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

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803237725

Length 570 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Operating Systems

Authors (2):

Jim Yuill

Penn Linder

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to RTOSes, the Dev-Board, and Tools

2. Introducing Real-Time Systems FREE CHAPTER

3. Introducing the Development Board

4. Introducing the Development-Tools

5. Understanding Super-Loops

6. Implementing the Super-Loop

7. Part 2: The FreeRTOS Scheduler, Tasks, and Primary APIs

8. Understanding RTOS Tasks

9. Running the FreeRTOS Scheduler

10. Protecting Data and Synchronizing Tasks

11. Intertask Communication

12. Part 3: Using FreeRTOS to Build Systems

13. Drivers and ISRs

14. More Efficient Drivers and ISRs

15. Sharing Hardware Peripherals among Tasks

16. Creating Loose Coupling with Queues

17. Part 4: System Design and Troubleshooting

18. FreeRTOS Memory Management

19. Multi-Processor and Multi-Core Systems

20. Troubleshooting Tips and Next Steps

21. Part 5: Reference Information and FreeRTOS Installation

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

23. Index

Appendix A: Tools Quick-Reference

1. Appendix B: Reference Information

2. Appendix C: Creating FreeRTOS Projects, and Installing FreeRTOS

Understanding the hardware documentation

When working with a dev-board, it’s essential to have the hardware documentation handy. This involves finding and downloading dozens of PDF documents, and also storing and organizing them. It is a formidable task, as the dev-board, MCU, and CPU each have their own documents, including data-sheets, user manuals, and reference manuals.

Appendix B lists the primary documentation related to the dev-board and its components. Over 30 PDF documents are listed, and over 25 web-pages. In reading the book and working with the example programs, it is very helpful to have these PDF documents downloaded and accessible. If Adobe Acrobat Reader is used, storing the documents in a single directory can be useful to search across all documents.

The remainder of this section describes how ST’s products and documentation are organized for MCUs and dev-boards. Also described is how the model names encode information about the model’...