FreeRTOS now contains Nios II demo

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Hi, 

 For those that are not familiar with it - FreeRTOS is a liberally licensed open source, pre-emptive, mini, real time kernel. Its usage has grown massively over the last 6 years and last year received a whapping 77,500 downloads.  A couple of days ago V5.4.2 was released. This new release contains the first official Nios II port and demo - which is actually a formalisation of code that has been used internally for some time. I hope it is of interest to some, and I would appreciate comments as this is the first foray into the Nios II world. I'm sure there are things that could be done to improve usability.  See http://www.freertos.org (http://www.freertos.org) for lots more info.  

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RichardBarry @ Aug 11 2009, 04:00 PM) <{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=23483)</div> 

--- Quote Start ---  Hi,  For those that are not familiar with it - FreeRTOS is a liberally licensed open source, pre-emptive, mini, real time kernel. Its usage has grown massively over the last 6 years and last year received a whapping 77,500 downloads.  A couple of days ago V5.4.2 was released. This new release contains the first official Nios II port and demo - which is actually a formalisation of code that has been used internally for some time. I hope it is of interest to some, and I would appreciate comments as this is the first foray into the Nios II world. I&#39;m sure there are things that could be done to improve usability.  See http://www.freertos.org (http://www.freertos.org) for lots more info.[/b]  --- Quote End ---   Hi,  Very interesting solution for small companies like mine. I am very interested in FreeRTOS and OpenRTOS, because we can use it for commercial applications.  here my questions ? Is it stable "enough" to use it in commercial applications ? I plan to try that OS. I know OpenRTOS provide warranty but no FreeRTOS. Does it include Ethernet and SD_Card Controller solutions with FAT 16/32 ? Not a sperated licensed option ? Really easy to use ? easier than uc/OS II ? eaiser than eCOS ? easy for a non expert (=some knoledge only) of OSes ? Use with NIOS II IDE (unlike eCOS) ? No special environment dev? just 3 files to include !? Royalty free ? YES !  Does OpenRTOS fully work with NIOS II ?