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title: How to include a custom ROS message in micro-ROS

title: Overview

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This chapter provides a number of advanced tutorials for those users who already have some previous micro-ROS knowledge. They are useful to interact with micro-ROS at a deeper level if compared with the [**First Step Tutorials**](../../core/overview). There is no specific order recommended to take these tutorials, as each addresses a different aspect of the micro-ROS stack and toolchain.

* [**Optimizing the Middleware Configuration**](../microxrcedds_rmw_configuration/)

In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the configuration of the middleware between a microcontroller and the micro-ROS agent running on some Linux-based microprocessor, to optimize it for your specific use-case an application.

* [**How to include a custom ROS message in micro-ROS**](../create_new_type/)

This tutorial explains how to create a custom ROS message type to micro-ROS, and then add it to the [build system](https://github.com/micro-ROS/micro_ros_setup).

* [**How to use custom QoS in micro-ROS**](../create_dds_entities_by_ref/)

This tutorial explains the procedure for creating micro-ROS entities using fully configurable QoS settings by using the ROS 2 (DDS) entities creation mode *by references* as allowed by the micro-ROS default middleware (Micro XRCE-DDS Client).

* [**Creating custom micro-ROS transports**](../create_custom_transports/)

This tutorial aims at providing step-by-step guidance for those users interested in creating micro-ROS custom transports, instead of using the ones provided by default in the micro-ROS tools set.

* [**Creating custom static micro-ROS library**](../create_custom_static_library/)

This tutorial aims at providing step-by-step guidance for those users interested in compiling micro-ROS as a standalone library in order to integrate it in custom development tools.

* [**Benchmarking with the Shadow-Builder**](../benchmarking/)

This tutorial aims at describing a specific benchmarking tooling called the *Shadow Builder*. More specifically, it explains how to create a plugin from A to Z and how to instrument the code.

* [**Getting started with ROS 2 tracing**](../tracing/)

Tracing is a method for recording run-time data which is already well integrated with operating systems. This tutorial aims to introduce our ongoing effort to instrument ROS 2 and provide trace analysis tools.

This chapter provides the user with a number of tutorials to learn micro-ROS and relevant tools for the different RTOSes supported by micro-ROS. In the [**Advanced Tutorials**](../../advanced/overview/) section, you'll find more advanced tutorials to strenghten your micro-ROS knowledge.

* [**Zephyr Emulator**](../zephyr_emulator/)

In this tutorial, you'll learn the use of micro-ROS with Zephyr emulator by testing a Ping Pong application.