I'm fairly new to programming and even newer to hardware, and have a question regarding RTOSs. I'm working on a project involving the mbed LPC 1768 chip as part of a board with several other components, one of which is a high-speed timer. Through the mbed.org compiler, I'm able to program/control these parts. I've been told/read/heard that for my type of application, an RTOS should be implemented in the compiler to manage the board functions. I've also been told/read/heard that this is unnecessary and may be causing undue errors in my data.
So my question is, does anyone have any thoughts, suggestions, comments, etc as to the use and effectiveness of an RTOS for circuits for high-speed timing?
Any and all comments welcome - I just want to know what the best implementation is. :)
I'm fairly new to programming and even newer to hardware, and have a question regarding RTOSs. I'm working on a project involving the mbed LPC 1768 chip as part of a board with several other components, one of which is a high-speed timer. Through the mbed.org compiler, I'm able to program/control these parts. I've been told/read/heard that for my type of application, an RTOS should be implemented in the compiler to manage the board functions. I've also been told/read/heard that this is unnecessary and may be causing undue errors in my data.
So my question is, does anyone have any thoughts, suggestions, comments, etc as to the use and effectiveness of an RTOS for circuits for high-speed timing?
Any and all comments welcome - I just want to know what the best implementation is. :)