Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX

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.

Second Edition
Chapter 1 - Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Chapter 2 - First Look at a System Using an RTOS
Chapter 3 - RTOS Concepts and Definitions
Chapter 4 - RTOS Building Blocks for System Development
Chapter 5 - The Thread - The Essential Component
Chapter 6 - Mutual Exclusion Challenges and Considerations
Chapter 7 - Memory Management: Byte Pools and Block Pools
Chapter 8 ? Internal System Clock and Application Timers
Chapter 9 - Event Notification and Synchronization With Counting Semaphores
Chapter 10 - Synchronization of Threads Using Event Flags Groups
Chapter 11 - Thread Communication With Message Queues
Chapter 12 ? Multicore Processing
Chapter 13 ? Case Study: Designing a Multi-Threaded System
Appendix A - Memory Block Pool Services
Appendix B - Memory Byte Pool Services
Appendix C ? Event Flags Group Services
Appendix D ? Interrupt Control Service
Appendix E ? Mutex Services
Appendix F ? Message Queue Services
Appendix G ? Counting Semaphore Services
Appendix H ? Thread Control Services
Appendix I ? Internal System Clock Services
Appendix J ? Application Timer Services
Index

MIPS Version
Chapter 1 - Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Chapter 2 - First Look at a System Using an RTOS
Chapter 3 - RTOS Concepts and Definitions
Chapter 4 - RTOS Building Blocks for System Development
Chapter 5 - Introduction to the MIPS Microprocessor
Chapter 6 - The Thread - The Essential Component
Chapter 7 - Mutual Exclusion Challenges and Considerations
Chapter 8 - Memory Management: Byte Pools and Block Pools
Chapter 9 ? Internal System Clock and Application Timers
Chapter 10 - Event Notification and Synchronization With Counting Semaphores
Chapter 11 - Synchronization of Threads Using Event Flags Groups
Chapter 12 - Thread Communication With Message Queues
Chapter 13 ? MIPS Interrupt Handling
Chapter 14 - Case Study: Designing a Multi-Threaded System
Appendix A - Memory Block Pool Services
Appendix B - Memory Byte Pool Services
Appendix C ? Event Flags Group Services
Appendix D ? Interrupt Control Service
Appendix E ? Mutex Services
Appendix F ? Message Queue Services
Appendix G ? Counting Semaphore Services
Appendix H ? Thread Control Services
Appendix I ? Internal System Clock Services
Appendix J ? Application Timer Services
Index