diff --git a/copper_clock/src/lib.rs b/copper_clock/src/lib.rs
index 96fd7e6c0..9f9394c74 100644
--- a/copper_clock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/copper_clock/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ impl RobotClock {
         )
     }
 
-    pub fn elapsed(&self) -> Duration {
+    // Now returns the time that passed since the reference time, usually the start time.
+    // It is a monotonically increasing value.
+    pub fn now(&self) -> Duration {
         self.inner.now() - self.ref_time
     }
 }
@@ -64,9 +66,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_mock() {
         let (clock, mock) = RobotClock::mock();
-        assert_eq!(clock.elapsed(), Duration::from_secs(0));
+        assert_eq!(clock.now(), Duration::from_secs(0));
         mock.increment(Duration::from_secs(1));
-        assert_eq!(clock.elapsed(), Duration::from_secs(1));
+        assert_eq!(clock.now(), Duration::from_secs(1));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ mod tests {
         let tolerance_ms = 10;
         let clock = RobotClock::from_ref_time(1_000_000_000);
         assert_relative_eq!(
-            clock.elapsed().as_millis() as f64,
+            clock.now().as_millis() as f64,
             Duration::from_secs(1).as_millis() as f64,
             epsilon = tolerance_ms as f64
         );
diff --git a/copper_datalogger/Cargo.toml b/copper_datalogger/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c9aee94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copper_datalogger/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "copper_datalogger"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde", "bincode_derive"] }
+bincode_derive = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3" }
+memmap2 = "0.9.4"
+libc = "0.2.155"
diff --git a/copper_datalogger/src/lib.rs b/copper_datalogger/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cea425dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copper_datalogger/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+use libc;
+
+use bincode::encode_into_slice;
+use bincode_derive::{Decode, Encode};
+
+use bincode::config::Configuration;
+use memmap2::MmapMut;
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+
+const MAIN_MAGIC: [u8; 4] = [0xB4, 0xA5, 0x50, 0xFF];
+
+const SECTION_MAGIC: [u8; 2] = [0xFA, 0x57];
+
+#[derive(Encode, Decode)]
+struct MainHeader {
+    magic: [u8; 4],
+    first_section_offset: u16, // This is to align with a page at write time.
+}
+
+#[derive(Encode, Decode)]
+enum EntryType {
+    StructuredLogLine,
+    CopperList,
+}
+
+#[derive(Encode, Decode)]
+struct SectionHeader {
+    magic: [u8; 2],
+    entry_type: EntryType,
+    section_size: u32, // offset of section_magic + section_size -> should be the index of the next section_magic
+}
+
+pub struct DataLogger {
+    file: MmapMut,
+    page_size: usize,
+    current_position: usize,
+    config: Configuration,
+}
+
+impl DataLogger {
+    pub fn new(file_path: &str) -> std::io::Result<Self> {
+        let file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .create(true)
+            .open(file_path)?;
+        let config = bincode::config::standard();
+        let mut mmap = unsafe { MmapMut::map_mut(&file)? };
+        let page_size = unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGESIZE) as usize };
+        let mmap_start_addr = &mmap[0] as *const u8 as usize;
+        let next_aligned_addr = (mmap_start_addr + page_size - 1) & !(page_size - 1);
+        let main_header = MainHeader {
+            magic: MAIN_MAGIC,
+            first_section_offset: (next_aligned_addr - mmap_start_addr) as u16,
+        };
+        let nb_bytes = encode_into_slice(&main_header, &mut mmap[..], config)
+            .expect("Failed to encode main header");
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            file: mmap,
+            page_size,
+            current_position: nb_bytes,
+            config,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_section(&mut self, entry_type: EntryType, section_size: u32) {
+        let section_header = SectionHeader {
+            magic: SECTION_MAGIC,
+            entry_type,
+            section_size,
+        };
+
+        let nb_bytes = encode_into_slice(
+            &section_header,
+            &mut self.file[self.current_position..],
+            self.config,
+        )
+        .expect("Failed to encode section header");
+        self.current_position += nb_bytes;
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn allocated_len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.file.len()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {}
+}