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eCOS Operating System

This document provides an overview of eCos, an open source real-time operating system for embedded applications. It discusses eCos' features such as real-time performance, low latency, small memory footprint, and deterministic behavior. The core components include a hardware abstraction layer, real-time kernel, ISO C and math libraries, device drivers, and GDB support. The kernel provides functionality like interrupt handling, scheduling, threads, and synchronization. Developing eCos applications involves installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox, installing the eCos package and configuration tool, modifying example programs, and running them.

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eCOS Operating System

This document provides an overview of eCos, an open source real-time operating system for embedded applications. It discusses eCos' features such as real-time performance, low latency, small memory footprint, and deterministic behavior. The core components include a hardware abstraction layer, real-time kernel, ISO C and math libraries, device drivers, and GDB support. The kernel provides functionality like interrupt handling, scheduling, threads, and synchronization. Developing eCos applications involves installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox, installing the eCos package and configuration tool, modifying example programs, and running them.

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Introduction

A Real time operating system


An operating system which is open source to
develop embedded applications
Real time scheduling
Designed to avoid fragmentation



Features
o Real-Time Performance
o Low Interrupt Latency
o Low Task Switching Latency
o Small Memory Footprint
o Deterministic Behaviour
o Highly Configurable
o Full Feature Set
o Open Source Kernel
o No Runtime Licensing, Fees or Royalties
o Open Source GNU Development Tools
Core components
o Hardware Abstraction Layer
o Real-time kernel.
o ISO C and math libraries
o Device drivers
o GNU Debugger (GDB) support

Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)

o The HAL is a software layer.

o It provides a platform independent API for platform
specific functionality.

o Enhances portability of code.

HAL contd..
Architecture HAL
Abstracts the basic CPU and includes interrupt
delivery, context switching , CPU startup and etc.
Platform HAL
Abstracts the properties of the current platform and
includes startup, timer devised, I/O register access
and interrupt controllers
Implementation HAL
Abstracts properties that lie between these two,
such as architecture variants and on-chip devices

The Kernel

o The Kernel is the core to the eCos system.

o Provides standard functionality like
o interrupt and exception handling
o scheduling
o threads
o synchronization
Kernel internals
Scheduler options
Bitmap scheduler
Multi-level scheduler
Experimental lottery scheduler (under
development)
Interrupt handling
ISR
DSR

Kernel internals
Exception handling is configurable

Thread synchronization
Available thread synchronization primitives
Semaphores, Mutex, Condition variables,
Flags
ISO C and Math libraries
o There are three aspects
o ISO C library
o Math library
o environment in which applications run when they
use the standard C library.


eCos API
o eCos supports the following standard API
o itron
o POSIX
o Embedded Linux API compatible with EL/IX.
o Its own native API.

Steps in developing eCos applications
PROCEDURE
1. Install VirtualBox
2. Install Ubuntu in VirtualBox
3. Install the eCos package
4. Install the eCos configuration tool
5. Modify the program in "examples" directory
6. Run the program

Install Virtual box
Install Ubuntu in Virtual box
Install eCos Package
Extract the eCos configuration tool
Install the eCos configuration tool
Modify the program in "examples"
directory

Run the program

THANK YOU

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