REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

PROGRAMMING-I: µC/OS-II and

VxWorks

Lesson-2:
µC/OS-II Features

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 1. Developer

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 Developed by Jean J. Labrosse

• Jean J. Labrosse designed it in 1992

• µC/OS-II name derives from Micro-
Controller Operating System
• Also known as MUCOS, UCOS, ..

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 2. Characteristics

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 Characteristics
• Preemptive RTOS
• Multitasking
• Deterministic
• Portable as ROM image
• Scalable
• Different Platforms support

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 Characteristics

• Full source code availability

www.micrium.com
• Elegantly and very well documented in
the book by its designer

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 Basic Feature

Scalable OS – only needed OS functions

become part of the application codes

Configuration file includes the user
definitions for needed functions

Multitasking preemptive scheduler

Elegant code

Is said to offer best high quality/performance ratio

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 Basic Feature…

It has a pre-certifiable software component

for safety critical systems, including
avionics system clockA DO-178B and
EUROCAE ED-12B, medical FDA 510(k),
and IEC 61058 standard for transportation
and nuclear systems, respectively

Source code has been certified by
Department of Defense, USA for use in
Avionics and in medical applications.
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 Applications

Automotive,

avionics,

consumer electronics,

medical devices,

military,

aerospace,

networking, and

systems-on-a-chip.
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 MUCOS real time kernel additional
support

µC/BuildingBlocks [an embedded system
building blocks (software components) for
hardware peripherals, for example clock
(µC/Clk) and LCD (µC/LCD)]

µC/FL (an embedded flesh memory loader)

µC/FS (an embedded memory file system)

µC/GUI (an embedded GUI platform),

µC/Probe (a real time monitoring tool),

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 MUCOS real time kernel additional
support …

µC/TCP-IP (an embedded TCP/IP stack),

µC/CAN (an embedded Controller Area
Network bus)

µC/MOD (an embedded Modbus ) and

µC/USB device and µC/USB host (an
embedded USB devices framework).

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 Code Language

• ‘C’ and CPU Specific Codes in

Assembly

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 3. Source Files

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 Source Files

Master Header file, which has the
‘#include’s and Processor dependent
source files and ucos.ii.h and ucos.ii.c
files

os_cfg.h  for Kernel building
configuration file and

os_cpu.h a header file for
preprocessor definitions

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 Source Files...

os_tick.c  timer related codes file

os_cpu_c. c  preprocessor C Codes

os_cpu_a.s12  An example of
assembly codes file for 68HC12

os_mem.c for memory functions

os_sem.c, os_mbox.c and os_q.c for

semaphores, mailbox and queues

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 4. Naming Basics

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 MUCOS Naming Basics

OS or OS_ prefix denotes that the

function or variable is a MUCOS
operating system function or variable

For examples, OSTaskCreate ( ) ─ a
MUCOS function that creates a task,

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 Macros

OS_NO_ERR─ a MUCOS macro that
returns true in case no error is reported
from a function

OS_MAX_TASKS─ user definable
constant for specifying maximum
number of tasks in user application

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 5. MUCOS Basic Functions

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 MUCOS Basic Functions
• System Level – OS initiate, start, system
timer set, ISR enter and exit
• Task Service Functions – create, run,
suspend, resume, ..
• Task delay
• Memory allocation, partitioning, …

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 MUCOS Basic Functions…
• IPCs – Semaphore, Queue and Mailbox
• Same Semaphore function usable as
event flag, resource key and counting
semaphore
• Mailbox one message pointer per
mailbox
• Queue permit array of message-pointers

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 Summary

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We learnt
• MUCOS characteristics, applications,
basic features and functions

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 End of Lesson 2 of Chapter 9

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