{"id":8353,"date":"2017-08-28T20:04:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/colinwalls\/?p=8353"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:52:25","slug":"embedded-software-article-rtos-revealed-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/2017\/08\/28\/embedded-software-article-rtos-revealed-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Embedded software article: RTOS Revealed #11"},"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 eleventh 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<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458751\/Tasks---configuration-and-API-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tasks &#8211; configuration and API introduction<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In this article, I start to look at tasks, considering how they are configured and outline some API calls &#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><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458320\/Nucleus-SE---an-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nucleus SE &#8211; an introduction<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458429\/Nucleus-SE-----internals-and-deployment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nucleus SE &#8211; internals and deployment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458574\/The-scheduler-----implementation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The scheduler \u2013 implementation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458662\/The-scheduler---options-and-context-save\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The scheduler &#8211; options and context save<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.embedded.com\/design\/operating-systems\/4458751\/Tasks---configuration-and-API-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tasks &#8211; configuration and API introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope that you find the series interesting and look forward to your input by comment or email 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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