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16 years ago

OS (Operating systems) and RTOS (Rea lTime OS). Which one should I use for my project

Hi,

In a custom board, we plan to use NIOS II and for some tasks like ETHERNET, SD Card... we think about Operating systems which have thoses features built in.

Which OS do you suggest to me for my project ?

is there an exhaustive list of os which works for nios ii anywhere?

criterias :

  • simple to use

  • low cost : licenses, royalties ...

  • not experimental (uclinux is out)

  • small footprint

  • simple to use IDE (uclinux recommand developping under Linux :-( )

  • providing ethernet, sd card for exemple

  • Multi-task : no matter if it is preemptif, cooperatif...

  • not obsolete

  • real time is not critical.

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

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    Which OS do you suggest to me for my project ?

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    uC/OS-II

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    Is there an exhaustive list of OS which works for NIOS II anywhere?

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    I have used uC/OS-II and FreeRTOS

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    * simple to use

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    uC/OS-II is very simple: task management, task synchronization, time and timers. Nios II IDE supports it by default.

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    * low cost : licenses, royalties ...

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    Micrium lets you use uC/OS-II with non-commercial purposes as free. Contact then for commercial license.

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    * not experimental (uclinux is out)

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    Micrium has a great experience with this OS.

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    * small footprint

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    I have used it on a AVR 8 bit microcontroller with 128 Kb of flash.

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    * simple to use IDE (uclinux recommand developping under Linux :-( )

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    Fully integrated to Nios II IDE, Windows and Linux.

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    * providing ethernet, sd card for exemple

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    Micrium provide drivers for several ethernet chips and TCP/IP stack. I don't know about SD but you can chek examples from Altera.

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    * Multi-task : no matter if it is preemptif, cooperatif...

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    uC/OS-II is a preemptive multitasking OS.

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    * not obsolete

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    New version uC/OS-III
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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    Is uc/OS II easy to install ?

    What about

    • freeRTOS/OpenRTOS,

    • eCOS/ ecos pro ?

    With uc/OS II, you have to pay additionnal components like MicroC/TCP-IP or InterNiche stack , uc/FS for File system?

    EDIT :

    i plan to use ethernet opencores mac and sd card with fat32

    Are those OSes "compatible" ?