Creating tasks and starting the scheduler

In order to get an RTOS application up and running, a few things need to happen:

1. The MCU hardware needs to be initialized.
2. Task functions need to be defined.
3. RTOS tasks need to be created and mapped to the functions that were defined in step 2.
4. The RTOS scheduler must be started.

It is possible to create additional tasks after starting the scheduler. If you are unsure of what a task is, or why you would want to use one, please review Chapter 2, Understanding RTOS Tasks.

Let's break down each of these steps.

Hardware initialization

Before we can do anything with the RTOS, we need to make sure that our hardware is configured properly. This will typically include carrying out activities...