05/07/2021
To lay the groundwork for his new article series about the open-source FreeRTOS, Bob provides a history of early multi-tasking real time operating systems (RTOS) that allowed several tasks to run “simultaneously.” He explains how a multi-tasking RTOS works and the basic components of an RTOS, using FreeRTOS as an example.
Topics Covered
How does a multi-tasking RTOS work?
What are the basic components of FreeRTOS?
Tech Discussed
FreeRTOS
In 2019, as the world prepared to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 lunar landing, I listened to a BBC Podcast with my grandkids entitled:
13 Minutes to the Moon (
Figure 1) [1]. I highly recommend it for parents and grandparents as well as interested adults. I had a stake in NASA’s Apollo program because I worked for the company that made the back-up guidance system for the Lunar Module (LM). Initially called the BUGS (Back-Up Guidance System), it later became known as the Lunar Module Abort Guidance System (AG