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FreeRTOS Tasks Bob continues his article series about the open-source FreeRTOS. At the heart of FreeRTOS is the task. In part 2, looks at what a task is, what options are available to configure a task’s Task Control Block (TCB) and what features might be missing in the FreeRTOS TCB. Topics Covered How does execution context work? What are the optional TCB parameters in FreeRTOS? What’s missing in a FreeRTOS TCB? Tech Discussed FreeRTOS Growing up, I gradually discovered that I was good at m...

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 celebrat...