diff --git a/software/hwio-raspberry/Dockerfile b/software/hwio-raspberry/Dockerfile
index eae23750..b2541cd4 100644
--- a/software/hwio-raspberry/Dockerfile
+++ b/software/hwio-raspberry/Dockerfile
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ WORKDIR /CybICS
 COPY requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY hardwareIO.py ./
+COPY cybics_pb2.py ./
 
 CMD [ "python", "./hardwareIO.py" ]
diff --git a/software/hwio-raspberry/hardwareIO.py b/software/hwio-raspberry/hardwareIO.py
index a7903db9..41b54f3e 100644
--- a/software/hwio-raspberry/hardwareIO.py
+++ b/software/hwio-raspberry/hardwareIO.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import logging
 import threading
 
+from cybics_pb2 import PressureData
+
 GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
 GPIO.setwarnings(False)
 GPIO.setup(8, GPIO.OUT) # compressor
@@ -253,11 +255,19 @@ def thread_i2c():
   while True:
     try:
       # Read the values for GST and HPT
-      data = bus.read_i2c_block_data(address, 0x00, 20)
-      # print(data)
-      for row in range(len(data)):
-        data[row] = chr(data[row])
-      logging.debug("Read over i2c: " + str(data))
+      data = bus.read_i2c_block_data(address, 0x00, 12)
+      logging.debug(f"Raw I2C data (register 0x00): {data}")
+
+      try:
+        pressure_data = PressureData()
+        # Convert list of integers to bytes properly
+        byte_data = bytes(bytearray(data))
+        pressure_data.ParseFromString(byte_data)
+        gst = pressure_data.gst_pressure
+        hpt = pressure_data.hpt_pressure
+        logging.debug(f"Decoded protobuf - GST: {gst}, HPT: {hpt}")
+      except Exception as pb_error:
+        logging.warning(f"Failed to decode PressureData protobuf: {str(pb_error)}")
 
       # Format the IP and send it via i2c to the RPI
       sendIP = ['I', 'P',':'] + listIp
@@ -265,13 +275,6 @@ def thread_i2c():
         sendIP[row] = ord(sendIP[row])
       bus.write_i2c_block_data(address, 0x00, sendIP)
 
-      # Simple check, if correct data was received
-      if(str(data[0]) == "G" and str(data[1]) == "S" and str(data[2]) == "T"):
-        gst = int(str(data[5] + data[6] + data[7]))
-        hpt = int(str(data[14] + data[15] + data[16]))
-
-      logging.debug(f"Setting GST to {str(gst)} and HPT to {str(hpt)}")
-
       # Read STM32 ID Code
       data = bus.read_i2c_block_data(address, 0x01, 13)
       for c in range(len(data)):
diff --git a/software/hwio-raspberry/requirements.txt b/software/hwio-raspberry/requirements.txt
index 79770e64..e19fcd38 100644
--- a/software/hwio-raspberry/requirements.txt
+++ b/software/hwio-raspberry/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ smbus-cffi==0.5.1
 smbus2==0.5.0
 nmcli==1.5.0
 RPi.GPIO==0.7.1
+grpcio-tools==1.76.0
diff --git a/software/stm32/src/main.c b/software/stm32/src/main.c
index 59499ec9..3dd8982e 100644
--- a/software/stm32/src/main.c
+++ b/software/stm32/src/main.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(cybics, LOG_LEVEL_INF);
 
 /* Global variables */
 uint8_t RxData[20] = {0};
-uint8_t TxData[20] = {'G','S','T',':',' ','0','0','0',' ','H','P','T',':',' ','0','0','0',0,0,0};
+uint8_t TxData[cybics_PressureData_size] = {0};  /* Serialized PressureData protobuf */
 uint8_t TxDataUID[14] = {0};  /* 12 hex chars + mode flag + null */
 char rpiIP[15] = {'U','N','K','N','O','W','N',0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
 uint8_t GSTpressure = 0;
@@ -717,8 +717,14 @@ void thread_physical(void *arg1, void *arg2, void *arg3)
 			GST_low = 0; GST_normal = 0; GST_full = 1;
 		}
 
-		/* Update TX Data */
-		snprintf((char*)TxData, sizeof(TxData), "GST: %03d HPT: %03d", GSTpressure, HPTpressure);
+		/* Initialize protobuf pressure data and serialize to TxData */
+		cybics_PressureData cybics_pressure_data = cybics_PressureData_init_default;
+		cybics_pressure_data.gst_pressure = GSTpressure;
+		cybics_pressure_data.hpt_pressure = HPTpressure;
+		pb_ostream_t stream = pb_ostream_from_buffer(TxData, sizeof(TxData));
+		if (!pb_encode(&stream, cybics_PressureData_fields, &cybics_pressure_data)) {
+			LOG_ERR("Failed to serialize pressure data");
+		}
 
 		HPTdelay++;
 		GSTdelay++;