main.c

FreeRTOS source code as bundled with the book "Using FreeRTOS Real-Time Kernel - A Practical Approac

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/* FreeRTOS.org includes. */
#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "task.h"

/* Demo includes. */
#include "basic_io.h"

/* Used as a loop counter to create a very crude delay. */
#define mainDELAY_LOOP_COUNT		( 0xffffff )

/* The task function. */
void vTaskFunction( void *pvParameters );

/* Define the strings that will be passed in as the task parameters.  These are
defined const and off the stack to ensure they remain valid when the tasks are
executing. */
const char *pcTextForTask1 = "Task 1 is running\r\n";
const char *pcTextForTask2 = "Task 2 is running\t\n";

/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/

int main( void )
{
	/* Create one of the two tasks. */
	xTaskCreate(	vTaskFunction,			/* Pointer to the function that implements the task. */
					"Task 1",				/* Text name for the task.  This is to facilitate debugging only. */
					1000,					/* Stack depth - most small microcontrollers will use much less stack than this. */
					(void*)pcTextForTask1,	/* Pass the text to be printed in as the task parameter. */
					1,						/* This task will run at priority 1. */
					NULL );					/* We are not using the task handle. */

	/* Create the other task in exactly the same way.  Note this time that we
	are creating the SAME task, but passing in a different parameter.  We are
	creating two instances of a single task implementation. */
	xTaskCreate( vTaskFunction, "Task 2", 1000, (void*)pcTextForTask2, 1, NULL );

	/* Start the scheduler so our tasks start executing. */
	vTaskStartScheduler();	
	
	/* If all is well we will never reach here as the scheduler will now be
	running.  If we do reach here then it is likely that there was insufficient
	heap available for the idle task to be created. */
	for( ;; );
	return 0;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/

void vTaskFunction( void *pvParameters )
{
char *pcTaskName;
volatile unsigned long ul;

	/* The string to print out is passed in via the parameter.  Cast this to a
	character pointer. */
	pcTaskName = ( char * ) pvParameters;

	/* As per most tasks, this task is implemented in an infinite loop. */
	for( ;; )
	{
		/* Print out the name of this task. */
		vPrintString( pcTaskName );

		/* Delay for a period. */
		for( ul = 0; ul < mainDELAY_LOOP_COUNT; ul++ )
		{
			/* This loop is just a very crude delay implementation.  There is
			nothing to do in here.  Later exercises will replace this crude
			loop with a proper delay/sleep function. */
		}
	}
}