diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
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+pub const PACKET_END_BYTE: u8 = 0x36;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum PacketType {
+    Command = 0xC0,
+    Data = 0xDA,
+    Response = 0xAA,
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+#![no_std]
+
+mod common;
+
+pub mod tpm2;
diff --git a/src/tpm2.rs b/src/tpm2.rs
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+pub const PACKET_START_BYTE: u8 = 0xC9;
+
+pub use crate::common::{PacketType, PACKET_END_BYTE};
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Tpm2Error {
+    InvalidPacket,
+}
+
+pub struct Packet<'a> {
+    packet_type: PacketType,
+    payload: &'a [u8],
+}
+
+impl<'a> Packet<'a> {
+    pub fn new(packet_type: PacketType) -> Self {
+        Packet {
+            packet_type,
+            payload: &[] as &[u8],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_payload(packet_type: PacketType, payload: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Tpm2Error> {
+        if payload.len() > u16::MAX.into() {
+            return Err(Tpm2Error::InvalidPacket);
+        }
+
+        Ok(Packet {
+            packet_type,
+            payload,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn packet_type(&self) -> PacketType {
+        self.packet_type
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.payload.len()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_packet() {
+        let packet = Packet::new(PacketType::Command);
+        assert_eq!(packet.size(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn packet_with_payload() {
+        let payload: [u8; 4] = [0xca, 0xfe, 0xba, 0xbe];
+        let result = Packet::with_payload(PacketType::Data, &payload);
+        assert!(result.is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn payload_too_large() {
+        let payload = [0u8; u16::MAX as usize + 1];
+        let result = Packet::with_payload(PacketType::Response, &payload);
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.err().unwrap() == Tpm2Error::InvalidPacket);
+    }
+}