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- From: apn@Apple.COM (Alex Novickis)
- Newsgroups: comp.realtime
- Subject: Re: realtime kernel for 8051
- Message-ID: <70352@apple.Apple.COM>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 23:07:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jun29.041154.874@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <3JUL199214244641@pine.circa.ufl.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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- In article <3JUL199214244641@pine.circa.ufl.edu> rgc@pine.circa.ufl.edu (CAROVANO) writes:
- >In article <1992Jun29.041154.874@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, jonj@exicom.oz.au ( Jonboy Jenkins ) writes...
- >>Can anybody tell me the whereabouts, public domain
- >>or commercial, of a reasonable real time kernel for
- >>an 8051. The basic requirements are as follows:
- >>
- >>1: time slicing
- >>2: preemptive capability with scheduling according to priority
- >>3: may use external memory to store processor state for task swaps
- >>
- >
- >Jon,
- >
- >I know of just the thing.
- >
- >Franklin Software has a real-time operating system called RTX-51. I am
- >copying the following from their own flyer.
- >
- >The RTX-51 from Franklin Provides:
- >- Kernal and 2 tasks in less than 800 bytes
- >- Pre-emptive & round robin task scheduling
- >- Intertask communication and resource management
- >- I/O support for all 8051 derivatives
- >- Full timer services
- >- Compatible with Franklin's C-51, Intel pl/M and OMF-51 formats
- >
- >Anyway, I have never used this package because we have never needed multi-
- >tasking (although we have several levels of interrupt handlers in our system)
- >We use the Archimedes C cross-development system here. I have no idea how
- >well the Franklin system works, but I've read many good things.
- >
- >The address for more info is:
- >
- >Frankline Software, Inc.
- >888 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 2
- >San Jose, CA, USA 95129
- >Telephone: (408) 296-8051
- >FAX: (408) 296-8061
- >
- >Good luck and keep me posted.
- >
- >Ron Carovano
- >FACET (Florida Anesthesia Computer and Engineering Team)
- >rgc@pine.circa.ufl.edu
-
- I've had real problems with franklin, and I would, If I had to do it over
- gone with some other vendor.
-
-
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