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FreeRTOS: A Practical Tour
Tying it together: the FreeRTOS API mapped to every concept (tasks, queues, mutexes, timers, notifications), a worked ISR-to-task app, key FreeRTOSConfig.h knobs, heap schemes, and debugging.
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Sketch how you'd structure a FreeRTOS app that processes UART data without losing bytes.What's special about calling FreeRTOS APIs from an ISR on a Cortex-M?What does FreeRTOSConfig.h control, and which settings matter most?What are the FreeRTOS heap schemes and when would you choose each?How do you debug a FreeRTOS system that crashes or behaves erratically?
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