Embedded RTOS Design

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Diagnostics and error checking

Abstract

As they have a focus on compact size and execution efficiency, real-time operating system s tend to have minimal diagnostics and error checking. This chapter describes what Nucleus SE has to offer: configuration checking, application program interface parameter checking, and task stack checking. Some application-specific diagnostics are also outlined.

Keywords

RTOS; Nucleus; diagnostics; error checking

Error handling is unlikely to be a major feature of any operating system (OS) intended for embedded systems applications. This is an inevitable result of resource limitations—and all embedded systems have some kind of constraints. It is also logical, as only a limited number of embedded systems have the opportunity ...