oRT5 - Zephyr RTOS Programming

Comprehensive Zephyr OS training: from Theory to Practice

Objectives
Learn how to develop, configure, debug and trace Zephyr applications
Devicetree and Kconfig usage and development
Using west and writing west manifest
Zephyr real time multitasking overview
Understand the Zephyr kernel Services and ecosystem
Learn communication and synchronization mechanisms
Understand Zephyr memory management and data structures
Understand User mode and kernel mode
Writing a device tree, and driver
Using common subsystems

Course Environment
Theoretical course
PDF course material (in English).
Course dispensed using the Teams video-conferencing system.
The trainer answers trainees' questions during the training and provide technical and pedagogical assistance through the
Teams video-conferencing system.
Practical activities
Practical activities represent from 40% to 50% of course duration.
Code examples, exercises and solutions
One Online Linux PC per trainee for the practical activities.
The trainer has access to trainees' Online PCs for technical and pedagogical assistance.
Eclipse environment and GCC compiler.
QEMU Emulated board or physical board connected to the online PC (depending on the course).
Some Labs may be completed between sessions and are checked by the trainer on the next session.
Downloadable preconfigured virtual machine for post-course practical activities
At the start of each session the trainer will interact with the trainees to ensure the course fits their expectations and correct if
needed

Prerequisites
Good C programming skills (see our oL2 - C Language for Embedded MCUscourse)

Duration
Total: 30 hours
5 sessions, 6 hours each (excluding break time)
From 40% to 50% of training time is devoted to practical activities
Some Labs may be completed between sessions and are checked by the trainer on the next session

Target Audience
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Any embedded systems engineer or technician with the above prerequisites.

Evaluation modalities
The prerequisites indicated above are assessed before the training by the technical supervision of the traineein his company, or
by the trainee himself in the exceptional case of an individual trainee.
Trainee progress is assessed in two different ways, depending on the course:
For courses lending themselves to practical exercises, the results of the exercises are checked by the trainer while, if
necessary, helping trainees to carry them out by providing additional details.
Quizzes are offered at the end of sections that do not include practical exercises to verifythat the trainees have assimilated
the points presented
At the end of the training, each trainee receives a certificate attesting that they have successfully completed the course.
In the event of a problem, discovered during the course, due to a lack of prerequisites by the trainee a different or additional
training is offered to them, generally to reinforce their prerequisites,in agreement with their company manager if applicable.

Plan

Day 1

Introduction to Zephyr
Zephyr Project
Zephyr Ecosystem
Why use Zephyr
Install and use Zephyr
Build and Configuration Systems
West
CMake
Zephyr SDK
Application components and structure
West manifest

Configure Zephyr
Overview
Kconfig
Default configuration
Interactive configuration tools
Config fragments
Devicetree
Syntax
Standard properties
Initial devicetree source
Access devicetree from source code
Best practices
Exercise: Write a device tree overlay

Zephyr Without Threads

Operation without Threads
GPIO subsytem
Utilities
Container_of
For_each
Data Structures
Single-linked List
Double-linked List
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Ring Buffers
Exercise: Hello World from Zephyr, configure and blink LEDs using Zephyr
Exercise: Manage Zephyr linked list and understand container_of macro

Day 2

Thread Management
Thread Fundamentals
Thread Control Block
Creating Threads
Threads Priorities
Thread States
Main and Idle Threads
Delays
Changing Thread Priority
Suspending Threads
Kernel Structures
Simple linked-list ready queue
Red/black tree ready queue
Traditional multi-queue ready queue
Thread Custom Data
Exercise: Create and manage threads
Exercise: Create periodic threads

Tracing and logging

Runtime Statistics
Scheduling Traces
User-Defined Tracing
Percepio Tracealyzer
Exercise: Create config overlay for visual trace diagnostics using Tracealyzer

Memory Management in Zephyr

Memory Managers
Dynamic memory managers
K_heap
System heap
Memory Slabs
Memory Blocks
Heap Listeners
Thread Resource Pools
RAM/ROM reports
Stack information
Stack Overflow detection
Stack analysis
Exercise: Understand dynamic memory allocation in Zephyr
Exercise: Display threads information and detect stack overflow

Day 3

User Mode
Overview
Memory Domains
Partitions
Logical apps
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Syscalls
Kernel objects
Permissions

Resource Management and Synchronization

Mutual Exclusion
Mutexes
Gatekeeper threads
Critical Sections
Atomic
SpinLocks
Semaphores
Events
Polling
Exercise: The producer-consumer problem, synchronize and avoid concurrent access problems
Exercise: Understanding event bit group by synchronizing several threads

Data Passing
Message Queues
Queues
FIFOs
LIFOs
Mailboxes
Pipes
Stacks
Zephyr Bus (Zbus)
Zbus overview
Elements
Usage
Exercise: Create a print gatekeeper thread using message queue
Exercise: Synchronous communication using mailboxes

Day 4

Interrupt Management
Threads and Interrupts
Interrupts in zephyr
Interrupts on ARM Cortex-M
Handler thread
Queue within an ISR
Workqueue Threads
Exercise: Understand how to wait on multiple events and interrupt safe APIs
Exercise: Understand how to pass data using Queues from an interrupt to a thread
Exercise: Create and submit work items from interrupts to custom WorkQueue

Software Timers
Timers
Defining a Timer
Using a Timer Expiry Function
Timer types
One-shot timers
Auto-reload timers
Timer Commands
Exercise: Understand the use of one-shot and auto-reload timers
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Modules
Why to use modules?
Module structure
Out-of-tree module
YAML files
Module CMakeLists.txt
Exercise: Create a simple hello world module

Kconfig
Advantages
Kconfig Options in Zephyr RTOS
Configuration System
Writing custom Kconfig Options
Kconfig extension
Using Kconfigs
Exercise: Create a module that uses custom Kconfig options

Day 5

Zephyr device driver model

Introduction to Device Drivers
Overview of the Zephyr device driver model
Standard Drivers
The struct device
Subsystems
API Extensions
Initialization Levels
Dependencies between device drivers
Define devices programmatically
Exercise: Create a driver that respects the Zephyr Device Driver Model and define devices

Device Trees in Zephyr

Overview of Device Tree (DT) and its role in Zephyr
Device Tree VS Kconfig
Device Tree node structure
Device Tree bindings
Overlay and yaml files
APIs to access device tree properties
Write device drivers using device tree APIs
Device Tree in Zephyr VS Linux
Common properties
compatible
reg
interrupts
Exercise: Create a driver that uses custom device tree and Kconfig
Exercise: Writing in-tree drivers

Power Management
Overview
System Power Management
Device Power Management
System-Managed
Runtime
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Power domains
Exercise: Write a driver compatible with power management subsystem

Renseignements pratiques

Duration : 30 hours
Cost : 3070 € HT
Prochaines sessions : from 18th to 22nd of November, 2024 - Online EurAsia (9h-16h CET)

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