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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

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OS2 MQX Programming on Kinetis Microcontroller

Programming applications using the MQX operating system

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