Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX, Second Edition

Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX, Second Edition, 9781856176019 (1856176010), Newnes, 2009

Get up to speed with the ThreadX 5 real time operating system - deployed in over 500 million devices worldwide!

This second edition of Real-Time Embedded Multithreading contains the fundamentals of developing real-time operating systems and multithreading with all the new functionality of ThreadX Version 5. ThreadX has been deployed in approximately 500 million devices worldwide. General concepts and terminology are detailed along with problem solving of common pitfalls and problems. The features and services of ThreadX are reviewed. The references to a specific processor have been removed to allow for the book to be technology agnostic and applicable to all types of microprocessors that the reader may be working with. Two e-book supplements will be available with registration of your book at www.newnespress.com, the first on ARM processors and the second, ColdFire processors.

*A great introduction to real-time systems including general concepts and terminology
*Get to know ThreadX 5, a real-time operating system, from an insider
*A limited version of the ThreadX 5 software is available to run all sample projects and the case study

About the Author

Edward L. Lamie is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. His areas of academic emphasis during his 31 years in higher education have been in the areas of software engineering and operating systems. He was also the founding chair of computer science departments at Central Michigan University and California State University, Stanislaus. Ed continues to teach occasional graduate-level courses and conducts hands-on RTOS training classes for Express Logic, Inc.

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