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Embedded RTOS Design
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Embedded RTOS Design

by Colin Walls
December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
7h 23m
English
Newnes
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Mailboxes

Abstract

Mailboxes are a simple method of intertask communication supported by Nucleus SE. They provide a low-cost, but flexible, means of passing simple data messages between tasks. In this chapter, the operation of mailboxes is outlined, with details of all the relevant application program interfaces. The implementation of mailboxes in Nucleus SE is also detailed.

Keywords

RTOS; Nucleus; mailbox

Mailboxes were introduced in Chapter 3, RTOS Services and Facilities. They are perhaps the second simplest method of intertask communication—after signals—supported by Nucleus SE. They provide a low-cost, but flexible, means of passing simple messages between tasks.

Using mailboxes

In Nucleus SE, mailboxes are configured at build time. There may ...

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