06 Understanding RTOS Tasks
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In the last two chapters we saw how bare-metal firmware applications make use of the super-loop and the timed super-loop to perform their duties in real time. We also saw how a function can be broken up by using a state machine. This allows the super-loop to perform the function’s duties without preventing other functions from running in a timely manner. In this chapter, we introduce RTOS tasks and show how they make it possible for functions to perform their duties while meeting their deadlines.The present chapter consists of three parts. The first part ...
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