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ranran
Senior
Jan 8, 2019 10:43 AM UTC
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osTimerCreate (freeRTOS) utilize HW Timers ?

Hello,

When using cmsis_os (with freeRTOS), osTimerCreate , does it utilize the real HW timers, or only use the OS timer ?

Thank you,

ranran

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Piranha
PiranhaBest answer
Principal III
Jan 9, 2019 1:04 AM UTC

It's the OS software timer, which in itself works on a tick interrupts from SysTick hardware timer.

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Piranha
PiranhaBest answer
Principal III
Jan 9, 2019 1:04 AM UTC

It's the OS software timer, which in itself works on a tick interrupts from SysTick hardware timer.