01 Introducing Real-Time Systems

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Real-time systems come in a wide variety of implementations and use cases. This book focuses on how to use a real-time OS (RTOS) to create real-time applications on a microcontroller unit (MCU).In this chapter, we'll start with an overview of what an RTOS is and get an idea of the wide range of systems that can have real-time requirements. From there, we'll look at some of the different ways of achieving real-time performance, along with an overview of the types of systems (such as hardware, firmware, and software) that may be used. We'll wrap up ...

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