ThreadX is an embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) programmed mostly in the C language. It was originally released in 1997 as ThreadX when Express Logic first developed it, later it was renamed to Azure RTOS (2019) after Express Logic was purchased by Microsoft, then most recently it was renamed again to Eclipse ThreadX (2023), or "ThreadX" in its short form, after it transitioned to free open source model under the stewardship of the Eclipse Foundation.
This advanced real-time operating system (RTOS) is designed specifically for deeply embedded applications. Among the multiple benefits it provides are advanced scheduling facilities, message passing, interrupt management, and messaging services. Eclipse ThreadX RTOS has many advanced features, including picokernel architecture, preemption threshold, event chaining, and a rich set of system services. Eclipse ThreadX has been integrated to the semiconductor's SDKs and development environment. You can develop using the tools of choice from STMicroelectronics, NXP, Renesas and Microchip. We also provide getting started guide and samples using development boards from semiconductors you can build and test with. The master branch has the most recent code with all new features and bug fixes. It does not represent the latest General Availability (GA) release of the library. Each official release (preview or GA) will be tagged to mark the commit and push it into the Github releases tab, e.g. v6.2-rel . When you see xx-xx-xxxx, 6.x or x.x in function header, this means the file is not officially released yet. They will be updated in the next release. See example below. ThreadX Modules Eclipse ThreadX Modules component provides an infrastructure for applications to dynamically load modules that are built separately from the resident portion of the application. ThreadX SMP Eclipse ThreadX SMP is a high-performance real-time SMP kernel designed specifically for embedded applications. ThreadX is an advanced real-time operating system (RTOS) designed specifically for deeply embedded applications. To help ease application migration to ThreadX RTOS, Eclipse ThreadX provides adaption layers for various legacy RTOS APIs (FreeRTOS, POSIX, OSEK, etc.). The main components of ThreadX RTOS are each provided in their own repository, but there are dependencies between them, as shown in the following graph. This is important to understand when setting up your builds. You will have to take the dependency graph above into account when building anything other than ThreadX itself. Instruction for building the ThreadX as static library using Arm GNU Toolchain and CMake. If you are using toolchain and IDE from semiconductor, you might follow its own instructions to use ThreadX RTOS components as explained in the Getting Started section. 1. Define the features and addons you need in tx user.h and build together with the component source code. You can refer to tx user sample.h as an example. Each component of ThreadX RTOS comes with a composable CMake-based build system that supports many different MCUs and host systems. Integrating any of these components into your device app code is as simple as adding a git submodule and then including it in your build using the CMake add subdirectory() . While the typical usage pattern is to include ThreadX into your device code source tree to be built & linked with your code, you can compile this project as a standalone static library to confirm your build is set up correctly. License terms for using Eclipse ThreadX are defined in the LICENSE.txt file of this repo. Please refer to this file for all definitive licensing information for all content, incl. the history of this repo. You can also check previous questions or ask new ones on StackOverflow using the threadx-rtos and threadx tags. Eclipse ThreadX provides OEMs with components to secure communication and to create code and data isolation using underlying MCU/MPU hardware protection mechanisms. It is ultimately the responsibility of the device builder to ensure the device fully meets the evolving security requirements associated with its specific use case. Please follow the instructions provided in the CONTRIBUTING.md for the corresponding repository.
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ThreadX is an embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) programmed mostly in the C language. It was originally released in 1997 as ThreadX when Express Logic first developed it, later it was renamed to Azure RTOS (2019) after Express Logic was purchased by Microsoft, then most recently it was renamed again to Eclipse ThreadX (2023), or "ThreadX" in its short form, after it transitioned to free open source model under the stewardship of the Eclipse Foundation.
==History== In 1997, ThreadX was first released and marketed by Express Logic of San Diego, California, United States. It was developed by William Lamie, who was also the original author of Nucleus and PX5 RTOS, and was president and CEO of Express Logic. ThreadX version 4 was introduced in 2001, version 5 was introduced in 2005, and then version 6 was introduced in 2020 (the latest major version). FileX – the embedded file system for ThreadX was introduced in 1999. NetX – the embedded TCP/IP networking stack for ThreadX was introduced in 2002. USBX – the embedded USB support for ThreadX was introduced in 2004. ThreadX SMP for SMP multi-core environments was introduced in 2009. ThreadX Modules was introduced in 2011. ThreadX achieved safety certifications for: TÜV IEC 61508 in 2013, and UL 60730 in 2014. GUIX – the embedded UI for ThreadX was introduced in 2014.
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