Project 1—Using Cooperative Multitasking

This is a simple project demonstrating how cooperative multitasking can be implemented easily using the C language. This is an example of an event counter with two-digit seven-segment LEDs. The project counts external events and displays the count on the LEDs. The following tasks are used in this project:
Task 1 (REFRESH_COUNT): This task refreshes the seven-segment LEDs every 3 ms and displays the current count.
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Figure 7.153 Block Diagram of the Project.
Task 2 (EVENT): This is the event counter task. An event is assumed to occur when a push-button switch goes from logic 1 to logic 0.
Task 3 (CLEAR_COUNT): ...

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