FreeRTOS FAQ Contents
[Contact and Support]

What are the differences between FreeRTOS.org, OpenRTOS and SafeRTOS?
My application does not run, what could be wrong?
What Is This All About?
 What is a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)?
What is a Real Time Kernel?
What is a Real Time Scheduler?
How do I use FreeRTOS?
How do I get started?
Why use an RTOS?

Ports
 Will FreeRTOS run under Windows?
Is there an ARM port?
Is there a ColdFire port?
Are the XXX development tools supported?
How do I create a new port?

Memory Management and Use
 How much RAM does FreeRTOS use?
Why do queues use that much RAM?
How much ROM does FreeRTOS use?
How can I reduce the amount of RAM used?
How is RAM allocated to tasks?
How is RAM allocated to queues?
How big should a task stack be?

Tick and Idle Hooks
 Can I add code to the idle task?
Is there an Idle hook?
Is there a tick or context switch hook?

Licensing
 Can I use FreeRTOS in a commercial project?
Do I have to give away my application source code if I use FreeRTOS?

Scheduling
 How are tasks of equal priority scheduled?
How are tasks that share the idle priority scheduled?

ISR's
 Can a context switch occur within an ISR?
How do I write an RTOS safe ISR?
Can interrupts be nested?




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