{"id":8182,"date":"2017-03-20T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:51:12","slug":"embedded-software-article-rtos-revealed-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/2017\/03\/20\/embedded-software-article-rtos-revealed-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Embedded software article: RTOS Revealed #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My latest article on <a href=\"http:\/\/embedded.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">embedded.com<\/a> has been published. This piece is the sixth installment of the RTOS Revealed series, which will continue to appear through 2017 and beyond. The series will cover every aspect of real time operating systems.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458122\/Other-RTOS-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other RTOS services<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In this article, I take a look at the additional facilities that and RTOS may offer beyond those introduced thus far &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are all the articles in the series:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4442729\/Introducing--RTOS-Revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introducing RTOS Revealed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4442900\/Program-structure-and-real-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Program structure and real time<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4443042\/Tasks-and-scheduling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tasks and scheduling<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4443288\/Tasks--the-context-switch--and-interrupts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tasks, the context switch and interrupts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4457898\/Inter-task-communication-and-synchronization--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter-task communication and synchronization<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458122\/Other-RTOS-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other RTOS services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope that you find the series interesting and look forward to your input by comment or <a href=\"mailto:colin_walls@mentor.com\">email<\/a> or via social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colinwalls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6579\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colin_walls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6583\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/colinwalls.author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6591\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/116301748426290440139\/posts?hl=en%3Fhl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6587\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/google.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ColinWalls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6595\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/slideshare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6599\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/files\/2014\/01\/wordpress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest article on embedded.com has been published. 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