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Simple List of Ports Officially Supported Demos TCP/IP Demos API Reference PDF Reference Manual Task Creation TaskHandle_t (type) xTaskCreate() xTaskCreateStatic() vTaskDelete() Task Control vTaskDelay() vTaskDelayUntil() uxTaskPriorityGet() vTaskPrioritySet() vTaskSuspend() vTaskResume() xTaskResumeFromISR() xTaskAbortDelay() Task Utilities uxTaskGetSystemState() vTaskGetInfo() xTaskGetApplicationTaskTag() xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle() xTaskGetHandle() xTaskGetIdleTaskHandle() uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark() eTaskGetState() pcTaskGetName() xTaskGetTickCount() xTaskGetTickCountFromISR() xTaskGetSchedulerState() uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks() vTaskList() vTaskStartTrace() ulTaskEndTrace() vTaskGetRunTimeStats() vTaskSetApplicationTaskTag() xTaskCallApplicationTaskHook() 'SetThreadLocalStoragePointer() 'GetThreadLocalStoragePointer() vTaskSetTimeOutState() xTaskGetCheckForTimeOut() RTOS Kernel Control taskYIELD() taskENTER_CRITICAL() taskEXIT_CRITICAL() taskENTER_CRITICAL_FROM_ISR() taskEXIT_CRITICAL_FROM_ISR() taskDISABLE_INTERRUPTS() taskENABLE_INTERRUPTS() vTaskStartScheduler() vTaskEndScheduler() vTaskSuspendAll() xTaskResumeAll() vTaskStepTick() Direct To Task Notifications xTaskNotifyGive() vTaskNotifyGiveFromISR() ulTaskNotifyTake() xTaskNotify() xTaskNotifyAndQuery() xTaskNotifyAndQueryFromISR() xTaskNotifyFromISR() xTaskNotifyWait() xTaskNotifyStateClear() Queues xQueueCreate() xQueueCreateStatic() vQueueDelete() xQueueSend() xQueueSendFromISR() xQueueSendToBack() xQueueSendToBackFromISR() xQueueSendToFront() xQueueSendToFrontFromISR() xQueueReceive() xQueueReceiveFromISR() uxQueueMessagesWaiting() uxQueueMessagesWaitingFromISR() uxQueueSpacesAvailable() xQueueReset() xQueueOverwrite() xQueueOverwriteFromISR() xQueuePeek() xQueuePeekFromISR() vQueueAddToRegistry() vQueueUnregisterQueue() pcQueueGetName() xQueueIsQueueFullFromISR() xQueueIsQueueEmptyFromISR() Queue Sets xQueueCreateSet() xQueueAddToSet() xQueueRemoveFromSet() xQueueSelectFromSet() xQueueSelectFromSetFromISR() Stream Buffers xStreamBufferCreate() xStreamBufferCreateStatic() xStreamBufferSend() xStreamBufferSendFromISR() xStreamBufferReceive() xStreamBufferReceiveFromISR() vStreamBufferDelete() xStreamBufferBytesAvailable() xStreamBufferSpacesAvailable() xStreamBufferSetTriggerLevel() xStreamBufferReset() xStreamBufferIsEmpty() xStreamBufferIsFull() Message Buffers xMessageBufferCreate() xMessageBufferCreateStatic() xMessageBufferSend() xMessageBufferSendFromISR() xMessageBufferReceive() xMessageBufferReceiveFromISR() vMessageBufferDelete() xMessageBufferSpacesAvailable() xMessageBufferReset() xMessageBufferIsEmpty() xMessageBufferIsFull() Semaphore / Mutexes xSemaphoreCreateBinary() xSemaphoreCreateBinaryStatic() vSemaphoreCreateBinary() xSemaphoreCreateCounting() xSemaphoreCreateCountingStatic() xSemaphoreCreateMutex() xSemaphoreCreateMutexStatic() xSem'CreateRecursiveMutex() xSem'CreateRecursiveMutexStatic() vSemaphoreDelete() xSemaphoreGetMutexHolder() uxSemaphoreGetCount() xSemaphoreTake() xSemaphoreTakeFromISR() xSemaphoreTakeRecursive() xSemaphoreGive() xSemaphoreGiveRecursive() xSemaphoreGiveFromISR() Software Timers xTimerCreate() xTimerCreateStatic() xTimerIsTimerActive() xTimerStart() xTimerStop() xTimerChangePeriod() xTimerDelete() xTimerReset() xTimerStartFromISR() xTimerStopFromISR() xTimerChangePeriodFromISR() xTimerResetFromISR() pvTimerGetTimerID() vTimerSetReloadMode() vTimerSetTimerID() xTimerGetTimerDaemonTaskHandle() xTimerPendFunctionCall() xTimerPendFunctionCallFromISR() pcTimerGetName() xTimerGetPeriod() xTimerGetExpiryTime() Event Groups (or 'flags') xEventGroupCreate() xEventGroupCreateStatic() vEventGroupDelete() xEventGroupWaitBits() xEventGroupSetBits() xEventGroupSetBitsFromISR() xEventGroupClearBits() xEventGroupClearBitsFromISR() xEventGroupGetBits() xEventGroupGetBitsFromISR() xEventGroupSync() FreeRTOS-MPU Specific xTaskCreateRestricted() vTaskAllocateMPURegions() 'SWITCH_TO_USER_MODE() Co-routines CoRoutineHandle_t (type) xCoRoutineCreate() crDELAY() crQUEUE_SEND() crQUEUE_RECEIVE() crQUEUE_SEND_FROM_ISR() crQUEUE_RECEIVE_FROM_ISR() vCoRoutineSchedule() Contact & Support Contact Free Support Forum Commercial Support FAQ FreeRTOS Interactive! 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Do not delete a semaphore that has tasks blocked on it (tasks that are in the Blocked state waiting for the semaphore to become available). Parameters: xSemaphore  The handle of the semaphore being deleted. [ Back to the top ]   [ About FreeRTOS ]   [ Privacy ]   [ Sitemap ]   [Report an error on this page] Copyright (C) Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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