Official FreeRTOS Training Classes

• On-site training:

  Training sessions can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. An example hands on classroom training agenda is provided below. Email training(at)FreeRTOS.org for more information and to discuss your requirements.

  
  

• Public training:

  The next public training will be announced soon.

  Course Details
  Course Title	FreeRTOS - Theory and Practice
  Duration	Three days
  Format	Classroom training with a large hands-on component
  Dates	27th September - 29th September 2011 (registration closes 12th September).
  Location	The Hilf Training centre, near Munich, Germany. The training centre is approximately 25 minutes from Munich city centre by S-Bahn train. The Furth S-Bahn station is ten minutes walk from the training centre.
  Accommodation recommendations	The Hilf Training centre web site provides a list of hotel recommendations.
  Language	The training will be given in English. The trainer also has fluent German (as a first language).
  Host OS	Windows
  Target	LPCXpresso (LPC1769 Cortex-M3) and NXP / Code Red LPCXpresso IDE
  Price	€1500 (EUR) excluding VAT
  Catering	The price includes lunch on all three days.
  Registration	Please contact training(at)FreeRTOS.org to register your interest. Registration closes 12th September. Sorry - registration is now closed.
  Trainer Bio	The course will be delivered by Robert Berger, a highly respected and experienced embedded real-time expert. Robert is CEO of Reliable Embedded Systems, a leading embedded training consultancy. Robert consults and trains people all over the globe on a mission to help them create better embedded software. He specializes in training and consulting for embedded systems, from small real-time systems to multi-core embedded Linux.

Sample Course Description: FreeRTOS - Theory and Practice

Course Objectives

Description

This 3-day training class uses hands-on exercises combined with instruction to illustrate the concepts of a real-time kernel. Examples using FreeRTOS form a series of practical coding exercises designed to bring you quickly up to speed. The concepts and commands necessary to make effective use of FreeRTOS are described through a combination of theory and ‘hands-on’ training. Learn from an experienced trainer and take home a working knowledge of FreeRTOS and the ability to use it effectively in your own embedded development project.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction
   • FreeRTOS overview, market position, the "free" in FreeRTOS, understanding the FreeRTOS license, software architecture, features.

   • LPCXpresso IDE download and installation, importing an example workspace.

   
   

2. Task Management
   • Tasks - Creation, states, priorities, the idle task, deletion.

   • Scheduling - Determinism, multitasking, endless loop, cyclic executives, issues with interrupts, non-preemptive, prioritized preemptive, rate monotonic, deadline, cooperative, hybrid.

   
   

3. Queue Management
   • Creation, sending, receiving

   
   

4. Interrupt Management
   • Deferred interrupt processing, interrupt handlers, interrupt safe functions, task with interrupt synchronization, efficient queue usage even from within an interrupt, interrupt nesting.

   
   

5. Resource Management
   • Mutual exclusion, critical sections, suspending/locking the scheduler, mutexes, priority inversion, priority inheritance, deadlock, gatekeeper tasks.

   
   

6. Memory Management
   • Resource constrained memory allocation schemes, determining the amount of free memory remaining.

   
   

7. Trouble Shooting

8. FreeRTOS-MPU
   • User vs. privileged mode, access permissions, defining MPU regions, linker configuration, practical usage tips.

   
   

9. The FreeRTOS Download
   • Files and directories, demo apps, data types and coding style.

Materials Supplied:

• Book - Using the FreeRTOS Real-time Kernel - A Practical Guide
• CD containing example code
• Course notes
• Evaluation board (not to be kept)

Prerequisites:

• Familiarity with embedded C concepts and programming
• Ability to develop software using C syntax
• Ability to use basic embedded compiler and debug tools
• Basic knowledge of embedded processor development boards

Who should attend?

Trainer Biography

The course will be delivered by Robert Berger, a highly respected and experienced embedded real-time expert. Robert is CEO of Reliable Embedded Systems, a leading embedded training consultancy. Robert consults and trains people all over the globe on a mission to help them create better embedded software. He specializes in training and consulting for embedded systems, from small real-time systems to multi-core embedded Linux.