Micro-Controller Operating Systems: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Real-time operating system}}

{{Infobox OS

| name = MicroC/OS (μC/OS)

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| latest release version = OS-III

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2016}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/SiliconLabsweston-embedded/uC-OS3}}

| marketing target = [[Embedded device]]s

| programmed in = [[ANSI C]]

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| ui = μC/[[Graphical user interface|GUI]]

| license = [[Apache License|Apache]] as of 2020; former [[Commercial software|Commercial]], [[freeware]] education use

| website = {{URL|www.micriumhttps://weston-embedded.com/productsmicrium/overview}}

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{{Infobox OS

'''Micro-Controller Operating Systems''' ('''MicroC/OS''', stylized as '''μC/OS''') is a [[real-time operating system]] (RTOS) designed by Jean J. Labrosse in 1991. It is a priority-based [[Preemption (computing)|preemptive]] [[Real-time computing|real-time]] kernel for [[microprocessor]]s, written mostly in the programming language [[C (programming language)|C]]. It is intended for use in [[embedded system]]s.

| name = Micrium OS

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| developer = Silicon Labs

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| working state = Current

| source model = [[Open-source software|Open-source]]

| released = {{Start date and age|2020}}

| latest release version = Part of Gecko Platform 4.2.0.0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/release-notes/gecko-platform-release-notes-4.2.0.0.pdf|title=Gecko Platform 4.2.0.0 GA|access-date=2023-01-04|date=2022-12-14}}</ref>, part of Gecko SDK 4.2.0.0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/releases|title=gecko_sdk Releases on github.com|access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref>

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|12|14}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/SiliconLabs/gecko_sdk/tree/gsdk_4.2/platform/micrium_os}}

| marketing target = [[Embedded device]]s

| programmed in = [[ANSI C]]

| language = English

| supported platforms = exclusively Silicon Labs silicon

| kernel type = [[Real-time operating system|Real-time]] [[microkernel]]

| license = [[Apache License|Apache]]

| website = {{URL|https://www.silabs.com/developers/micrium-os}}

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{{Infobox OS

| name = Cesium RTOS

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| caption =

| developer = Weston Embedded Solutions

| family =

| working state = Current

| source model = [[Commercial software|Commercial]]

| released = {{Start date and age|2020|06|23}} (forked from uC/OS-III V3.08.00)<ref name=cesium_changelog>{{cite web|url=https://weston-embedded.com/cesium-release-notes/cs-os3-release-notes|title=Cs/OS3 Release Notes|publisher= Weston Embedded Solutions}}</ref>

| latest release version = Cs/OS3 3.09.01<ref name=cesium_changelog />

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|12|21}}<ref name=cesium_changelog />

| marketing target = [[Embedded device]]s

| programmed in = [[ANSI C]]

| language = English

| supported platforms = 50+ unclear whether there is a 1-to-1 overlap with μC/OS

| kernel type = [[Real-time operating system|Real-time]] [[microkernel]]

| license = [[Commercial software|Commercial]]

| website = {{URL|weston-embedded.com/products/cesium}}

}}

'''Micro-Controller Operating Systems''' ('''MicroC/OS''', stylized as '''μC/OS''', or '''Micrium OS''') is a [[real-time operating system]] (RTOS) designed by Jean J. Labrosse in 1991. It is a priority-based [[Preemption (computing)|preemptive]] [[Real-time computing|real-time]] kernel for [[microprocessor]]s, written mostly in the programming language [[C (programming language)|C]]. It is intended for use in [[embedded system]]s.

MicroC/OS allows defining several functions in C, each of which can execute as an independent thread or task. Each task runs at a different priority, and runs as if it owns the [[central processing unit]] (CPU). Lower priority tasks can be preempted by higher priority tasks at any time. Higher priority tasks use operating system (OS) services (such as a delay or event) to allow lower priority tasks to execute. OS services are provided for managing tasks and memory, communicating between tasks, and timing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece5760/NiosII_muCOS/ |title=NiosII GCC with MicroC/OS |author=<!--Unstated--> |date=June 2006 |website=School of Electrical and Computer Engineering |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref>

==History==

The MicroC/OS kernel was published originally in a three-part article in Embedded Systems Programming magazine and the book ''μC/OS The Real-Time Kernel'' by Labrosse.<ref>{{cite book |last=Labrosse |first=Jean J. |date=15 June 2002 |title=μC/OS The Real-Time Kernel |edition=2nd |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1578201037}}</ref> He intended at first to simply describe the internals of a [[Software portability|portable]] OS he had developed for his own use, but later developed it as a commercial product in his own company Micrium, Inc. in versions II and III.

In 2016 Micrium, Inc. was acquired by Silicon Laboratories<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weston-embedded.com/about-micrium|title=What is Micrium?|access-date=2023-01-04|publisher=Weston Embedded Solutions}}</ref> and it was subsequently released as open-source unde the [[Apache license]].

Silicon Labs continues to maintain an open-source product named Micrium OS for use on their own silicon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.silabs.com/developers/micrium|title=Micrium Software and Documentation|access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref> and a group of former Micrium, Inc. employees (including Labrosse) provides consultancy and support for both μC/OS and Cesium RTOS, a proprietary fork made just after the open-source release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weston-embedded.com/why-cesium|title=Why Cesium RTOS?|access-date=2023-01-04|publisher= Weston Embedded Solutions}}</ref>

==μC/OS-II==