Course Outline
Introduction
Understanding Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
Exploring the Concept of Multitasking in Embedded Systems
Overview of the FreeRTOS Kernel
Overview of the STM32 MCU Board
Setting Up the Development Environment
- Downloading and Installing All Required Software
- Configuring the STM32 Firmware and Hardware
Understanding Task Management in RTOS
- Understanding Stack Memory and Task Stack Size
- Creating Your First Tasks
- Using Task Parameters
- Implementing Task Priorities
- Exploring Task States
- Implementing Delays
- Using the Idle Task Hook
- Deleting Tasks
Communication Between Tasks
- Managing Queues
- Overview of Queues
- Using a Queue
- Managing Interrupts (Semaphores)
- Overview of Interrupts and Semaphores
- Writing an Interrupt Handler in FreeRTOS
- Using Semaphores to Synchronise Tasks with Interrupts
- Queuing within an Interrupt Service Routine
Managing Resources
- Using Mutexes
- Using Binary Semaphores
- Using Counting Semaphores
Managing Memory and Time
Exploring the Internals of FreeRTOS
- Debugging and Performance Tools
- Kernel Internals
Creating a Blinking LED Board Using FreeRTOS
- Learning the GPIO Pins on STM32
- Using Tasks to Blink an On-Board LED
- Toggling the LED On/Off Using Queuing
- Toggling the LED On/Off Using Interrupts
Troubleshooting
Closing Remarks
Requirements
- Familiarity with embedded systems
- Basic experience in C programming
Audience
- Engineers
- Engineering students
- Anyone keen to learn FreeRTOS
- Anyone interested in embedded systems
Testimonials (7)
Being able to ask for advanced subjects even if there were not planned initially.
Gabriel Chouinard - Spark Microsystems
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
What I liked the most is to have covered the whole structure of FREERTOS and to know how to use the different tools provided by this type of programming for my own projects.
Jaime - Cetem
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
The practical part of the course
Sergio - Cetem
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
I really liked that Grzegorz was a real professional, a person who knew what he was talking about. You could feel that he has had mastered his subject and was willing to hand this knowledge over to you. The knowledge discussed during theoretical part was really important and presented in understandable way.
Piotr - Kongsberg
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
The training was very well organized. The trainer had the knowledge and experience on the subject. We had plenty of exercises to be able tp understand what was discussed during the lectures. The trainer had the patience when there were issues and answered all the questions.
Alexandru - Siemens
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
The trainer was very knowledgeable and live code examples on a "real" hardware device with a display were great.
Silver Kuusik - Engie Mobisol GmbH
Course - FreeRTOS: Programming for Real Time Operating Systems
I liked the fact that the training was more induced as prepared chaos. this means that the training took a structured life of its' own, but had ample room for learning and mistake making.
