Implementation of a real-time operating system in an embedded system for temperature control
Abstract
This work presents an application of Real Time Operating System (RTOS) in a embedded system of temperature control, throughout the implementation, it has been analyzed how to program a RTOS in comparison to a standard methods (bare metal) in embedded system, the complexity on the development, the application of resource management for the tasks in real time and synchronization. Besides, it has been evaluated the benefits of using a RTOS, like the simplification of the resource management, determining which task has the highest priority or the performance on the temperature control of the proposed application. The results show the efficiency of the RTOS in an embedded system for temperature control, using the FreeRTOS as base for development in a microcontroller ARM (STM32F401), making it available as a base of development for new projects in the embedded systems.
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