μC/OS

[flameout]

I haven't used that specific RTOS, but I have tried out ChibiOS/RT once (note: I have not actually made an application with it, but I've deployed it to an ARM-based board).

Are you asking with a specific application in mind? If so, I have experience with Xenomai and RT-PREEMPT-patched Linux kernels (in addition to my research on ChibiOS) and may be able to offer suggestions (having looked into other realtime operating systems).

[Ether]

Originally Posted by flameout

Are you asking with a specific application in mind?.

I'm just wondering if anybody in CD-land has used μC/OS, and if so, was the experience positive.

[flameout]

Originally Posted by Ether

I'm just wondering if anybody in CD-land has used μC/OS, and if so, was the experience positive.

Thank you for clarifying.

Although I haven't had experience with µC/OS, I will add that the little experience that I've had with ChibiOS has been positive.

Also, my experience with Xenomai hasn't been perfect, but it's been pretty good (networking in Xenomai depends on RTNet, which has minimal maintenance.) So far, I've never had success with RT-PREEMPT, but it remains the most promising option for what I've been doing.

[engunneer]

I used μC/OS II on a Jackrabbit processor for my Senior deign project in college (in 2004). Even though I am not a programmer, I was able to get a system going with 5 tasks on it, and the task manager worked pretty well. There are a ton of OSes to be used, and it largely depends on your application. That's one of the fun bits of engineering - figuring out what you can use, and having it be simple and effective.