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PORTING MICROC/OS-II TO THE TS-2800 EMBEDDED PC

by Robert Bowen

Start ý Where to Begin ý Development Tools ý Booting the TS-2800 ý Installing the MicroC/OS-II ý Creating a MicroC/OS-II Application ý Creating the GUI ý Future Goals ý Sources and PDF

BOOTING THE TS-2800

Getting the TS-2800 up and running was quite painless. Photo 2 shows the TS-2800 booting. It looks just like a standard desktop PC going through the system RAM verification.

Photo 2ýThe TS-2800 redirects all console activity to the COM2 serial port. Connect an ANSI terminal to COM2 and all text information that is normally displayed on a video screen is now displayed on the terminal window.

After the system boots, you are placed at the standard DOS prompt. The TS-2800 is now ready for your command. Typing "DIR" will display the directory on your flash drive (A or C, however you decide to partition it). "MD" for Make Directory will create a sub-directory on the system flash memory. Photo 3 shows the contents of drive A (flash drive). All the standard DOS commands are left at your disposal.

Photo 3ýRemember DOS? The TS-2800 presents a familiar desktop command environment to the embedded world for easy product development.

The TS-2800 uses COM2 for the console redirection. This feature will make uploading and testing the finished application a breeze. Weýll create our real-time application on the desktop PC, then upload our compiled kernel to the TS-2800 for execution. The embedded PC looks a lot like what I had expected.

I think itýs time to install the MicroC/OS-II kernel on a desktop PC and create the first application.

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