RTOS

How to Use FreeRTOS on a Variety of Platforms

In this third installment of the blog series on FreeRTOS, we'll look at some sample code and I'll present some ways you can get started on various platforms. And if you're enjoying this series, be sure to register for our live webinar An Introduction to FreeRTOS, which will run Thursday, February…

A Closer Look at FreeRTOS

In this second installment of our series on FreeRTOS, we take a more detailed look at its key features, supported platforms, licensing and cost. I'll also note other variants of FreeRTOS, as well as some add-on tools and libraries. In contrast to a full operating system,…

Get Familiar with FreeRTOS

In this blog post, the first of a three-part series, I'd like to introduce FreeRTOS, a popular and freely available Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). You may not be familiar with the concept of an RTOS or why you would use one, so we'll cover that in this first installment. What is FreeRTOS?…

Qt on QNX

When BlackBerry introduced its new Qt-based BlackBerry 10 platform for smart phones and tablets, it generated a lot of interest in Qt on mobile. BlackBerry 10 is based on the QNX 1 operating system, a subsidiary of BlackBerry. What is perhaps not as well known, is that Qt is well supported on…