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| From | Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? |
| Date | 2018-01-04 21:44 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <p2ms4q$ro9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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rickman wrote: > rickman wrote on 1/4/2018 3:33 AM: >> Les Cargill wrote on 1/3/2018 6:59 PM: >>> rickman wrote: >>>> Les Cargill wrote on 1/3/2018 7:07 AM: >>>>> rickman wrote: >>>>>> Ed Prochak wrote on 12/19/2017 11:19 AM: >>>>>>> On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 12:56:31 PM UTC-5, Les Cargill >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Mike Perkins wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 09/12/2017 16:05, pozz wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I use it where I have a number of 'tasks' which then interact >>>>>>>>> with each >>>>>>>>> other. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If your system is a pure state machine then there is no need >>>>>>>>> for an >>>>>>>>> RTOS. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Indeed. Indeed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it is just one state machine. Then yes, indeed. >>>>>>> ed >>>>>> >>>>>> It can always be one state machine. The only issue is how complex >>>>>> the >>>>>> combined state machine is. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's always a case of "how long should a man's legs be?" Lincoln >>>>> is alleged to have said "long enough to touch the ground." >>>>> >>>>>> Actually the issue is not how many state machines you have. It is >>>>>> the >>>>>> timing requirements of the various state machines. If your timing >>>>>> is lax, >>>>>> sequential operation of multiple machines is easy. But this often >>>>>> becomes >>>>>> a huge discussion with everyone talking past each other. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> They should use state machines to keep track then :) >>>>> >>>>> If your system can be decomposed as roughly events cross >>>>> state, you have a snowball's chance of "understanding" it. >>>> >>>> Sorry, I don't know what this means "roughly events cross state". >>>> >>>> >>> >>> You are in state A. Event 42 occurs. Lookup.... ah, here - >>> if we get event 42 whilst in state A, we move to state B >>> and send message m. >> >> So what makes that so hard to understand? > > To be more explicit, I think every FSM I've ever coded was along the > lines of a case statement on the state with IF conditions on all the > interesting inputs. I find this structure to be self documenting if the > signal names are chosen well. > > Why is this structure hard to understand? > I agree with you - but I have been told by others that it is hard to understand. -- Les Cargill
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> - 2017-12-10 14:56 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-12-16 11:58 -0600
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2017-12-19 08:19 -0800
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-01-02 14:58 -0800
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-03 06:07 -0600
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 12:59 -0500
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-03 17:59 -0600
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-08 22:23 +0000
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-08 10:02 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-08 17:34 -0600
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-04 21:44 -0600
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-05 21:29 -0600
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-06 09:10 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-06 16:35 -0600
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-06 09:17 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-01-06 16:37 -0600
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-07 01:11 +0000
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-06 22:37 -0500
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-07 09:32 -0500
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Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-10 11:40 -0500
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-07 01:14 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-06 18:57 -0500
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-07 01:17 +0000
Re: When exactly do you choose to use a RTOS (instead of a non-OS approach)? rickman <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2018-01-06 22:40 -0500
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