Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) 9.2.3 Intertask Communication and Synchronization Different tasks in an embedded system typically must share the ...

This two-part series addresses the use and misuse of two of the most essential synchronization primitives in modern embedded systems, the mutex (this part) and the semaphore (part 2). Mutexes and ...

CHAPTER 9. Embedded Operating Systems An operating system (OS) is an optional part of an embedded device’s system software stack, meaning that not all embedded systems have one. OSs can be used on any ...

Real-time scheduling: The process of organising task execution in systems where meeting strict timing constraints is critical to the functionality of the system.

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