- Small-footprint (small as 2KB, automatic scaling)
- Fast execution (sub microsecond context switch)
- Supports all popular processors and tools (see below)
- TraceX system analysis support
- Advanced Technology:
- Preemption-Threshold™
- Event Chaining™
- Performance Metrics
- Execution Profiling
- Run-time and Static Stack Analysis
- Multicore Support (SMP and AMP)
- Downloadable Application Modules
- Memory Protection for Downloadable Application Modules
- Extensive ThreadX ecosystem
- Safety Certifications (DO-178B, FDA510(k), IEC61508, etc)
- Deployed in over 1,000,000,000 devices
- Full Source Code
- Royalty-Free
- ARM
- Atmel
- BlackFin
- CEVA-TeakLite-III
- ColdFire/68K
- Critical Link MityDSP/MityARM
- Energy Micro EFM32
- Freescale
- Fujitsu FM3
- G-Series
- Hitachi H8/300H
- Infineon XMC
- Leon3
- M-CORE
- MicroBlaze
- Microchip PIC24/dsPIC
- Microchip PIC32
- MIPS
- Nios II
- NXP
- Power Architecture
- Renesas RX
- Renesas SH
- Renesas V8xx
- SHARC
- ST Microelectronics STM32
- StarCore
- StrongARM
- Synopsys ARC
- TI ARM
- TI MSP430
- TMS320C54x
- TMS320C6x
- Univers A2P
- Win32
- x86/x386
- Xilinx ARM
- XScale
- Xtensa/Diamond
ColdFire/68K
ThreadX for the
Freescale ColdFire Family
Highlights
Complete ColdFire family support Reasonable pricing No Royalties Complete ANSI C source code Easy to use and powerful services Responsive Technical Support Unlimited Threads, Queues, Event Flags, Timers, Semaphores, Mutexes, Block Pools, and Byte Pools Flexible memory usage Timeout available on all thread suspension Advanced preemption-threshold technique Low-overhead Application Timers Size scales automatically picokernel architecture for size and speed Small footprint (as low as 3.3 Kbytes) Fast Execution (3.0 us context switch@40MHz, MCF5307 Board)
Improve Your Embedded Development
Let our extensive experience with the Freescale ColdFire family of microprocessors help your product development. ThreadX, our 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.
ColdFire Family Optimizations
ThreadX optimizes context switching. When context switching occurs inside of a ThreadX service call, only the registers preserved across function calls are saved. 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.
Easy to Use
ThreadX is designed for ease of use. Our API is designed to be easy to understand, powerful, and consistent. The same is true with our documentation!
Development Tool Choices
ThreadX is completely compatible with all the major ColdFire and 68K development tools, including Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Diab, GNU, visionCLICK, SingleStep, and Green Hills MULTI development tools. Additional ThreadX-aware debugging is available with the CodeWarrior, visionCLICK, SingleStep, and Green Hills MULTI.
Free Demo Downloads
ColdFireThreadX MCF51CN - CodeWarrior Tools ThreadX MCF51MM - CodeWarrior Tools ThreadX_EKG_Demo_for_MCF51MM_FTF2010_Demo ThreadX MCF5222x - IAR Tools ThreadX_5.3_mcf5475_codewarrior_7.2 ThreadX_5.3_mcf5329_codewarrior_7.2 ThreadX_5.3_mcf5253_codewarrior_7.2
