ThreadX, developed and marketed by Express Logic, Inc. of San Diego, California, USA, is a real-time operating system (RTOS).
ThreadX, developed and marketed by Express Logic, Inc. of San Diego, California, USA, is a real-time operating system (RTOS). The name ThreadX is derived from the fact that threads are used as the executable modules and the letter "X" represents context switching, i.e., it switches threads.
Like most RTOSes, ThreadX uses a multitasking kernel with preemptive scheduling, fast interrupt response, memory management, interthread communication, mutual exclusion, event notification, and thread synchronization features. Major distinguishing characteristics of ThreadX include priority inheritance, preemption-threshold, efficient timer management, picokernel design, event-chaining, fast software timers, and compact size.
ThreadX is generally used in real-time embedded systems, especially in deeply embedded systems. Developing embedded systems using ThreadX is usually done on a host machine running Linux or Microsoft Windows, using cross-compiling target software to run on various target processor architectures.
