μT-Kernel is an open source real-time operating system (RTOS) designed for 16- and 8-bit microcontrollers. "μ” in the name stands for "micro" and pronounced as such. It is not pronounced as "mu". It is freely available under T-License.
Supported CPU list is available.
The latest version, μT-Kernel 3.0, is available from Github.
μT-Kernel was standardized by T-Engine Forum (now merged into TRON Forum) and later it became the basis of IEEE Standard 2050-2018, "IEEE Standard for a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) for Small-Scale Embedded Systems" published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association (IEEE SA).
Its specification is available both in English and Japanese. [1] The source code is available from the TRON Forum website and GitHub.
An article comparing nine RTOSs in which μT-Kernel was evaluated and given favorable remarks appeared in IEEE publication.
History
μT-Kernel was developed as a smaller subset of T-Kernel, a full-featured real-time operating system. For example, it does not assume the use of MMU unlike the original T-Kernel. For more on its history and the overall philosophy behind the TRON real-time OS family, please see the entry of T-Kernel.
See also
External links
- Official website, TRON Forum
- Tron-forum on GitHub
- μT-Kernel specifications in English and Japanese
- IEEE Publishes Standard Addressing Real-Time Architecture for Embedded Systems
- Information about T-Engine, T-Kernel and μT-Kernel Programming Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Introducing the μT-Kernel Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- μT-Kernel for M16C/62P source code and documentation
References
"Supported CPU list". www.tron.org. Retrieved 2024-10-15. https://www.tron.org/tron-project/what-is-t-kernel/hwinfo/ ↩
TRON Forum (2024-10-02), μT-Kernel 3.0 distribution - tron-forum/mtkernel_3, retrieved 2024-10-15 https://github.com/tron-forum/mtkernel_3 ↩
"TRON Forum". www.tron.org. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-10-15. https://www.tron.org/ ↩
"IEEE 2050-2018, IEEE Standard for a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) for Small-Scale Embedded Systems". IEEE Standards Association. Retrieved 2024-10-15. https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/2050/7178/ ↩
TRON Forum (2024-10-02), μT-Kernel 3.0 distribution - tron-forum/mtkernel_3, retrieved 2024-10-15 https://github.com/tron-forum/mtkernel_3 ↩
Su-Lim Tan; Tran Nguyen Bao Anh (2009). "Real-time operating system (RTOS) for small (16-bit) microcontroller". 2009 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics. IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. pp. 1007–1011. doi:10.1109/ISCE.2009.5156833. ISBN 978-1-4244-2975-2. S2CID 27374625.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 978-1-4244-2975-2 ↩