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ThreadX for 68000 Thread RTOS
ThreadX
 
Express Logic's ThreadX® Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) is available from and supported by Green Hills Software. ThreadX is fully integrated with the Green Hills Software MULTI® Integrated Development Environment, providing Optimizing Compilers, Source Debugger, Graphical Project Builder and many other powerful tools for development of embedded applications.

68000 Family Supported
  68000
68010
68020
68030
68040
68LC040
68EC040
68060
68LC060
68EC060
6830X
6833X
68340
68360


Supported IDE
   MULTI For ThreadX

Highlights
Complete 68k family support, including integrated 683xx members
Reasonable pricing
Royalty-Free
Complete ANSI C source code
Easy to use and powerful services
Responsive Technical Support
Unlimited Threads, Queues, Event Flags, Timers, Semaphores, Block Pools, and Byte Pools
Flexible memory usage
Timeout available on all thread suspension
Advanced preemption-threshold technology
Low-overhead Application Timers
Size scales automatically
picokernel architecture for size and speed
Small footprint (sizes in bytes):
    - Instruction area size 2.5-15K
    - Global data area 696
    - Thread control block 144
    - Queue control block 44
    - Event Flag control block 28
    - Timer control block 56
    - Semaphore control block 32
    - Block Memory control block 48
    - Byte Memory control block 52

 
Fast Execution (20MHz,
    0 wait-states, 68000):
     - context switch 17.7us
     - tx_thread_suspend 9.1us
     - tx_thread_resume 25.4us
     - tx_thread_relinquish 8.8us
     - tx_semaphore_get 9.8us
     - tx_semaphore_put 9.0us
     - tx_queue_send 17.8us
     - tx_queue_receive 17.7us
     - tx_event_flags_set 14.4us
     - tx_event_flags_get 15.5us
     - tx_block_allocate 12.4us
     - tx_block_release 11.1us
     - tx_byte_allocate 34.3us
     - tx_byte_release 17.4us
68000 Optimizations
ThreadX optimizes context switching on the 68K. When context switching occurs inside of a ThreadX service call, only the registers preserved across function calls are saved as part of the thread's context. This is typically registers a2-a6 and d2-d7.

A similar technique is used in interrupt handling. On the front end of interrupt service routines, only the compiler's scratch registers are saved initially (typically a0, a1, d0, and d1). The full register set is saved only if thread preemption is required.

Improve Your 68000 Development
Let our extensive experience with the Motorola 68K family of microprocessors help your product development. The ThreadX high-performance real-time kernel, helps improve your product's quality and its time-to-market. In addition, using ThreadX makes it easier to enhance your product in the future.
 

Easy to Use
ThreadX is designed for ease of use. The API is designed to be easy to understand, powerful, and consistent. The same is true with our reference manual and other supporting documentation.


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