I'm trying to do serial communication between Arduino mega and a esp8266, and having issues with determining the size of the JSON document. I have read that the receiver buffer size should be greater than the sender buffer, but what's the maximum buffer size we can use for the JSON document?
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The Arduino Mega has 8 KB of RAM, all of which you could use in a StaticJsonDocument.
The ESP8266 has 80 KB of RAM, but the core limits the stack to 4 KB. If you need something bigger, switch to a DynamicJsonDocument.
In both cases, you need to leave a lot of room for other variables and libraries. As an example, I wouldn't create a StaticJsonDocument bigger than 6 KB on the Mega, and 2 KB on the ESP8266.
By the way, I heard this library is very well documented, did you have a look?
Do you know you can use the ArduinoJson Assistant to help you decide the capacity of the JsonDocument?
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Thanks and I checked the links earlier, but I have an issue, is the size we give when creating the static json document is in bytes? ex StaticJsonDocument<450> doc; is it 450 bytes?Binara Medawatta– Binara Medawatta2020-08-24 06:55:18 +00:00Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 6:55
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Yes, it's the capacity of the memory pool, in bytes.Benoit Blanchon– Benoit Blanchon2020-08-24 07:21:51 +00:00Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 7:21