Introduction to uCOS-II V2.6
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About Me
• Graduated 2004
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ECE, ASU: 5 yrs distinction
• 5+ years in embedded systems development
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SDLC, Apps, MW, DD, Porting, ...
• 3+ years in SW engineering
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PSP, CMMI, Systematic reuse, ...
• 3+ years in SW testing
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Course References
• MicroC/OS-II The Real-Time Kernel, 2nd Edition, by Jean J.
Labrosse
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Outline
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Introduction to µC/OS-II
Kernel Structure
Task Management
Time Management
Semaphore Management
Mutual Exclusion Semaphores
Event Flag Management
Message Mailbox Management
Message Queue Management
Memory Management
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Outline
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Introduction to µC/OS-II
Kernel Structure
Task Management
Time Management
Semaphore Management
Mutual Exclusion Semaphores
Event Flag Management
Message Mailbox Management
Message Queue Management
Memory Management
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Semaphores
• Semaphores are 16 bit unsigned integers used for resource
sharing or to signal the occurrence of an event.
OSSemCreate()
OSSemDel()
OSSemPost()
OSSemAccept()
OSSemPend()
OSSemQuery()
ISR
Task
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OSSemPost()
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ISR
Creating a Semaphore,
OSSemCreate
OS_EVENT *OSSemCreate (INT16U cnt)
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cnt: The initial value for the semaphore
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0 No resource available
N Resource initially available
Return value:
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Non-null for successful creation
Null for failure
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Deleting a Semaphore, OSSemDel
OS_EVENT *OSSemDel (OS_EVENT *pevent, INT8U opt, INT8U
*err)
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pevent: A pointer to the semaphore to be deleted
opt: Delete options
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Delete always
Delete if no pending tasks
err:
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No error
Called from ISR
Invalid option
There are tasks pending.
pevent is null.
pevent is not a semaphore.
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Deleting a Semaphore, OSSemDel
cont’d
OS_EVENT *OSSemDel (OS_EVENT *pevent, INT8U opt, INT8U
*err)
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Return value: Null if successful
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Waiting on a Semaphore (Blocking),
OSSemPend
void OSSemPend (OS_EVENT *pevent, INT16U timeout, INT8U
*err)
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pevent: A pointer to the semaphore to pend to
timeout:
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0 wait for ever
!0 wait with specific timeout
err:
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No error
Timeout
pevent is not a semaphore.
pevent is null.
Called from ISR
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Signaling a Semaphore, OSSemPost
INT8U OSSemPost (OS_EVENT *pevent)
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pevent: A pointer to the semaphore to post to
Return value:
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No error
Semaphore overflow
pevent is not a semaphore.
pevent is null.
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Getting a Semaphore without Waiting,
OSSemAccept
INT16U OSSemAccept (OS_EVENT *pevent)
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pevent: A pointer to the semaphore to pend to
Return value:
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Count
0 case of error or semaphore is no available
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Obtaining the Status of a Semaphore,
OSSemQuery
INT8U OSSemQuery (OS_EVENT *pevent, OS_SEM_DATA *pdata)
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pevent: A pointer to the desired semaphore
pdata: A pointer to the returned semaphore information
Return value:
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No error
pevent is not a semaphore.
pevent is null.
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