Harkonnens Attack! (Project utilizing Real-time operating systems)

What are Real-Time Operating Systems and why are they significant today?

• Real-Time Operating Systems are Operating Systems designed to meet critical deadlines in time and memory constrained environments.

• As the world become more connected through IOT, the number of products requiring real-time solutions is rapidly increasing.

Project Objective -

• Understand what an operating system kernel is.

• Gain familiarity with Simplicity Studio's Pearl Gecko dev kit and OS kernel peripherals which include:

  • Tasks

  • Semaphore

  • Mutex

  • Event Flags

  • OS Managed Timers