OS2	MQX Programming on Kinetis Microcontroller

Programming applications using the MQX operating system

Objectives Becoming familiar with the NXP IDE, Kinetis SDK or CodeWarrior Get an overview of Kinetis and Cortex-M4 core architecture Revise the concepts of real time multitasking Understand the MQX architecture Discover the various MQX services and APIs Learn how to develop MQX applications Learn how to debug MQX applications Learn how to use MQX Library (USB, TCP/IP, File System, Embedded GUI)

Course environment Convenient course material with space for taking notes Documentation, labs and solutions A PC under Windows 7 for two trainees A NXP Kinetis K70 or K60 (Cortex/M4) with SDK or CodeWarrior IDE

Prerequisites Familiarity with embedded C concepts and programming Basic knowledge of embedded processors

First day Cortex-M4 Overview Registers, Mode and Stacks Exception Management MQX at a Glance MQX overview Organization of MQX MQX directory structure RTOS directory PSP, BSP, I/0 and others source subdirectories Initializing and starting MQX Developing with NXP CodeWarrior Development Studio Build projects PSP build-project BSP build-project Post-build processing Processor expert Exercise:  Creating a simple MQX project using SDK or NXP CodeWarrior Development Studio and the Processor Expert Tool Second day Managing and Scheduling tasks with MQX Managing Tasks Creating tasks Managing task errors Terminating tasks Scheduling FIFO scheduling Round Robin scheduling Context Switch Exercise:  Use the MQX API to manage tasks Memory Management Memory with variable-size blocks Lightweight memory with variable-size blocks Memory with fixed-size blocks Creating partitions Allocating and freeing partition blocks Exercise:  Managing memory Synchronizing Tasks Synchronizing tasks through MQX RTOS Events Lightweight events Lightweight semaphores Semaphores Lightweight Messages queue

Mutual Exclusion through MQX RTOS Create critical sections Mutexes Avoiding Priority inversion Exercise:  Synchronizing tasks using MQX semaphores API Exercise:  Create mutual exclusion using MQX semaphores API Third day Interrupt Management Handling Interrupt with Cortex-M4 core Handling Interrupt and Exceptions in MQX RTOS Initializing interrupt handling Restrictions on ISRs Handling exceptions Handling ISR exceptions Handling task exceptions Exercise:  Use the MQX API to handle interrupt Timing with MQX RTOS Time components Timers Lightweight timers Watchdogs Hardware Timer on Cortex-M4 Exercise:  Using software timers Debugging the application Instrumentation Logs Lightweight logs Kernel logs Stack usage utilities Exercise:  Debug an application with the log component IO Drivers at a glance Drivers architecture Installing Drivers Using Drivers Exercise:  Hands-on: Working with the ADC Driver Getting Started with the MQX Libraries How to start with the different libraries (MFS, Shell, RTCS, USB) using the providing examples RTCS and Shell Libraries at a glance Exercise:  Running a simple TCP echo Server / HTTP server application

 

Duration	Cost	Calendar
3 days	1800 € HT
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