After working with FreeRTOS for over 6 years now, I've decided to start adding features and implementations that I wish would have been there at the beginning.

• C++ Wrappers

  • A collection of C++ wrappers encapsulating FreeRTOS functionality, allowing you to write your RTOS application in C++ while still using FreeRTOS. This wrapper layer does all the integration work for you.
  • This library is for you if you are planning on using C++ and FreeRTOS in your project but don't want to spend the time integrating the two.
  • Everything was testing successfully using FreeRTOS versions 8.2.3 and 9.0.0.
  • There are numerous demo / unit test projects using these wrappers and various features they provide. (Last count we are at 24 Demo projects showing how you might use the C++ Wrapper library.
  • Licensing is a modified GPLv2, the same as FreeRTOS.
  • Project web page
  • Full cross-referenced documentation. Documents were auto-generated and cross-referenced using Doxygen.

• Updated Linux port

  • Licensing is GPLv2 (this is a derivative work).
  • An update of the Linux / POSIX port of FreeRTOS, for testing and debugging on a Linux PC.
  • This update was tested successfully with FreeRTOS 8.2.3 and 9.0.0
  • Two Ubuntu workstations were also used, running 16.04 and 14.04, both 64-bit multicore machines.
  • This revised Posix port I renamed to Linux port, since I ended up using a few Linux specific APIs in it.
  • Thanks to William Davy who wrote the original Posix FreeRTOS port. He did amazing work simulating a real-time system under Linux.

• https://github.com/michaelbecker/freertos-addons/releases/tag/v1.2.0
• Adding preprocessor flag to exclude exceptions for smaller footprint and C++ compilers that do not support them.
• Updated license to one similar to FreeRTOS version. What does that mean for you? It means you are free to use FreeRTOS C++ Wrappers in your commercial product without making your product open source.

• https://github.com/michaelbecker/freertos-addons/releases/tag/v1.1.0
• Adding object oriented work queues.
• Coverity scan analysis performed, with bug fixes.
  • See: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/michaelbecker-freertos-addons

• https://github.com/michaelbecker/freertos-addons/releases/tag/v1.0.2
• Fixed a major bug in Thread creation.
  • See: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apples-kumquats-perils-multi-threaded-polymorphism-michael-becker

• https://github.com/michaelbecker/freertos-addons/releases/tag/v1.0.1
• Changed license from GPLv3 to GPLv2 (or later) to accomodate FreeRTOS's modified GPLv2 license.
• See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility for more information.

• https://github.com/michaelbecker/freertos-addons/releases/tag/v1.0.0
• Initial release.

This is my todo list for this project. If there's something you'd like to see done sooner, feel free to make a request.

• events
• MPU restricted threads
• eTaskGetState
• uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks
• uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark
• Thread Local Storage

• In Timers, add OnStop / OnStart / mutex sync with these methods?
• Fixed size Memory pools
• Priority queues
• Monitors
• Condition Variables
• Tick Hooks - option to round robin hooks, one per tick