Pre-class Assignment

No reading for next lecture! Finish up lab 3.

Announcements

• Lab 3 is out and will be due Wednesday March 18th
  • You will continue using the same breadboards. You do not need to disassemble your board unless you need space. Please do not throw out any supplies (other than “consumables” like wire/resistors/capacitors/electrodes).
  • Do not forget to complete Challenge Activity 10.4.1 and 12.3.1 before the end of Lab 3
• Have a great break!

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

In this lecture, you will...

• listen to a lecture about the limitations of state machines and introduce operating systems (RTOS)

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to...

• Define the terms Operating System and Real Time Operating System and discuss the differences between the two
• Change an Mbed studio project to a “full metal” project in order to use its RTOS

Lecture Content

See lecture slides.

For Next Time

No reading for next time. Have a great break!