In this fourth lesson in the Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) series, you’ll see how to replace the horribly inefficient polling delay with efficient thread blocking. Specifically, in this lesson 25, ...

Devices for Internet of Things (IoT) have a connection to the cloud, and one of the targets is often running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). I recently needed to use it when I was evaluating Cirrus ...

Real-time operating system (RTOS) technology with high levels of security and reliablity can now be used in embedded syetms for automotive and smart metering applications, according to Green Hills ...

The open-source eCos (Embedded Configurable Operating System) is ideal for deeply embedded systems in which memory resources and real-time execution constraints are top design issues. The system ...

FreeRTOS is a scalable real time kernel designed specifically for use in small embedded systems. According to Richard Barry, chief technical officer of Real Time Engineers and FreeRTOS' creator, it's ...

When selecting the optimal OS for an embedded systems project it is important to compare the available options – will RTOS or Linux serve best? asks Graeme Wintle. At a top level, the choice is ...

It is my pleasure to introduce a new series of articles here on Embedded.com: RTOS Revealed. The series will delve into all aspects of real time operating systems and new articles will appear at ...

From time to time, I come across some very interesting blog posts on our sister sites that I think are relevant to the readers here at ElectroSchematics. This time I found a wonderful post from Jacob ...