View the slideshow demonstrates in seven steps the process of switching from a lower priority task, called TaskA, to a higher priority task, called TaskB. These slides demonstrate the concepts ...

Beyond task scheduling and communication, an RTOS will undoubtedly include functionality – API calls – to control tasks in a selection of ways. We can look at some of the possibilities. Task Creation ...

Real-time operating systems (RTOSs) are finding their way into nearly every IoT device. The capability of an RTOS to manage low-level resources and complex timing requirements make them well suited ...

Task Termination – As we saw in a previous article, in addition to being Ready or Suspended, an RTOS may support other task states. A task may be “Finished”, which means its main function has simply ...