The problem with desynchronizing your code by moving parts of it into different tasks is that many of the resources your software wants to use—certain hardware, data structures in memory, files—can’t ...

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 ...

CircuitPython users may be interested in a new real-time operating system (RTOS) created for the CircuitPython platform the aim of providing a pure Python RTOS. pyRTOS was modeled after FreeRTOS, with ...

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 ...

GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On January 10, 2017, Barr Group, The Embedded Systems Experts ® will host a free one-hour embedded systems design webinar, “How to Prioritize RTOS Tasks (and Why it ...

Any hardware that is to be installed in an aerospace system must undergo the DO-160 qualification testing. The DO-160 qualification testing includes different environmental conditions and test ...

If you're having trouble getting Linux to run on that 8-bit processor with 32KB of memory don't despair, there are open-source alternatives. FreeRTOS is an open source real time kernel that has been ...