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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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