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oRT3 Real Time Programming with FreeRTOS

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Objectives
  • Get an overview on Cortex-M4 architecture
  • Discover the concepts of real time multitasking
  • Understand Real Time constraints
    • Determinism
    • Preemption
    • Interrupts
  • Understand the FreeRTOS architecture
  • Discover the various FreeRTOS services and APIs
  • Learn how to develop FreeRTOS applications
  • Learn how to debug FreeRTOS applications
Prerequisites
  • Familiarity with embedded C concepts and programming
  • Basic knowledge of embedded processors
Course environment
  • Theoretical course
    • PDF course material (in English)
    • Course dispensed using the Teams video-conferencing system
    • The trainer to answer trainees’ questions during the training and provide technical and pedagogical assistance through the Teams video-conferencing system
  • Practical activities
    • Practical activities represent from 40% to 50% of course duration
    • The trainer has access to trainees’ Online PCs for technical and pedagogical assistance.
    • Example code, labs and solutions
  • Virtual Machine with System Workbench for STM32 with GNU ARM Eclipse QEMU
  • Emulated board STM32F4-Discovery
Course duration
  • Total: 20 hours
  • 4 sessions, 5 hours each (excluding break time)
  • From 40% to 50% of training time is devoted to practical activities
  • Some Labs may be completed between sessions and are checked by the trainer on the next session

First Session
Cortex-M Overview
  • ARMv7-M Architecture
  • Cortex-M4 Architecture
  • Registers and Execution States
  • Privileges, Mode and Stacks
  • Reset Behavior
  • Exception and Interrupts
  • The System Timer
  • Memory Model
  • Power Management
  • STM32F407x Implementation Example
Exercise:  Create a new project
Exercise:  Interrupt Management
Real-Time Concepts
  • Embedded system architectures
  • Tasks and process
  • Real-Time
Exercise:  Context Switch
Second Session
Introduction to FreeRTOS
  • The FreeRTOS Family
  • FreeRTOS+Ecosystem
  • Why use FreeRTOS
  • FreeRTOS Code Structure
Scheduling
  • Scheduler
  • Schedulability
Task Management
  • Creating Tasks
  • Task Priorities
  • Task States
  • The idle task
  • Delays
  • Changing Task Priority
  • Deleting Tasks
  • Suspending Tasks
  • Kernel Structures
  • Thread Local Storage
  • Kernel Interrupts on Cortex-M4
  • Scheduling Traces
  • Visual trace diagnostics using Tracealyzer
Exercise:  Task Management
Exercise:  Periodic Tasks
Exercise:  Task Statistics
Third Session
Memory Management in FreeRTOS
  • FreeRTOS Memory Managers
  • Out of Memory management
  • Stack overflow detection
Exercise:  Context Switch Measurement
Resource Management
  • Mutual Exclusion
  • Critical Sections
  • Mutexes
  • Gatekeeper Tasks
  • Lock-Free Data Structures
Exercise:  Resource Management
Synchronization Primitives
  • Queues
  • Queues Sets
  • Synchronization
  • Events and Event Groups
  • The Readers/writer problem
  • Using Other Primitives within an ISR
Exercise:  Queue Management
Exercise:  Readers Writer Problem
Fourth Session
Interrupt Management
  • Tasks and Interrupts
  • FreeRTOS Binary and Counting Semaphores
  • Task Notifications
  • Stream Buffers
  • Message Buffers
  • Interrupt Nesting
  • Low Power Support
Exercise:  Interrupt Management
Exercise:  Tickless Mode
Software Timer
  • Software Timers
  • Deferred Interrupt Handling
Exercise:  Implement Soft Timers
Exercise:  Software Timer Management
FreeRTOS-MPU
  • The Cortex-M MPU
  • The FreeRTOS-MPU Port
  • Defining MPU Regions
  • Creating User and System Tasks
  • Practical Usage Tips
Appendix
Data Structures
  • FIFO
  • Linked list
Memory Management and Real-Time
  • Memory Management
  • Memory Errors
CMSIS – RTOS
  • Overview
  • Kernel Information and Control
  • Threads Management
  • Generic Wait Functions
  • Communication and Resource Sharing
    • Semaphores
    • Mutex
    • Message Queue
    • Signal Events
    • Event Flags
    • Memory Pool
    • Mail Queue
  • Timer Management
  • Interrupt Service Routines