We have already considered the multi-tasking concept – multiple quasi-independent programs apparently running at the same time, under the control of an operating system. Before we look at tasks in ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

I work in robotics research and am building a multi-threaded controller application, running on OSX, which collects data from multiple sources (i.e., a computer vision system, a wireless sensor board ...