) && (b.length<2)){
return null;
}else{
audioSize = (b.length - (b.length%2));
audioBuffer = new short[audioSize/2];
}
if ((audioSize/2) < 2)
return null;
byteBuffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
for(int i=0;i<audioSize/2;i++){
index = i*2;
byteBuffer.put(b[index]);
byteBuffer.put(b[index+1]);
audioBuffer[i] = byteBuffer.getShort(0);
byteBuffer.clear();
System.out.print(Integer.toHexString(audioBuffer[i]) + " ");
}
System.out.println();
return audioBuffer;
}
Audio is decoded using opus library and the configuration is as follows;
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_APPLICATION(OPUS_APPLICATION_AUDIO));
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_SIGNAL(OPUS_SIGNAL_MUSIC));
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_FORCE_CHANNELS(OPUS_AUTO));
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_MAX_BANDWIDTH(OPUS_BANDWIDTH_FULLBAND));
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_PACKET_LOSS_PERC(0));
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_COMPLEXITY(10)); // highest complexity
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_LSB_DEPTH(16)); // 16bit = two byte samples
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_DTX(0)); // default - not using discontinuous transmission
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_VBR(1)); // use variable bit rate
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_VBR_CONSTRAINT(0)); // unconstrained
opus_decoder_ctl(dec,OPUS_SET_INBAND_FEC(0)); // no forward error correction
Let's assume you have a short[] array which contains the 16-bit one channel data to be played.
Then each sample is a value between -32768 and 32767 which represents the signal amplitude at the exact moment. And 0 value represents a middle point (no signal). This array can be passed to the audio track with ENCODING_PCM_16BIT format encoding.
But things are going weird when playing ENCODING_PCM_8BIT is used (See AudioFormat)
In this case each sample encoded by one byte. But each byte is unsigned. That means, it's value is between 0 and 255, while 128 represents the middle point.
Java has no unsigned byte format. Byte format is signed. I.e. values -128...-1 will represent actual values of 128...255. So you have to be careful when converting to the byte array, otherwise it will be a noise with barely recognizable source sound.
short[] input16 = ... // the source 16-bit audio data;
byte[] output8 = new byte[input16.length];
for (int i = 0 ; i < input16.length ; i++) {
// To convert 16 bit signed sample to 8 bit unsigned
// We add 128 (for rounding), then shift it right 8 positions
// Then add 128 to be in range 0..255
int sample = ((input16[i] + 128) >> 8) + 128;
if (sample > 255) sample = 255; // strip out overload
output8[i] = (byte)(sample); // cast to signed byte type
}
To perform backward conversion all should be the same: each single sample to be converted to exactly one sample of the output signal
byte[] input8 = // source 8-bit unsigned audio data;
short[] output16 = new short[input8.length];
for (int i = 0 ; i < input8.length ; i++) {
// to convert signed byte back to unsigned value just use bitwise AND with 0xFF
// then we need subtract 128 offset
// Then, just scale up the value by 256 to fit 16-bit range
output16[i] = (short)(((input8[i] & 0xFF) - 128) * 256);
}
The issue of not being able to convert data from byte array to short array was resolved when used bitwise operators instead of using ByteArray. It could be due not setting the correct parameters in ByteArray or it is not suitable for such conversion.
Nevertheless implementing conversion using bitwise operators resolved the problem. Since the original question has been resolved by this approach, please consider this as the final answer.
I will raise a separate topic for playback issue.
Thank you for all your support.

Sending a byte [] over javacard apdu

I send a byte [] from the host application to the javacard applet. But when I try to retrieve it as byte [] via the command buffer[ISO7816.OFFSET_CDATA], I am told that I cannot convert byte to byte[]. How can I send a byte [] via command APDU from the host application and retrieve it as byte[] on the other end (javacard applet). It appears buffer[ISO7816.OFFSET_CDATA] returns byte. See my comments on where the error occurs.
My idea is as follows:
The host application sends challenge as a byte [] to be signed by the javacard applet. Note that the signature requires the challenge to be a byte []. The javacard signs as follows:
private void sign(APDU apdu) {
if(!pin.isValidated()) ISOException.throwIt(SW_PIN_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED);
else{
byte [] buffer = apdu.getBuffer();
byte numBytes = buffer[ISO7816.OFFSET_LC];
byte byteRead =(byte)(apdu.setIncomingAndReceive());
if ( ( numBytes != 20 ) || (byteRead != 20) )
ISOException.throwIt(ISO7816.SW_WRONG_LENGTH);
byte [] challenge = buffer[ISO7816.OFFSET_CDATA];// error point cannot convert from byte to byte []
byte [] output = new byte [64];
short length = 64;
short x =0;
Signature signature =Signature.getInstance(Signature.ALG_RSA_SHA_PKCS1, false);
signature.init(privKey, Signature.MODE_SIGN);
short sigLength = signature.sign(challenge, offset,length, output, x); // challenge must be a byte []
//This sequence of three methods sends the data contained in
//'serial' with offset '0' and length 'serial.length'
//to the host application.
apdu.setOutgoing();
apdu.setOutgoingLength((short)output.length);
apdu.sendBytesLong(output,(short)0,(short)output.length);
}
}
The challenge is sent by the host application as shown below:
byte [] card_signature=null;
SecureRandom random = SecureRandom . getInstance( "SHA1PRNG" ) ;
byte [] bytes = new byte [ 20 ] ;
random . nextBytes ( bytes) ;
CommandAPDU challenge;
ResponseAPDU resp3;
challenge = new CommandAPDU(IDENTITY_CARD_CLA,SIGN_CHALLENGE, 0x00, 0x20,bytes);
resp3= c.transmit(challenge);
if(resp3.getSW()==0x9000) {
card_signature = resp3.getData();
String s= DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary(card_signature);
System.out.println("signature: " + s);
} else System.out.println("Challenge signature error " + resp3.getSW());
Generally, you send bytes over through the APDU interface. A Java or Java Card byte[] is a construct that can hold those bytes. This is where the APDU buffer comes in: it is the byte array that holds the bytes sent over the APDU interface - or at least a portion of them after calling setIncomingAndReceive().
The challenge therefore is within the APDU buffer; instead of calling:
short sigLength = signature.sign(challenge, offset,length, output, x);
you can therefore simply call:
short sigLength = signature.sign(buffer, apdu.getOffsetCdata(), CHALLENGE_SIZE, buffer, START);
where CHALLENGE_SIZE is 20 and START is simply zero.
Then you can use:
apdu.getOutgoingAndSend(START, sigLength);
to send back the signed challenge.
If you require to keep the challenge for a later stage then you should create a byte array in RAM using JCSystem.makeTransientByteArray() during construction of the Applet and then use Util.arrayCopy() to move the byte values into the challenge buffer. However, since the challenge is generated by the offcard system, there doesn't seem to be any need for this. The offcard system should keep the challenge, not the card.
You should not use ISO7816.OFFSET_CDATA anymore; it will not return the correct result if you would use larger key sizes that generate larger signatures and therefore require the use of extended length APDUs.

How to send integer as a string with WriteFile for serialport

I want to send an integer as a string buffer to a serial port with WriteFile. This data value is result from the sensor, this data max has 2 characters.
I have tried to convert with itoa
for example:
DWORD nbytes;
int a,b,c;
a=10;
char *tempa ="";
tempa = itoa(a, tempa,0);
if(!WriteFile( hnd_serial, a, 2, &nbytes, NULL )){MessageBox(L"Write Com Port fail!");return;}
This code is not working.
Unhandled exception at 0x1024d496 (msvcr100d.dll) in ENVSConfig.exe: 0xC0000094: Integer division by zero.
Also I have tried the suggestion from this website:
convert int to string but still does not working to.
Is there any clue to do this?
You are not using itoa properly, you need to allocate space for your string, you need to provide a proper radix (this is where your divide-by-zero error is happening) and finally you need to use the buffer, not your original a value, as the buffer in your write.
Try the following:
DWORD nbytes;
int a,b,c;
a = 10;
char tempa[64]; // Randomly picked 64 characters as the max size
itoa(a, tempa, 10);
if(!WriteFile(hnd_serial, tempa, 2, &nbytes, NULL))
{
MessageBox(L"Write Com Port fail!");
return;
}

Arduino: Crashes and errors when concatenating Strings

I try to concatenate the output of AES-256 encryption to a string (to compare this string against the encrypted String sent from an Android phone).
Basically, the concatination seems to work, but after a few runs errors (non readable characters, string getting shorter instead of longer) or crashes occur. It is reproducible, crashes at the exact same point after restart.
I extracted some lines of Arduino code that demonstrate the problem. It does the following:
Create a random number and write it into an array (works)
AES- encode this array (works)
Build a HEX representation of each array index (works)
Concatenate the indices to a String (crashes)
#include <SPI.h>
#include "aes256.h" //include this lib
uint8_t key[] = {9,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 }; //the encryption key
aes256_context ctxt; //context needed for aes library
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
uint8_t data[] = {
0x53, 0x73, 0x64, 0x66, 0x61, 0x73, 0x64, 0x66,
0x61, 0x73, 0x64, 0x66, 0x61, 0x73, 0x64, 0x65, }; //the message to be encoded
long InitialRandom = random(2147483647); //0 to highest possible long
String RandomString = "" ;
RandomString+=InitialRandom; //random number to String
Serial.println(RandomString); //for debugging
//update data array: Random String into data array
for (int x=0; x<RandomString.length(); x++){
data[x] = RandomString[x];
}
//this encrypts data array, which changes
aes256_init(&ctxt, key); //initialize the lib
aes256_encrypt_ecb(&ctxt, data); //do the encryption
aes256_done(&ctxt);
//Here the problem starts.............................................
String encrypted=""; //the string I need finally
for (int x=0; x<sizeof(data); x++){ //data array is 16 in size
int a = data[x];
String b = String (a, HEX);
if(b.length()==1) b="0"+b; //if result is e.g "a" it should be "0a"
encrypted.concat(b); //this line causes the problem!!!
//Serial.println(b); //works perfect if above line commented out
Serial.println(encrypted); //see the string geting longer until problems occur
}
//Here the problem ends.............................................
Serial.println(); //go for next round, until crashing
}
I have searched the forums, tried different ways to concatenate (+ operator, strcat). All had similar effects. I read that the String library had a bug, updated Arduino IDE to 1.0.
This has kept me busy for days, any help is highly appreciated,
Thanks a lot!
You are probably running out of memory as Arduino only has a small amount.
Check how much memory you have free during your loop.
The culprit may be that the implementation of String (see Arduino WString.cpp) is using realloc(), and your memory is probably being heavily defregmented with one or two byte strings (each of which has a 16 byte heap header cost).
You could re-write the above more efficiently by pre-allocating a String reserve() functions to pre-allocate the buffer. Or re-write it using native C++ char arrays.

Converting an int or String to a char array on Arduino

I am getting an int value from one of the analog pins on my Arduino. How do I concatenate this to a String and then convert the String to a char[]?
It was suggested that I try char msg[] = myString.getChars();, but I am receiving a message that getChars does not exist.
To convert and append an integer, use operator += (or member function concat):
String stringOne = "A long integer: ";
stringOne += 123456789;
To get the string as type char[], use toCharArray():
char charBuf[50];
stringOne.toCharArray(charBuf, 50)
In the example, there is only space for 49 characters (presuming it is terminated by null). You may want to make the size dynamic.
Overhead
The cost of bringing in String (it is not included if not used anywhere in the sketch), is approximately 1212 bytes of program memory (flash) and 48 bytes RAM.
This was measured using Arduino IDE version 1.8.10 (2019-09-13) for an Arduino Leonardo sketch.
Risk
There must be sufficient free RAM available. Otherwise, the result may be lockup/freeze of the application or other strange behaviour (UB).
Just as a reference, below is an example of how to convert between String and char[] with a dynamic length -
// Define
String str = "This is my string";
// Length (with one extra character for the null terminator)
int str_len = str.length() + 1;
// Prepare the character array (the buffer)
char char_array[str_len];
// Copy it over
str.toCharArray(char_array, str_len);
Yes, this is painfully obtuse for something as simple as a type conversion, but somehow it's the easiest way.
You can convert it to char* if you don't need a modifiable string by using:
(char*) yourString.c_str();
This would be very useful when you want to publish a String variable via MQTT in arduino.
None of that stuff worked. Here's a much simpler way .. the label str is the pointer to what IS an array...
String str = String(yourNumber, DEC); // Obviously .. get your int or byte into the string
str = str + '\r' + '\n'; // Add the required carriage return, optional line feed
byte str_len = str.length();
// Get the length of the whole lot .. C will kindly
// place a null at the end of the string which makes
// it by default an array[].
// The [0] element is the highest digit... so we
// have a separate place counter for the array...
byte arrayPointer = 0;
while (str_len)
{
// I was outputting the digits to the TX buffer
if ((UCSR0A & (1<<UDRE0))) // Is the TX buffer empty?
{
UDR0 = str[arrayPointer];
--str_len;
++arrayPointer;
}
}
With all the answers here, I'm surprised no one has brought up using itoa already built in.
It inserts the string representation of the integer into the given pointer.
int a = 4625;
char cStr[5]; // number of digits + 1 for null terminator
itoa(a, cStr, 10); // int value, pointer to string, base number
Or if you're unsure of the length of the string:
int b = 80085;
int len = String(b).length();
char cStr[len + 1]; // String.length() does not include the null terminator
itoa(b, cStr, 10); // or you could use String(b).toCharArray(cStr, len);

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