FreeRTOS Ports
[Supported Devices]

Don't see an exact match for your microcontroller part number and compiler vendor choice? These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within a supported microcontroller family. See the Creating a new FreeRTOS application and Adapting a FreeRTOS Demo documentation pages.

The 'Officially Supported' and 'Contributed' FreeRTOS Code page provides a detailed explanation of the differences between officially supported and contributed FreeRTOS ports. Officially supported FreeRTOS demos are provided that target microcontrollers from the following manufacturers:

1. Altera
   
2. Atmel
   
3. Cadence
   
4. Cortus
   
5. Cypress
   
6. Energy Micro (see Silicon Labs)
   
7. Freescale
   
8. Imagination/MIPS
   
9. Infineon
   
10. Luminary Micro
    
11. Microchip
    
12. NEC
    
13. Microsemi (formally Actel)
    
14. NXP
    
15. Renesas
    
16. RISC-V
    
17. Silicon Labs
    
18. Spansion (ex Fujitsu)
    
19. ST Microelectronics
    
20. Synopsys ARC
    
21. Texas Instruments
    
22. Xilinx
    
23. x86 (real mode)
    
24. x86 / Windows Simulator
    
25. Unsupported and contributed ports

Demos targeting Altera products

• Nios II

  • Nios II Soft Core on a Cycle III FPGA
    A port and demo application targeting the DBC3C40 reference design from EBV Elektronik.

• Cyclone V SoC (ARM Cortex-A9)

  • Cortex-A9 HPS (Hard Processor System) on a Cyclone V SoC
    This RTOS demo runs on one core of the hard wired Cortex-A9 processor on a Cyclone V SoC. The demo uses the Atlera SoC Embedded Design Suite (EDS) which includes a special version of ARM's DS-5 Eclipse based development environment with the GCC toolchain.

Demos targeting Atmel products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• ATSAMD20 ARM Cortex-M0+ based microcontrollers
  • Atmel ATSAMD20 Xplained Pro with Atmel Studio
    This demo includes a simple blinky example, and a comprehensive demo that includes FreeRTOS+CLI. The command line interface uses the Atmel Software Framework UART drivers for its character input and output.

• SAMV7 and SAME7 ARM Cortex-M7 based microcontrollers
  • Atmel SAMV7 and SAME7 Xplained Ultra with IAR, Keil and GCC
    The SAMV7 ARM Cortex-M7 microcontroller demo can be build with either the IAR, Keil or Atmel Studio (GCC) tools, and targets the SAM V71 Xplained Ultra Evaluation Kit.

    The SAME7 ARM Cortex-M7 microcontroller demo can be build with Atmel Studio (GCC), and targets the SAM E70 Xplained Ultra Evaluation Kit.

    The same RTOS port can be used with the SAM S70 ARM Cortex-M7 microcontrollers.

• AT91SAM4 ARM Cortex-M4 based microcontrollers
  • Atmel SAM4E-EK with CLI, FAT file system and UDP stack
    The SAM4E-EK demo can be configured to create either a simple blinky starter project, or a comprehensive and interactive demo that includes FreeRTOS+CLI, FreeRTOS+FAT SL and FreeRTOS+UDP.

  • Atmel SAM4L-EK low power tickless demo
    The application demonstrates how the FreeRTOS tick suppression features can be used to minimise the power consumption of an application running on a SAM4L ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller from Atmel. The SAM4L is designed specifically for use in applications that require extremely low power consumption.

  • Atmel SAM4S-EK demo using Atmel Studio and GCC
    A project targeting a SAM4S ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller that is pre-configured to build with the free Atmel Studio IDE and run on the SAM4S-EK evaluation kit.

• AT91SAM3 ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers
  • Atmel SAM3S-EK2 and Atmel SAM3X-EK demo using Atmel Studio
    This page presents two projects that both run the same demo application. The first targets the SAM3S microcontroller on the SAM3S-EK2 evaluation board, and the second the SAM3X microcontroller on the SAM3X-EK evaluation board. Both are built and debugged using the free Atmel Studio IDE.

  • Atmel SAM3U-EK demo using IAR
    The demo application presented on this page is pre-configured to execute on the official SAM3U-EK evaluation kit from Atmel. The demo uses the FreeRTOS IAR ARM Cortex-M3 port and can be compiled and debugged directly from the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM.

• ATSAMA5 ARM Cortex-A5 based microprocessors
  • Atmel SAMA5D3 using IAR
    This page presents an RTOS demo project that targets the low cost Atmel SAMA5 Xplained board.

  • Atmel SAMA5D4 using IAR
    The SAMA5D4 ARM Cortex-A5 RTOS demo targets the Atmel SAMA5D4 Evaluation Kit (EK).

• AT91SAM7S and AT91SAM7X ARM7 based microcontrollers
  • Atmel SAM7S ARM7 with IAR development tools
    This demo uses all the components of the AT91SAM7S64-IAR evaluation kit - including an AT91SAM7S-EK development/prototyping board, and the IAR Embedded Workbench development tools for ARM. It includes a sample USB HID class driver.

  • Atmel SAM7X ARM7 with IAR development tools
    Uses the FreeRTOS SAM7 IAR ARM7 port, uIP and the Atmel AT91SAM7X-EK development board to create an embedded web server within a fully preemptive multitasking project. This demo also includes a simple CGI scripting language and a simple driver for the SAM7X EMAC peripheral.

  • Atmel SAM7X ARM7 with GCC and Eclipse development tools
    Uses the FreeRTOS SAM7 GCC ARM7 port, uIP and the Atmel AT91SAM7X-EK development board to create an embedded web server within a fully preemptive multitasking project - this time using a completely open source development environment based on Eclipse and OpenOCD. A simple USB mouse driver implementation is also provided.

  • Atmel SAM7X ARM7 with GCC and Rowley development tools
    Uses the FreeRTOS GCC ARM7 port, Rowley CrossStudio, lwIP and the Atmel AT91SAM7X-EK development board to create an embedded web server within a fully preemptive multitasking project. This demo also includes a sample USB CDC class driver (USB to serial).

  • Atmel SAM7X ARM7 with GCC (command line)
    The SAM7X lwIP project can also be built using a simple makefile and the standard command line GCC compiler.

  • Atmel AT91FR40008 with GCC development tools
    A GCC ARM7 port for the AT91 microcontroller. The demo is preconfigured to run on the Embest ATEB40X prototyping board (Atmel AT91EB40A clone).

• AT91SAM9 ARM9 based microcontrollers
  • Atmel AT91SAM9XE using IAR
    An IAR demo that runs on the AT91SAM9XE-EK Evaluation Board. Supports both ARM and THUMB modes.

• AVR32
  • AVR32 AT32UC3A using GCC and IAR tools - including TCP/IP examples
    The standard demo has been ported for both the GCC and IAR development tools. An embedded web server and TFTP server example is also provided

• AVR / ATMegaAVR
  • MegaAVR - WinAVR
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the STK500 prototyping board utilising an ATMega323 microcontroller. It is compiled using the GNU based WinAVR development tools, for which a pre-configured make file is provided. Executables can be debugged using the AVR Studio simulator.

  • MegaAVR - IAR
    As per the MegaAVR/WinAVR port, but uses the IAR Embedded Workbench development tools.

Demos targeting Cadence Tensilica products

• Xtensa Processors  Uses a [third party RTOS port]
  Running all the RTOS tests, using the XCC compiler and builds using the Xtensa Xplorer IDE.

Demos targeting Cortus products

• Cortus APS3
  A port and demo application targeting an APS3 processor running on a Spartan-3 Starter Board.

Demos targeting Cypress products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• Cypress PSoC5 CY8C5588 ARM Cortex-M3
  A FreeRTOS demo for the PSoC5 that targets the CY8CKIT-001 PSoC® Development Kit, using a CY8CKIT- 010 PSoC® CY8C55 Family Processor Module Kit. The PSoC5 demo includes a schematic design with several peripherals to demonstrate their integration with the RTOS. The included peripherals are the UART, LCD Character Display and two different types of timer implementations. PSoC Creator projects are provided for GCC, as well as the ARM Keil/RVDS compilers.

Demos targeting Freescale products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• Kinetis ARM Cortex-M4
  • Freescale Kinetis K60 using IAR
    An IAR project is provided that is pre-configured to run on the TWR-K60N512 controller module. The demo application includes an example tiny web server. The TWR-K60N512 does not itself include an Ethernet connector, so a TWR-SER peripheral module is also required to make use of the embedded web server functionality. The two modules can be purchased together in the TWR-K60N512-KIT tower kit.

• Kinetis ARM Cortex-M0+
  • Freescale Kinetis KL0 With FreeRTOS CodeWarrior Processor Expert Component
    [Unofficial third party demo, links to an external site]
    A great third party demo using FreeRTOS on a FRDM-KL25Z Freedom board. The web page includes a link to, and a tutorial on using, a FreeRTOS Processor Expert plug-in to the Freescale CodeWarrior IDE.

• HCS12
  • Motorola / Freescale MC9S12C32 using CodeWarrior
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the PK-HCS12C32 starter kit from SofTec Microsystems, and uses the CodeWarrior HC(S)12 Development Tools. It demonstrated using FreeRTOS with the small memory model.
  • Motorola / Freescale MC9S12DP256B using CodeWarrior
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the M68KIT912DP256 development board from Freescale, and uses the CodeWarrior HC(S)12 Development Tools. It demonstrated using FreeRTOS with the banked memory model.

• Coldfire V1
  • MCF51CN128 ColdFire V1 web server demo
    Creates a tiny web server that includes a basic CGI scripting facility using CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers.

• Coldfire V2
  • Motorola / Freescale ColdFire V2 using Eclipse and GCC
    Pre-configured to run on the M5282EVB evaluation board from FreeScale, using the open source Eclipse IDE and GCC.

  • Motorola / Freescale ColdFire V2 web server demo using Eclipse and GCC
    Pre-configured to run on the low cost M52233DEMO evaluation board from FreeScale, using the open source Eclipse IDE and GCC. Includes a web server that both serves dynamic data, and allows manipulation of the MCU IO via a standard web client.

  • Motorola / Freescale ColdFire V2 using CodeWarrior
    Pre-configured to run on the M52221DEMO evaluation board from FreeScale, using the free special edition of CodeWarrior for ColdFire.

  • Motorola / Freescale MCF523x GCC
    This is an older port and demo. From FreeRTOS V5.0.4 the port described on this page is deprecated and replaced by a new, more fully featured version

Fujitsu

Fujitsu microcontrollers were acquired by Spansion. See Spansion below.

Imagination/MIPS

The FreeRTOS download does not contain official MIPS support, but the following options are made available and supported directly by Imagination in the FreeRTOS Interactive site:

• A GCC port for the following cores:
  1. Legacy Cores: 24K, 34K,74K,1004K,1074K,M4K,M14K
  2. Aptiv Cores: microAptiv, interAptiv, proAptiv
  3. Warrior Cores: M5100, M5150, M6200, M6250, P5600

Demos targeting Infineon products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• TriCore
  • TriCore TC1782 using the Free TriCore Entry Toolchain
    The demo application is pre-configured to run on the TriBoard TC1782 starter kit from Infineon. The free tool chain includes a nice Eclipse integration.

• XMC1000 ARM Cortex-M0
  • XMC1100, XMC1200 and XMC1300 Boot Kits with IAR, GCC and Keil compilers
    Like the XMC4000 equivalent, the XMC1000 ARM Cortex-M0 demo can be configured to create either a simple blinky or a comprehensive test and demo application.

• XMC4000 ARM Cortex-M4
  • XMC4200, XMC4400 and XMC4500 Hexagon Application Board demos for IAR, Keil, Dave/GCC and Tasking compilers
    The demo presented on this page can be built as a simple blinky demo, or as a comprehensive test and demo application.

  • XMC4500 on the Hexagon Eval Board Using IAR and Keil development tools
    Both IAR Embedded Workbench and a Keil uVision projects are provided that targets the CPU board from the Infineon hexagon MXC4500 evaluation kit.
    [This demo has now been superseded by the demo that also supports the XMC4200 and XMC4400 devices]

  • XMC4500 on the Hexagon Eval Board Using GCC and Atollic
    An Atollic project is provided that uses the GCC compiler, and targets the CPU board from the Infineon hexagon MXC4500 evaluation kit.
    [This demo has now been superseded by the demo that also supports the XMC4200 and XMC4400 devices]

  • XMC4500 on the Hexagon Eval Board Using the Tasking VX-toolset for ARM
    Another project that targets the Infineon hexagon MXC4500 evaluation kit - this time using the Tasking VX-toolset for ARM.
    [This demo has now been superseded by the demo that also supports the XMC4200 and XMC4400 devices]

Demos targeting Luminary Micro products

Following the acquisition of Luminary Micro by Texas Instruments, demo applications that target Stellaris microcontrollers are now listed under the Texas Instruments heading.

Demos targeting Microchip products

PIC32 demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• PIC32 (MIPS)
  • PIC32 (PIC32MZ and PIC32MZ EF with MIPS M14K core) MPLAB GCC
    Port and demo application for the MIPS M14K based PIC32MZ and PIC32MZ EF (with floating point) from Microchip. The demo utilises the XC32 compiler, MPLAB X and the PIC32MZ and PIC32MZ EF Starter Kits.

  • PIC32 (PIC32MX with MIPS M4K core) MPLAB GCC
    Port and demo application for the MIPS M4K based PIC32 from Microchip. The demo utilises the XC32 compiler and MPLAB X. Build configurations are provided for the Explorer16 development board and the PIC32 USB II starter kit.

• MEC14xx, CEC13xx, CEC17xx, MEC17xx, MEC51xx (ARM Cortex-M4F)
  • CEC1302 ARM Cortex-M4F, GCC, Keil, MikroC
    Comprehensive and low power tick-less demos for the CEC1302 ARM Cortex-M4F based microcontroller from Microchip. The project demonstrates the CEC1302 being used with both aggregated and disaggregated interrupt schemes.

• PIC24
  • Microchip PIC24 and dsPIC^® DSC MPLAB
    Ports and demo applications for Microchip 16bit MCU's and DSC's. Both demos are targeted at the Explorer 16 evaluation board and use the MPLAB^® C30 compiler.

• PIC18

  Please note that the segmented memory on the PIC18 makes it a less than ideal candidate for use with an RTOS.

  • Microchip PIC18 MPLAB
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the 40 pin PICmicro prototyping board from Forest Electronic Developments, with a PIC18F452 microcontroller. This is a very low cost platform that has an in system programming capability. The MPLAB development tools are also utilised, comprising of the MPLAB IDE and the MPLAB C18 compiler.

  • Microchip PIC18 wizC
    The port is created using the wizC Integrated Development Environment from Forest Electronic Developments. The port can also be used with the FED C-compiler, also from Forest Electronic Developments.

Demos targeting NEC products

Following the merger of NEC and Renesas under the Renesas brand, demo applications that target what were NEC microcontrollers are now listed under the Renesas heading.

Demos targeting Microsemi (formally Actel) products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• SmartFusion2 M2S
  • M2S020 using GCC and the SoftConsole IDE
    This demo includes FreeRTOS+CLI and FreeRTOS+FAT SL. Configurations are provided to target both the SmartFusion2 Starter Kit and the SmartFusion2 Development Kit.

• SmartFusion A2F
  • A2F200M3 using the IAR and Keil compilers and IDEs
    Targets the A2F-EVAL-KIT development board. Includes an embedded web server with CGI scripting.

  • A2F200M3 using the GCC compiler and SoftConsole IDE
    Targets the A2F-EVAL-KIT development board. Includes an embedded web server with CGI scripting.

Demos targeting NXP products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• ARM Cortex-M4F based microcontrollers
  • NXP LPC4350 demo using Keil/RVDS
    This application demonstrates the FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M4F RVDS port on the ARM Cortex-M4 core of the dual core LPC4350. The demo is pre-configured to run on the Hitex LPC4350 evaluation board. The LPC4300 microcontroller is configured to run at 204MHz. The demo includes a basic LED flashing configuration, and a comprehensive configuration. The comprehensive configuration creates more than 40 tasks, including tasks that test the FreeRTOS port itself.

• ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers
  • NXP LPC1830 demonstrating FreeRTOS+UDP
    The demo runs FreeRTOS+UDP on an LPC1830 XPlorer board from NGX Technologies. The project builds with the FreeRTOS LPCXpresso Eclipse based IDE.

  • NXP LPC1768 demonstrating FreeRTOS+IO and FreeRTOS+CLI
    A comprehensive demo that uses FreeRTOS+CLI to interact with FreeRTOS+IO and the FatFS file system hosted on an SD card. FreeRTOS+IO manages the UART, I2C and SPI ports. The demo builds with the free LPCXPresso IDE and runs on the LPCXpresso base board.

  • NXP LPC1768 demo using GCC and LPCXpresso IDE
    The demo presented on this page was developed on a CRB1768 fitted with an LPC1768 microcontroller. It uses:
    • The FreeRTOS GCC ARM Cortex-M3 port.
    • The LPCXpresso IDE Eclipse based IDE from NXP - which includes the FreeRTOS state viewer plug-in as standard.
    • Adam Dunkels open source uIP embedded TCP/IP stack.
    • Bertrik Sikkens open source LPCUSB USB stack to implement a CDC class echo server.

  • NXP LPC1768 demo using GCC and Rowley CrossWorks
    Similar to the LPC1768 LPCXpresso IDE demo, but targeted at the MCB1700 development board and configured to use the Rowley CrossWorks development tools. This demo also incorporates a uIP web server and a USB CDC class driver.

  • NXP LPC1768 demo using the IAR Embedded Workbench
    Similar to the LPC1768 LPCXpresso IDE demo, but targeted at the IAR evaluation board and configured to use the IAR development tools. This demo also incorporates a uIP web server and a USB CDC class driver.

  • NXP LPC1766 demo using GCC and LPCXpresso IDE
    This demo is now deprecated - see the LPC1768 demo for its replacement.

• ARM Cortex-M0 based microcontrollers
  • NXP LPC1114 LPCXpresso
    This application demonstrates the FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M0 GCC port on low cost LPCXpresso LPC1114 hardware. The free LPCXpresso IDE is used.

• LPC2000 ARM7 based microcontrollers
  • NXP ARM7 with the Keil development tools
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the MCB2100 development/prototyping board. The development tools provide an excellent debugger and peripheral simulator - allowing the entire demo application to be executed within the simulator. An excellent way to learn FreeRTOS!

  • NXP ARM7 with the IAR development tools
    The IAR LPC2000 demo is also preconfigured to execute on the MCB21000 development board.

  • NXP ARM7 with GCC
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the LPC-P2106 prototyping board, with a LPC2106 microcontroller. This is a very low cost prototyping board that has an in system programming capability. The port uses a Win32 build of the ARM7 GNU development tools.

  • NXP ARM7 with Rowley Development tools and Rowley development board
    Based on the GCC port, this demo uses the Rowley Associates CrossWorks integrated development environment and is targeted at the CrossFire LPC2138 embedded evaluation kit

  • NXP LPC2368 with Rowley Development tools and MCB2300 development board
    Also based on the GCC port, this demo implements a basic web server that permits data to be both queried from and sent to the target hardware.

  • NXP LPC2368 with Eclipse and GCC development tools
    This demo uses only open source development tools to create an embedded web server on an LPC2368.

  • NXP ARM7 with Rowley Development tools and Olimex development board
    Based on the GCC port, this demo uses the Rowley Associates CrossWorks integrated development environment and includes an embedded TCP/IP stack and embedded web server.

Demos targeting Renesas products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• RZ/A (ARM Cortex-A9)
  • RZ/A1 Embedded Processor (ARM Cortex-A9 core) with ARM and IAR development tools
    A FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RZ/A1 embedded processor, which has an ARM Cortex-A9 core. Two projects are provided, allowing the demo to be built with both the IAR Embedded Workbench and ARM DS-5 embedded development tools. The demo includes FreeRTOS+CLI and FreeRTOS+FAT SL.

  • RZ Embedded Processor (ARM Cortex-A9 core) with GCC development tools
    [Unofficial third party demo, links to the FreeRTOS Interactive site]
    Another FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RZ/A1 embedded processor, this time using the GCC tool chain.

• RZ/T (ARM Cortex-R4F)
  • RZ/T Embedded Processor (ARM Cortex-R4F core) with Renesas, GCC and IAR compilers
    A FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RZ/T embedded processor, which has an ARM Cortex-R core. Three projects are provided, allowing the demo to be built with the IAR, GCC and Renesas compilers. The GCC and Renesas compiler projects use the e2studio IDE. The demo includes a command line interface implemented with FreeRTOS+CLI.

• RX700
  • RX700 RX71M (RXv2 core) with Renesas, GCC and IAR compilers
    A FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RX71M microcontroller, which has an RXv2 core. Three projects are provided, allowing the demo to be built with the IAR, GCC and Renesas compilers. The GCC and Renesas compiler projects use the e2studio IDE. The demo includes a command line interface implemented with FreeRTOS+CLI.

• RX600
  • RX64M (RXv2 core) using e²studio
    Two e2studio projects are provided, both of which target the RX64M RSK (Renesas Starter Kit). One project users the Renesas RX compiler, and the other the GCC compiler.

  • RX62N and RX63N using the Renesas compiler and HEW IDE
    There are two demo applications for the RX62N that use the Renesas development tools. One demo targets the Renesas RX62N Starter Kit (RSK), and the other the Renesas RX62N Demonstration Kit (RDK). There is also a project for the RX63N that targets the RX63N RDK. Each demo project includes three build configurations - a simple blinky example for RTOS beginners and two comprehensive examples that each create approximately 50 tasks. The demo also includes a web server with CGI scripting that is implemented using a free TCP/IP stack.

  • RX62N using the GCC compiler and HEW IDE
    There are two demo applications for the RX62N that use the KPIT GNURX GCC development tools. One demo targets the Renesas RX62N Starter Kit (RSK), and the other the Renesas RX62N Demonstration Kit (RDK). Each demo project includes three build configurations - a simple blinky example for RTOS beginners and two comprehensive examples that each create approximately 50 tasks. The demo also includes a web server with CGI scripting that is implemented using a free TCP/IP stack.

  • RX62N using the IAR Embedded Workbench
    There are two demo applications for the RX62N that use the IAR EMbedded Workbench. One demo targets the Renesas RX62N Starter Kit (RSK), and the other the Renesas RX62N Demonstration Kit (RDK). Each demo project includes three build configurations - a simple blinky example for RTOS beginners and two comprehensive examples that each create approximately 50 tasks. The demo also includes a web server with CGI scripting that is implemented using a free TCP/IP stack.

• RX200
  • RX231 with Renesas, GCC and IAR compilers
    A FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RX231 microcontroller, which as an RXv2 core. Three projects are provided, allowing the demo to be built with the IAR, GCC and Renesas compilers. The GCC and Renesas compiler projects use the e2studio IDE.

  • RX210 using the Renesas compiler and HEW IDE
    Documents the Renesas RX210 FreeRTOS port and demo application that uses the Renesas RX compiler, and HEW IDE. The project is pre-configured to run on the RSKRX210 starter kit.

• RX100
  • RX113 with Renesas, GCC and IAR compilers
    A FreeRTOS demo application for the Renesas RX113 microcontroller. Three projects are provided, allowing the demo to be built with the IAR, GCC and Renesas compilers. The GCC and Renesas compiler projects use the e2studio IDE. The demo includes a command line interface implemented with FreeRTOS+CLI.

  • Tickless low power demo for RX100 (IAR, GCC and Renesas compilers)
    An application that demonstrates how to use FreeRTOS tick suppression functionality to reduce power consumption on an RX100 microcontroller. Projects are provided for IAR, e²studio with GCC and e²studio with the Renesas compiler.

• SuperH (SH-2A FPU) SH7216 using the Renesas compiler and HEW
  A demo application for the SuperH SH7216 that includes an Ethernet driver and embedded web server with basic CGI scripting.

• RL78 16-bit microcontroller
  • RL78/G13, RL78/G14, RL78/G1C, RL78/L13 and RL78/G1A using IAR
    An IAR demo with build configurations to target the following RL78 chips and hardware: YRPBRL78G13 RL78/G13 promotion board, YRDKRL78G14 RL78/G14 development board, RSKRL78G1C RL78/G1C starter kit, RSKRL78L13 RL78/L13 starter kit, RL78/G1A TB RL78/G1A target board. Far and near memory models are supported.

  • RL78/G13 promotion board
    An IAR demo that targets the RL78/G13 promotion board. Far and near memory models are supported.

• H8/S
  The demo is pre-configured to run on the EDK2329 prototyping embedded computer direct from Renesas (Hitachi), fitted with an H8/S2329 processor . The port uses the GNU H8 compiler and HEW GUI.

• V850ES 32bit microcontroller
  An IAR demo that contains configurations for many different Renesas target boards and the V850ES/Fx3 Starter Board. Large and small memory models are supported.

• 78K0R 16bit microcontroller
  An IAR demo that contains configurations for different Renesas target boards. Far and near memory models are supported.

Demos targeting RISC-V

• RISC-V Spike Simulator GCC
  [Unofficial third party demo, links to the FreeRTOS Interactive site]
  The port automatically configures itself for 32-bit and 64-bit RISC-V architectures on basis of #defines set by GCC. The demo application runs on the spike simulator in 64-bit mode, and needs the riscv GCC compiler and spike simulator to be installed somewhere for the build to succeed.

Demos targeting Silicon Labs products

The FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M ports will run on all Silicon Labs ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• EFM Giant Gekco and Pearl Gecko using Simplicity Studio and GCC
  The demos presented on this page demonstrate the FreeRTOS tick suppression feature being used to save power on both an EFM32 Giant Gecko and an EFM32 Pearl Gecko starter kit. Both demos build using the free Eclipse based Simplicity Studio IDE and GCC.

• EFM32G890F128 (ARM Cortex-M3) using IAR
  An older port and demo application that uses the IAR Embedded Workbench development tools, and targets the ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32G890F128 microcontroller.
  [This demo has now been superseded by the Giant and Pearl Gecko starter kit demos, which also demonstrate the FreeRTOS tickless idle mode to save power]

• Cygnal 8051
  This port uses a prototyping board supplied directly from Silicon Labs, and uses the open source SDCC compiler.

Demos targeting Spansion products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• 32bit microcontrollers
  • Spansion FM3 ARM Cortex-M3 MCU
    A FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M3 demo application that targets a Spansion FM3 microcontroller. Two IAR and Keil projects are provided that are already pre-configured to run on the SK-FM3-100PMC and SK-FM3-64PMC1 starter kit evaluation boards respectively.

  • Spansion MB91460 32bit MCU
    A demo for the MB91460 series of 32bit MCUs from Spansion. The port is pre-configured to run on the SK-91F467-FLEXRAY starter kit and uses the Softune compiler, IDE and debugger.

• 16bit 16FX microcontrollers
  • Spansion MB96340 16bit MCU
    A demo for the MB96340 series of 16bit MCUs from Spansion (16FX). The port is pre-configured to run on the SK-16FX-EUROScope starter kit and uses the Softune compiler and IDE along with the Euroscope debugger.

Demos targeting ST Microelectronics products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• STM32F7 ARM Cortex-M7 based microcontrollers
  • STM32F7 demo using IAR EWARM and Keil uVision
    This RTOS demo targets the STM32756G-EVAL Evaluation Kit, which incorporates an STM32F7 ARM Cortex-M7 microcontroller. Pre-configured build projects are provided for both the IAR and ARM Keil tools.

• STM32F4 ARM Cortex-M4F based microcontrollers
  • STM32F407 demo using IAR EWARM
    This application demonstrates the FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M4F IAR port on the ARM Cortex-M4F based STM32F407. The demo is pre-configured to run on the STM32F407ZF-SK starter kit evaluation board. The demo includes a basic LED flashing configuration, and a comprehensive configuration. The comprehensive configuration creates more than 40 tasks, including tasks that test the FreeRTOS port itself.

• STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers
  • Extreme low power tickless operation on an STM32L
    This project demonstrates how the FreeRTOS tick suppression features can be used to minimise the power consumption of an application running on an STM32L low power ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller from ST. The STM32L is designed specifically for use in applications that require extremely low power consumption.

  • Low power ST STM32 (STM32L152) using the IAR Embedded Workbench
    The FreeRTOS demo application for the low power STM32L152 microcontroller from STMicroelectronics. The demo uses the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM V6.10 from IAR Systems, and targets the official STM32L152-EVAL evaluation board from STMicroelectronics.

  • ST STM32 Value Line demo using Atollic TrueStudio
    Uses the ARM Cortex-M3 GCC port along with the TrueStudio IDE from Atollic. The demo is preconfigured to run on the STM32 value line Discovery board, fitted with an STM32F100 microcontroller.

  • ST STM32 Connectivity Line web server demo using GCC/Rowley
    Uses the ARM Cortex-M3 GCC port along with the Rowley CrossWorks IDE to create a tiny web server which includes basic CGI scripting.

  • ST STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 using the IAR development tools
    Uses the ARM Cortex-M3 IAR port to create a demo application on the STM32 evaluation board.

  • ST STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 using the GCC compiler with the RIDE IDE
    Demo that uses the novel STM32 Primer evaluation board.

• STM32F0 ARM Cortex-M0 based microcontrollers
  • STM32F051 demo using IAR EWARM
    This application demonstrates the FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-M0 IAR port on the STM320518-EVAL board from ST, which is fitted with an STM32F051 microcontroller.

• STR7 ARM7 based microcontrollers
  • ST Microelectronics STR75x ARM7 with IAR development tools
    Preconfigured to run on the STR750 EVAL evaluation board from STMicroelectronics, this application demonstrates FreeRTOS on the ST STR750 ARM7TDMI microcontroller with the IAR Embedded Workbench development tools for ARM.

  • ST Microelectronics STR75x ARM7 with Raisonance RIDE development tools
    Also preconfigured to run on the STR750 EVAL evaluation board from STMicroelectronics, this application demonstrates FreeRTOS on the ST STR750 ARM7TDMI microcontroller with the Raisonance RIDE IDE interface to the GNUARM GCC toolchain.

  • ST Microelectronics STR71x ARM7 with IAR development tools
    This demo is preconfigured to run on the IAR STR712 KickStart development kit. It uses the KickStart prototyping board, USB JTAG debugger interface and the IAR Embedded Workbench development tools for ARM.

• STR9 ARM9 based microcontrollers
  • STMicroelectronics STR9 ARM9 with the IAR development tools
    This is the first FreeRTOS ARM9 port. The demo application is pre-configured to run on the STR910-EVAL development. It includes web server demos using both uIP v1.0 and lwIP.

Demos targeting Synopsys DesignWare ARC Products

The FreeRTOS download does not contain official ARC support, but the following options are available to users wishing to run the RTOS on DesignWare ARC microcontrollers:

• The embARC Open Software Platform consists of software and documentation to accelerate the development of embedded and IoT systems based on DesignWare ARC processors.

• Our official partner company, WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems, can provide OpenRTOS for various ARC processors.

Demos targeting Texas Instruments products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

Following the acquisition of Luminary Micro by Texas Instruments this section now includes demos that target Stellaris microcontrollers.

• SimpleLink IoT microcontrollers
  • CC3220 using Code Composer Studio (CCS)
    

    Targets the SimpleLink CC3220SF Wireless (WiFi) Microcontroller LaunchPad Development Kit.

• MSP432 ARM Cortex-M4F based microcontrollers
  • MSP432P401R IAR, Keil, CCS
    

    The demo application targets the Texas Instruments MSP432 microcontroller - which is a variant of the MSP430 low power microcontroller that uses an ARM Cortex-M4F core. Pre-configured MSP432 projects that target the MSP432P401R Launchpad Development Kit are provided for the IAR, Keil and CCS development tools.

• MSP430 and MSP430X based microcontrollers
  • MSP430FR5969 IAR Embedded Workbench and Code Composer Studio
    This demo targets the Texas Instruments MSP430FR5969 low power microcontroller, which has a 16-bit MSP430X core. Pre-configured projects that target the MSP-EXP430FR5969 Launchpad Development Kit are provided for both the IAR and Code Composer Studio (CCS) MSP430 compilers.

  • MSP430X core (MSP430F5438) IAR Embedded Workbench
    This is a FreeRTOS demo application for the MSP430X / MSP430F5438 microcontroller from Texas Instruments. The demo uses the IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430 from IAR Systems, and targets the official MSP-EXP430F5438 experimenter board from TI.

  • MSP430X core (MSP430F5438) Code Composer Studio 4
    This version of the FreeRTOS MSP430X demo application also targets the MSP430X / MSP430F5438 microcontroller from Texas Instruments, but uses TI's own Code Composer Studio 4 development tools. This demo has now been superseded, see the MSP-EXP430FR5969 demo above

  • MSP430 Rowley CrossWorks
    The demo is pre-configured to run on the ES449 prototyping board from SoftBaugh, with a MSP430F449 microcontroller. The prototyping board includes a built in LCD - which is great for debugging. The port uses the Rowley Associates CrossWorks tool suite along with a FETP JTAG debugger. Two slightly different port implementations are included.

  • MSP430 MSPGCC (GCC)
    As per the MSP430 CrossWorks port, but using the MSPGCC development tools which includes a prebuilt Win32 build of GCC.

• Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers
  • LM3S6965 and LM3S8962 web server demo using IAR, GCC/Eclipse and Keil development tools
    Implements an embedded web server using uIP. Permits commands to be sent to the target from a web browser, and the display of dynamically generated run time data. A version for use with Eclipse is also available. The Eclipse version uses OpenOCD to create a completely open source development environment.

  • LM3S2965 and LM3S1962 using the IAR, GCC and Keil development tools
    This is the same as the LM3S6965/LM3S8962 demo, but without the Ethernet components.

  • LM3S102 with the Keil development tools
    Port and demo application for Texas Instruments Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 based processor that uses the new ARM Keil development tools (RVDS). The demo application is pre-configured for the DK-LMS102 development, and uses both co-routines and tasks.

  • LM3S811 with the Keil development tools
    Another demo application for the Texas Instruments Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 Keil port, this time target at an LM3S811 evaluation board.

  • LM3S102 with GCC
    Another port and demo application for Texas Instruments Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 based processor, but this time using the GCC development tools.

  • LM3S102 with CrossWorks
    This port and demo application for Texas Instruments Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3 based processor includes two demos for the Texas Instruments development board, and a simple co-routine demo for the new low cost CrossFire LM3S102 from Rowley Associates. All demos can be compiled and debugged using CrossWorks for ARM.

  • LM3S316 with IAR
    Another Stellaris port, this time with the demo application targeted at an LM3S316 and using the IAR development tools.

• Hercules Safety Microcontrollers
  • RM48 and TMS570 Code Composer Studio
    Two projects with identical functionality. One targets the RM48 USB stick evaluation platform, and the other the TMS570 USB stick. Both use the FreeRTOS ARM Cortex-R4F CCS port.

  • TMS470M TMS470MF06607 USB stick
    [Unofficial third party demo, links to the FreeRTOS Interactive site]
    Uses Code Composer Studio V5.

Demos targeting Xilinx products

These demos can be adapted to any microcontroller within the same family that has sufficient ROM/RAM. See the Creating a new application and Adapting a Demo pages.

• Zynq
  • Zynq using the official FreeRTOS Cortex-A9 port
    A demo that uses the official Cortex-A9 RTOS port to run FreeRTOS on a ZC702 evaluation board using the Xilinx SDK and GCC. This demo uses a stand alone BSP and builds FreeRTOS as part of the application.

  • Zynq using a FreeRTOS BSP
    A demonstration of how the Xilinx SDK can be used to create a FreeRTOS BSP. Including FreeRTOS in the BSP presents the application writer with a pre-configured FreeRTOS environment that does not require any source files to be added manually, any callback functions to be provided by the application code, and allows FreeRTOSConfig.h to be edited within the IDE.

• Zynq UltraScale MPSoC
  • Using FreeRTOS on an UltraScale ARM Cortex-A53 (64-bit) Core
    The first FreeRTOS port and demo application to run native 64-bit! The demo is pre-configured to run on the ZCU102 evaluation board. FreeRTOS support is provided for all the cores (ARM and Microblaze) found on the many-core Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.

  • Using FreeRTOS on an UltraScale ARM Cortex-R5 Core
    Simply blinky and comprehensive demos that run on one of the ARM Cortex-R5 cores on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. The demo is pre-configured to run on the ZCU102 evaluation board. FreeRTOS support is provided for all the cores (ARM and Microblaze) found on the many-core Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC.

• Microblaze
  • Xilinx Microblaze [most recent demo]
    This MicroBlaze demo was produced using version 2014.4 of Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite, supports version 8.x of the MicroBlaze soft processor core, and was developed and tested on a Kintex FPGA on a KC705 Evaluation Kit board.

  • Xilinx Microblaze
    This MicroBlaze port is produced using version 13.1 of the Xilinx ISE Design Suite (Embedded Edition), supports version 8.10 of the MicroBlaze soft processor core, and was developed and tested on a Spartan-6 FPGA based SP605 Evaluation Kit. This demo has now been superseded, see the Kintex demo above.

  • Xilinx Microblaze
    A Microblaze soft processor core port running on a Virtex4 FPGA. The demo is preconfigured to execute on an ML403 development board. This port and demo has now been superseded, see the Kintex demo above.

• PowerPC 405
  • Xilinx Virtex-4 PowerPC (PPC405)
    A PowerPC configurable processor core running on a Virtex4 FPGA. The demo is also preconfigured to execute on an ML403 development board.

• PowerPC 440
  • Xilinx Virtex-5 PowerPC (PPC440)
    A PowerPC configurable processor core running on a Virtex5 FPGA. Configurations are provided with no FPU, single precision FPU and double precision FPU.

Demos targeting Intel IA32 and any x86 products

• IA32 / Intel Quark SoC X1000 in 32-bit mode
  The demo presented on this page used GCC and Eclipse to run FreeRTOS on an Intel Galileo single board computer.

• Industrial PC Single Board Computer
  This will run on a huge variety of PC/AT compatible industrial and single board computers, including PC/104 systems. It can use the Open Watcom or Borland development tools, for both of which a pre-configured project file is provided. See the Tools page.

• RDC8822 Based Single Board Computer
  This runs on the very competitively priced Flashlite 186 single board computer from JK Microsystems. The RDC8822 is an AMD embedded 186 clone (AM186ED). It can use the Open Watcom or Borland development tools (see Tools). Again a pre-configured project file is provided for both compilers.

• RDC R1120 Based Single Board Computer
  Includes a simple web server demo running on a Tern E-Engine controller using a memory mapped WizNET TCP/IP co-processor. The RDC1120 is an AMD embedded 186 clone (AM186ES). The demo application builds with the Paradigm C/C++ compiler and can be remotely debugged from within the compiler IDE.

Demos targeting Windows (simulator)

• Windows Simulator for Visual Studio Express and Eclipse with MingW (GCC)
  This allows FreeRTOS to be run in a Windows environment - although true real time behaviour cannot be achieved. Demo projects are provided for both Eclipse with MingW (GCC) and Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition. Both these tool chains are free, although Visual Studio Express requires registration if it is to be used for anything other than evaluation purposes. The principal of the simulated operation is described on the demos documentation page.