Subj : Re: Pi Pico and Zephyr RTOS
To   : All
From : wmartin
Date : Tue Dec 24 2024 16:30:09

On 12/24/24 12:47, mm0fmf wrote:
> Has anyone used the Zephyr RTOS on a Pi Pico or any other smallish system?
>
> I'm writing something relatively simple for a Pico in C using the SDK.
> It doesn't need an RTOS, the old classic cyclic executive paradigm will
> work fine.
> At one time I'd have used an 8bit CPU but why faff about when you can
> get something like a Pico for hardly any cost even if 2x Cortex M0+
> seems overkill.
Well, you can have two threads, kinda, with the Pico without an
RTOS...just split your work between the two cores. I just did a simple
project using one core to do a com link to a pc for command/response,
and the other core to do a real-time hardware controller chore. Made it
painless...

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