In this chapter, we've covered the different ways of defining tasks and how to start the FreeRTOS scheduler. Along the way, we covered some more examples of using Ozone, SystemView, and STM32CubeIDE (or any Eclipse CDT-based IDE). All of this information was used to create a live demo that tied all of the RTOS concepts regarding task creation with the mechanics of actually loading and analyzing code running on embedded hardware. There were also some suggestions on how not to monitor for events (polling).  

In the next chapter, we'll introduce what you should be using for event monitoring. Multiple ways of implementing inter-task signaling and synchronization will be covered – all through examples. There's going to be LOTS of code and a bunch of hands-on analysis using the Nucleo board.