# Reed-Solomon Encode

Encodes data with Reed-Solomon error correction codes.

Source library: `reedsolo`

## Overview

Reed-Solomon codes are non-binary cyclic error-correcting codes. They are a powerful tool for correcting burst errors in data streams. This node takes input data and adds a specified number of error correction symbols (ECC symbols) to it. The resulting data is more resilient to corruption.

## Parameters

- **data**: The `BYTESLIKE` data to be encoded.
- **ecc_symbols**: The number of error correction symbols to add. A higher number provides more error correction capability but also increases the size of the output data.

## Outputs

- **encoded_data**: The original data with the ECC symbols appended, as a `BYTESLIKE` object.