multitasking in ARM7

 multitasking in ARM7

hello,

can I do multitasking in ARM LPC2148.
I want to display on LCD, LED and 7segment at the same time.

is it possible?????

 RE: multitasking in ARM7

is it possible?????

Yes, it is.

 RE: is it possible?

Of course it's possible - even an 8051 can do it!

But it certainly isn't necessary just for what you've described!

 RE: is it possible?

Almost every microcontroller can do it.

 RE: is it possible?

do I need to install some operating system like real time Linux???

I am working with LPC2148. In this project, I am displaying data on LCDs which is continuously changing. also I want to read input ports.

can it be done like operating system working??? one program for checking i/p ports and second to display data on LCDs. only one is executing for fixed time and after timeout storing its status on stack and second is executing for fixed time..

 RE: is it possible?

Search keil forum for "RTX". Also inspect your "Options for target...", Target page ("operating system").

 RE: is it possible?

As Andy has already mentioned, multitasking is not necessary for what you've described.

A simple supervisory loop processing each module would almost certainly be sufficient.

 RE: is it possible?

I wrote this at 2008.Nov.04 =>

int main (void)
{
        char LFnCR[] = "\n\r";

    init_VIC();
    UARTInit(9600);     /* baud rate setting */
        init_timer();

        enable_timer(0);

        PINSEL2 = PINSEL2 & (~0x08);    // for GPIO 8LED
        IODIR1  = LED8SET;              // for GPIO 8LED

        MSPI_init();

    while (1)
    {                           /* Loop forever */

                GPIO8LED_show();

                MSPI7LED_show();

                UART0rbREAD();

                if (cmd_ready)
                {
                        UART0sbWRITE( (BYTE *)cmd_string, strlen((const char *)cmd_string) );
                        UART0sbWRITE( (BYTE *)LFnCR     , 2 );
                        UART0sendKICK();
                        memset( cmd_string, 0x00, 32 );
                        cmdstr_i = 0;
                        cmd_ready = 0;
                }

                KEYS_control();

    }
        // return 0;
}


void KEYS_check(void)
{
        IOPIN0_last = IOPIN0_this;
        IOPIN0_this = IOPIN0;

        IOPIN0_stat = IOPIN0_last ^ IOPIN0_this & IOPIN0_last;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY1 ) == KEY1 )
                KEY1_pressed = 1;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY2 ) == KEY2 )
                KEY2_pressed = 1;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY3 ) == KEY3 )
                KEY3_pressed = 1;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY4 ) == KEY4 )
                KEY4_pressed = 1;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY5 ) == KEY5 )
                KEY5_pressed = 1;

        if ( ( IOPIN0_stat & KEY6 ) == KEY6 )
                KEY6_pressed = 1;

        timer_KEYpress = 2;
}


void KEYS_control(void)
{
        static BYTE GPIO8LED_pos = 1;
        static BYTE MSPI7LED_pos = 0;
        BYTE const HEX_TAB[16] = {
        //     0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9
                0xC0, 0xF9, 0xA4, 0xB0, 0x99, 0x92, 0x82, 0xF8, 0x80, 0x90,
        //         A     b     C     d     E     F
                0x88, 0x83, 0xC6, 0xA1, 0x86, 0x8E };

        if ( KEY1_pressed == 1 )
        {
                GPIO8LED_show_on = 1 - GPIO8LED_show_on;
                KEY1_pressed = 0;
        }

        if ( KEY4_pressed == 1 )
        {
                MSPI7LED_show_on = 1 - MSPI7LED_show_on;
                KEY4_pressed = 0;
        }

        if ( GPIO8LED_show_on == 0 )
        {
                if ( KEY2_pressed == 1 )
                {
                        if ( GPIO8LED_pos > 1 )
                                GPIO8LED_pos--;
                        KEY2_pressed = 0;
                }
                if ( KEY3_pressed == 1 )
                {
                        if ( GPIO8LED_pos < 8 )
                                GPIO8LED_pos++;
                        KEY3_pressed = 0;
                }
                IOCLR1 =    1 << (17+GPIO8LED_pos)  ;
                IOSET1 = ~( 1 << (17+GPIO8LED_pos) );
        }

        if ( MSPI7LED_show_on == 0 )
        {
                if ( KEY5_pressed == 1 )
                {
                        if ( MSPI7LED_pos > 0 )
                                MSPI7LED_pos--;
                        KEY5_pressed = 0;
                }
                if ( KEY6_pressed == 1 )
                {
                        if ( MSPI7LED_pos < 15 )
                                MSPI7LED_pos++;
                        KEY6_pressed = 0;
                }
                IOCLR0 = HC595_CS;
                SPI_SPDR = HEX_TAB[MSPI7LED_pos];
                while( 0 == (SPI_SPSR & 0x80) );
                IOSET0 = HC595_CS;
        }
}

 RE: is it possible?

void GPIO8LED_show(void)
{
        static BYTE GPIO8LED_on = 1;
        static BYTE GPIO8LED_i = 0;

        if ( ( timer_GPIO8LED == 0 ) && ( GPIO8LED_show_on ) )
        {
                if (GPIO8LED_on)
                {
                        IOSET1 = ~( LED8SET & ( 7 << (18+GPIO8LED_i) ) );
                }
                else
                {
                        IOCLR1 = LED8SET & ( 7 << (18+GPIO8LED_i) );
                        if ( GPIO8LED_i == 7 )
                                { GPIO8LED_i = 0; }
                        else
                                { GPIO8LED_i++; }
                }
                GPIO8LED_on = 1 - GPIO8LED_on;
                timer_GPIO8LED = 8;
        }
}


void MSPI_init(void)
{
        //PINSEL0 = (PINSEL0 & 0xFFFF00FF) | 0x00005500;    // Connect SPI
        PINSEL0 = (PINSEL0 & (~(0xFF << 8))) | (0x55 << 8) ;
        IODIR0  = HC595_CS;
    S0SPCCR = 0x52;                         // Set SPI Clock
        S0SPCR  = (0 << 3) |                      // CPHA = 0, [del]
                          (1 << 4) |                      // CPOL = 1, SCK [del]
                          (1 << 5) |                      // MSTR = 1, SPI [del]
                          (0 << 6) |                      // LSBF = 0, SPI [del]
                          (0 << 7);                               // SPIE = 0, [del]
}


void MSPI7LED_show(void)
{
        static BYTE MSPI7LED_i = 0;
        BYTE const HEX_TAB[16] = {
        //     0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9
                0xC0, 0xF9, 0xA4, 0xB0, 0x99, 0x92, 0x82, 0xF8, 0x80, 0x90,
        //         A     b     C     d     E     F
                0x88, 0x83, 0xC6, 0xA1, 0x86, 0x8E };

        if ( ( timer_MSPI7LED == 0 ) && ( MSPI7LED_show_on ) )
        {
                IOCLR0 = HC595_CS;                              // 74HC595
                SPI_SPDR = HEX_TAB[MSPI7LED_i];
                while( 0 == (SPI_SPSR & 0x80) );            // Wait
                IOSET0 = HC595_CS;
                if ( MSPI7LED_i == 15 )
                        { MSPI7LED_i = 0; }
                else
                        { MSPI7LED_i++; }
                timer_MSPI7LED = 95;
        }
}

 RE: is it possible?

void Timer0Handler (void) __irq
{
  timer_counter++;

  if ( timer_KEYpress != 0 )
    timer_KEYpress--;
  else
    KEYS_check();

  if ( timer_GPIO8LED != 0 )
    timer_GPIO8LED--;

  if ( timer_MSPI7LED != 0 )
    timer_MSPI7LED--;

  T0IR = 1;                     /* clear interrupt flag */
  VICVectAddr = 0;              /* Acknowledge Interrupt */
}

 RE: is it possible?

The above code which I posted, is a [low quality] demonstration for:
A simple supervisory loop processing each module would almost certainly be sufficient.