moved the config generation example to its own

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["copper", "copper_derive", "copper_derive_test", "examples/pluginload", "examples/simplelogger", "examples/v4lsrc"]
+members = ["copper", "copper_derive", "copper_derive_test", "examples/config-gen", "examples/pluginload", "examples/simplelogger", "examples/v4lsrc"]
 resolver = "2"

examples/config-gen/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "config-gen"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+copper = { path = "../../copper"}
+uom = "0.36.0"

examples/config-gen/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use uom::si::time::second;
+use uom::si::time::Time;
+
+use copper::config::ConfigNode;
+use copper::config::CopperConfig;
+use copper::config::Value;
+
+/// This is a simple example to show how to programmatically generate a configuration.
+/// This is useful for making variations of your robot more easily.
+fn main() {
+    // Generate a config
+    let mut copperconfig = CopperConfig::new();
+    let mut camera =
+        ConfigNode::new("camera", "camerapkg::Camera")
+            .set_base_period(Time::new::<second>(60.into()));
+    camera.set_param::<Value>("resolution-height", 1080.into());
+    let isp =
+        ConfigNode::new("copper-isp", "isppkg::Isp").set_base_period(Time::new::<second>(1.into()));
+    // isp.set_param::<Value>("tone", 1.3.into());
+    let algo = ConfigNode::new("copper-algo", "algopkg::Algo")
+        .set_base_period(Time::new::<second>(5.into()));
+    let n1 = copperconfig.add_node(isp);
+    let n2 = copperconfig.add_node(camera);
+    let n3 = copperconfig.add_node(algo);
+
+    copperconfig.connect(n2, n1, "imgmsgpkg::Image");
+    copperconfig.connect(n1, n3, "imgmsgpkg::Image");
+    println!("{}", copperconfig.serialize());
+}