Features

Atomthreads supports the following RTOS feautures:

  • Preemptive scheduler
  • Unlimited threads
  • 255 priority levels
  • Round-robin timeslicing at same priority level
  • Semaphores
  • Mutexes (recursive with thread-ownership)
  • Queues
  • Timers
  • All primitives (Semaphores, Mutexes, Queues) support Blocking, Non-Blocking and Block with Timeout APIs
  • Safe APIs prevent blocking calls when at interrupt context
  • Thread stack usage analysis
  • Automated test suite provides evidence of reliable functionality

Why you might consider Atomthreads for your next real-time embedded system project:

  • Lightweight: The entire operating system fits into a few small files
  • Scheduler only: Simple RTOS scheduler targeted at systems that already have or do not need an IP stack, file system or device drivers
  • Readable, doxygen-commented code aids understanding of the operating system
  • Portable, architecture-independent, compiler-agnostic, ANSI C source code
  • One small module required for porting to new architectures
  • Free, open source and BSD licensed suitable for commercial use without restriction
  • Good basis for learning operating system and RTOS internals