diff --git a/examples/decode/main.go b/examples/decode/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0340e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/decode/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+
+	freeD "github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	messageBytes := []byte{0xd1, 0x01, 0x5a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x2d, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0xff, 0x40, 0x7f, 0xff, 0x80, 0x7f, 0xff,
+		0xc0, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 50,
+	}
+
+	decoded, err := freeD.Decode(messageBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("error decoding", "err", err)
+	}
+
+	slog.Info("decoded", "message", decoded)
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/encode/main.go b/examples/encode/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25c72d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/encode/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	freeD "github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	freeDMessage := freeD.FreeDPosition{
+		ID:    0xff,
+		Pan:   -10.1,
+		Tilt:  20.2,
+		Roll:  3.33,
+		PosX:  1.11,
+		PosY:  2.22,
+		PosZ:  3.33,
+		Zoom:  1000,
+		Focus: 2000,
+	}
+
+	freeDBytes := freeD.Encode(freeDMessage)
+
+	println("send packet somehow")
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", freeDBytes)
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/udp_client/main.go b/examples/udp_client/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..532e566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/udp_client/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"net"
+
+	freeD "github.com/jwetzell/free-d-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	addr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", "0.0.0.0:3333")
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("error decoding", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	client, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("error decoding", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	for {
+		buffer := make([]byte, 2048)
+
+		length, _, err := client.ReadFromUDP(buffer)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("error decoding", "err", err)
+		} else if length > 0 {
+			message, err := freeD.Decode(buffer[0:length])
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Error("error decoding", "err", err)
+			}
+			slog.Info("decoded", "message", message)
+		}
+	}
+}