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Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers

You're reading from   Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers Building real-time embedded systems using FreeRTOS, STM32 MCUs, and SEGGER debug tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838826734
Length 496 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brian Amos Brian Amos
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction and RTOS Concepts
2. Introducing Real-Time Systems FREE CHAPTER 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

Sharing Hardware Peripherals across Tasks

In the previous chapter, we went through several examples of creating drivers, but they were only used by a single task. Since we're creating a multi-tasking asynchronous system, a few additional considerations need to be made to ensure that the peripherals exposed by our drivers can safely be used by multiple tasks. Preparing a driver for use by multiple tasks requires a number of additional considerations.

Accordingly, this chapter first illustrates the pitfalls of a shared peripheral in a multi-tasking, real-time environment. After understanding the problem we're trying to solve, we'll investigate potential solutions for wrapping a driver in a way that provides an easy-to-use abstraction layer that is safe to use across multiple tasks. We'll be using the STM32 USB stack to implement a Communication Device Class ...

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