Trice memory needs

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1. Trice Space example

STM32CubeMX generated empty default project: Program Size: Code=2208 RO-data=236 RW-data=4 ZI-data=1636
Same project with default Trice instrumentation: Program Size: Code=2828 RO-data=236 RW-data=44 ZI-data=1836
Needed FLASH memory: 620 Bytes
Needed RAM: 40 Bytes plus 200 Bytes for the 2 times 100 Bytes double buffer
With increased/decreased buffers also more/less RAM is needed.
With each additional TRICE macro a few additional FLASH memory bytes, like 10 assembler instructions, are needed.
No printf-like library code is used anymore.
No format strings go into the target code anymore.
In general Trice instrumentation reduces the needed memory compared to a printf-like implementation.

The following numbers are measured with a legacy encoding, showing that the instrumentation code can be even smaller.

Program Size (STM32-F030R8 demo project)	trice instrumentation	buffer size	compiler optimize for time	comment
Code=1592 RO-data=236 RW-data= 4 ZI-data=1028	none	0	off	CubeMX generated, no trice
Code=1712 RO-data=240 RW-data=24 ZI-data=1088	core	64	off	core added without trices
Code=3208 RO-data=240 RW-data=36 ZI-data=1540	TriceCheckSet()	512	off	TRICE_SHORT_MEMORY is 1 (small)
Code=3808 RO-data=240 RW-data=36 ZI-data=1540	TriceCheckSet()	512	on	TRICE_SHORT_MEMORY is 0 (fast)

The core instrumentation needs less 150 bytes FLASH and about 100 bytes RAM when buffer size is 64 bytes.
The about 50 trices in TriceCheckSet() allocate roughly 2100 (fast mode) or 1500 (small mode) bytes.
trices are removable without code changes with #define TRICE_OFF 1 before incude "trice.h" on file level or generally on project level.

Project	Compiler	Optimization	Link-Time-Optimization	Result	Remark
MDK-ARM_STM32F030R8_generated	CLANG v6.19	-Oz	yes	Code=1020 RO-data=196 RW-data=0 ZI-data=1024	This is the plain generated project without trice instrumentation.
MDK-ARM_STM32F030R8_instrumented	CLANG v6.19	-Oz	yes	Code=4726 RO-data=238 RW-data=16 ZI-data=4608	This is with full trice instrumentation with example messages.