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A THUMB mode sample project is included for the STR71x IAR ARM7 port. The workspace rtosdemo.eww can be found in the Demo/ARM7STR71xIAR directory and should be opened from within the Embedded Workbench IDE. The Demo/ARM7STR71xIAR/library directory contains the components of the ST peripheral library that are used by the demo application.

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For most devices, the Ports device setup class and the Serial function driver provide the functionality required to operate serial ports and COM ports. To install serial ports and COM ports using these system-supplied components, do the following:

• Provide an INF file that specifies the Ports device setup class and the Serial function driver as the service for the port.

• To configure a serial port as COM port, comply with the requirements that are defined in Configuration of COM Ports.

For more information about installing serial ports and COM ports using the Ports device setup class and the Serial function driver, see the following topics:

If you do a custom installation of a COM port, you must comply with the COM port requirements that are defined in Configuration of COM Ports.

The ST ARM7 port was developed on the prototyping board included in theSTR712-SK/IAR KickStart development kit(instructions are provided should you wish to use an alternative development board).

The STR712F is a peripheral rich (including CANBus), low pin count ARM7TDMI based flash embedded microcontroller.The evaluation kit came with a non time limited evaluation version of the IAR Embedded Workbench developmenttools for ARM (32KB limited), a J-Link USB JTAG debugger interface and a USB cable. The development board can be powered either through the USB JTAG connectoror using an external power supply.

The development tools include a compiler, assembler and linker tool chain along with an IDE and a limitedfunctionality simulator.

The processor peripheral library provided by ST was used to facilitate development.

Note: If this project fails to build then it is likely the version of IAREmbedded Workbench being used is too old. If this is the case, then it is alsolikely that the project file has been (silently) corrupted and will need to berestored to its original state before it can be built even with an updated IAR version.

IMPORTANT! Notes on using the ST ARM7 RTOS port

Please read all the following points before using this RTOS port.See also the FAQ My application does not run, what could be wrong?

Source Code Organisation

The FreeRTOS download contains the source code for all the FreeRTOS ports.See the Source Code Organization section for a description of thedownloaded files and information on creating a new project.

A THUMB mode sample project is included for the STR71x IAR ARM7 port. The workspace rtosdemo.eww can befound in the Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR directory and should be opened from within the Embedded Workbench IDE.

The Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/library directory contains the components of the ST peripheral library that are used by thedemo application.

The Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/serial directory contains a sampleinterrupt driven RS232 serial port driver.

The Demo Application

The FreeRTOS source code download includes a fully preemptive multitasking demo application for the STR71x RTOS port.

Demo application hardware setup

The demo application includes tasks that send and receive characters over the serial port. The characters sent by one taskneed to be received by another - if any character is missed or received out of sequence an error condition is flagged. Aloopback connector is required on the serial port for this mechanism to operate (simply connect pins 2 and 3 together onthe serial port connector labelled RS232_1). The demo application utilises UART 0. The jumpers on the KickStart development board shouldremain in their default positions to ensure UART 0 is connected to the RS232_1 connector.

The demo application utilises the LED built onto the prototyping board. This single LED is enough to check thatthe demo is functioning correctly (see the description of the 'Check' task below), but for best effect an extra four LEDs arerequired. These should be connected to the header pins marked T1_OCMPA, T1_OCMPB, T1_ICAPB and T1_ICAPA.These pins are set as GPIO outputs when the application is executed.

The IAR workspace

The IDE workspace contains 4 folders:

1. Demo Source
   Contains the source files for the demo application.
2. Library Source
   Contains the components of the ST peripheral library that are utilised by the RTOS kernel and the demo application.
3. RTOS Source
   Contains the source files for the FreeRTOS real time kernel.
4. System Files
   Contains the statup code, linker script and interrupt vector table definition.

Building the demo application

Two project configurations are provided. 'Debug' contains minimal optimisation and can be used with the J-Link JTAGdebug interface. 'Release' has full optimisation and contains no debug information.

Simply open the rtosdemo workspace file from within the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE, ensure debug or release isselected as desired (as marked in red in the picture above), then select 'Rebuild All' from the IDE 'Project' menu.

Running the demo application

1. Ensure the J-Link JTAG debug interface is connected and that the prototype board is power up.
2. Select 'Debug' from the IDE 'Project' menu.
3. The microcontroller flash memory will automatically get programmed with the demo application, and the debugger will break at main() (C source debugging is only available if using the debug configuration). Select 'Go' from the IDE 'Debug' menu to start the application executing.

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Once the demo has been programmed into the flash it can be executed without the debugger by simply removing the JTAG interfaceand applying power.

Functionality

The demo application creates 25 tasks - 23 of the standard demo tasks, a 'check' task and the idle task. See the demo application section for details of the standard demo tasks.

When executing correctly the demo application will behave as follows:

• The LEDs connected to the header pins marked T1_ICAPA, T1_ICAPB and T1_OCMPB are under control of the 'flash' tasks. Each will flash at a constant frequency, with the LED on the T1_ICAPA pin being the fastest and LED T1_OCMPB being the slowest. Note these pins are set as GPIO outputs.
• The LED header pin marked T1_OCMPA is under control of the standard ComTest Rx task. Its state will toggle each time the ComTest Rx task receives and verifies a character over the RS232 port. With the loopback connector in place the LED should flicker rapidly. Removing the loopback connector with cause the LED to be either permanently on or permanently off.
• Not all the tasks update an LED so have no visible indication that they are operating correctly. Therefore a 'Check' task is created whose job it is to ensure that no errors have been detected in any of the other tasks.

  The red LED built onto the KickStart development board is under control of the 'Check' task. Every three seconds the 'Check' task examines all the tasks in the system to ensure they are executing without error. It then toggles the red LED. If the red LED is toggling every three seconds then no errors have ever been detected. The toggle rate increasing to 500ms indicates that the 'Check' task has discovered at least one error. This mechanism can be checked by removing the loopback connector from the serial port (described above), and in doing so deliberately generating an error.

Configuration and Usage Details

RTOS port specific configuration

Configuration items specific to this port are contained in Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/FreeRTOSConfig.h. The constantsdefined in this file can be edited to suit your application. In particular - the definition configTICK_RATE_HZ is used toset the frequency of the RTOS tick. The supplied value of 1000Hz is useful for testing the RTOS kernel functionality but isfaster than most applications require. Lowering this value will improve efficiency.

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Each port #defines 'BaseType_t' to equal the most efficient data type for that processor. This port definesBaseType_t to be of type long.

Note that vPortEndScheduler() has not been implemented.

Interrupt service routines

An interrupt service routine that does not cause a context switch has no special requirements and can be written as per thenormal IAR syntax.For example:

Often you will require an interrupt service routine to cause a context switch. For example a serial port character beingreceived may wake a high priority task that was blocked waiting for the character. If the ISR interrupted a lower prioritytask then it should return immediately to the woken task. Limitations in the IAR inline assembler necessitate suchinterrupt service routines include an assembly file wrapper.

An example of an ISR with context switching capabilities

The main body of the ISR can be written in C within any source file as per the following template. This is just a normalARM mode function that includes a call to portEND_SWITCHING_ISR() at its end.See the function vSerialISR() defined in Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/serial/serial.c for a complete example.

The entry point for the ISR has to be written in an assembly file. This just places a call to the C function betweencalls to the portSAVE_CONTEXT() and portRESTORE_CONTEXT() macros respectively as per the following template:See the file Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/serial/serialIAR.S79 for a complete example.

To use a part other than an STR712F

The STR71x family uses a standard ARM7 core so the main real time kernel components areportable across all ARM7 devices - but the peripheral setup and memory requirements will require consideration.Items to consider:

• prvSetupTimerInterrupt() in Source/portable/IAR/STR71x/port.c configures the watchdog peripheral to generate the RTOS tick.
• The interrupt service routine setup and management assume the existence of the interrupt controller.
• The serial port drivers.
• Register location definitions are provided by the library header files.
• Startup code and vector table setup is contained within Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/SrcIAR/CStartup.s79.
• RAM size - see Memory Allocation below.

Switching between the pre-emptive and co-operative RTOS kernels

Set the definition configUSE_PREEMPTION within Demo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/FreeRTOSConfig.h to 1 to use pre-emption or 0to use co-operative.

Compiler options

As with all the ports, it is essential that the correct compiler options are used. The best way to ensure this is to base yourapplication on the provided demo application project file - as described in the Source Organization section.

Execution Context

The RTOS scheduler executes in supervisor mode, tasks execute in system mode.

NOTE! : The processor MUST be in supervisor mode when the RTOS scheduler is started (vTaskStartScheduler is called). The demo applications included in the FreeRTOS download switch to supervisor mode prior to main being called. If you are not using one of these demo application projects then ensure Supervisor mode is entered before calling vTaskStartScheduler().

Interrupt service routines always run in ARM mode. All other code executes in THUMB mode.

Note: The stack size of each necessary operating mode is configured using constants defined within the fileDemo/ARM7_STR71x_IAR/CStartup.s79. The IAR linker configuration utility is notused, and stacks are not setup for all operating modes.

SWI instructions are used by the real time kernel and can therefore not be used by the application code.

Memory allocation

Source/Portable/MemMang/heap_2.c is included in the ARM7 demo application project to provide the memory allocationrequired by the real time kernel.Please refer to the Memory Management section of the API documentation forfull information.

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Serial port driver

It should also be noted that the serial drivers are written to test some of the real time kernel features - and they are notintended to represent an optimised solution. In particular they do not make use of the FIFO.

Tick Interrupt

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The watchdog peripheral is used to generate the tick interrupt.

IAR compiler notes

The FreeRTOS source code has to be built with lots of different compilers. The IAR compiler has particularly strong(pedantic) source checking and generates several warnings when compiling the FreeRTOS source code.

Unfortunately these warning cannot be fixed by modifying the source code as they predominantly relate to benign code that wasadded in order to fix warnings generated by other compilers (mainly relating to type casting).Some warnings have therefore been disabled in the project file.