osTimerCreate (freeRTOS) utilize HW Timers ?

[ranran]

Hello,

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

Thank you,

ranran

[Piranha · Accepted solution]

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