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Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers

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Product type Book

Published in May 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838826734

Pages 496 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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System Administration

Author (1):

Brian Amos

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction and RTOS Concepts

2. Introducing Real-Time Systems

3. Understanding RTOS Tasks

4. Task Signaling and Communication Mechanisms

5. Section 2: Toolchain Setup

6. Selecting the Right MCU

7. Selecting an IDE

8. Debugging Tools for Real-Time Systems

9. Section 3: RTOS Application Examples

10. The FreeRTOS Scheduler

11. Protecting Data and Synchronizing Tasks

12. Intertask Communication

13. Section 4: Advanced RTOS Techniques

14. Drivers and ISRs

15. Sharing Hardware Peripherals across Tasks

16. Tips for Creating a Well-Abstracted Architecture

17. Creating Loose Coupling with Queues

18. Choosing an RTOS API

19. FreeRTOS Memory Management

20. Multi-Processor and Multi-Core Systems

21. Troubleshooting Tips and Next Steps

22. Assessments

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Summary

In this final chapter, we covered a few tips that will help smooth out some of the bumps in the road of your RTOS journey, as well as a few suggested next steps.

That's it, folks! I hope you've enjoyed this hands-on introduction to developing firmware for real-time embedded systems using FreeRTOS, STM32, and SEGGER tools. Now, it's time to get out there and start understanding systems, solving problems, and analyzing your solution! I'd love to hear about how you've applied what you've learned in this book – give me a shout on LinkedIn, Twitter, or GitHub! If you've really enjoyed this book and think others would also like it, consider leaving a review – they help spread the word!

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Authors (1)

Brian Amos

Brian Amos is an embedded system engineer who has been programming with FreeRTOS since 2012. He is currently a senior firmware engineer in the telecom industry creating embedded systems used in ground stations for satellite communication. In the past, he led a team of engineers creating a flexible architecture to rapidly develop high-precision laboratory test equipment. Prior to this, he worked with early mesh networked energy harvesting sensors used to help predict when industrial machinery needed maintenance.

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