Basic example showing the CMSIS-RTOS mail API

Dependencies:   mbed mbed-rtos

mbed 2 and mbed OS 5

This is an mbed 2 example. mbed OS 5 has integrated the mbed library with mbed-rtos. For an mbed-os example, please see:

Import programrtos_mail

mail example

main.cpp

Committer:
emilmont
Date:
2012-11-23
Revision:
2:e9f14106068c
Parent:
1:4a9c72442136

File content as of revision 2:e9f14106068c:

#include "mbed.h"
#include "cmsis_os.h"

typedef struct {
  float    voltage; /* AD result of measured voltage */
  float    current; /* AD result of measured current */
  uint32_t counter; /* A counter value               */
} mail_t;

osMailQDef(mail_box, 16, mail_t);
osMailQId  mail_box;

void send_thread (void const *args) {
    uint32_t i = 0;
    while (true) {
        i++; // fake data update
        mail_t *mail = (mail_t*)osMailAlloc(mail_box, osWaitForever);
        mail->voltage = (i * 0.1) * 33; 
        mail->current = (i * 0.1) * 11;
        mail->counter = i;
        osMailPut(mail_box, mail);
        osDelay(1000);
    }
}

osThreadDef(send_thread, osPriorityNormal, DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE);

int main (void) {
    mail_box = osMailCreate(osMailQ(mail_box), NULL);
    osThreadCreate(osThread(send_thread), NULL);
    
    while (true) {
        osEvent evt = osMailGet(mail_box, osWaitForever);
        if (evt.status == osEventMail) {
            mail_t *mail = (mail_t*)evt.value.p;
            printf("\nVoltage: %.2f V\n\r"   , mail->voltage);
            printf("Current: %.2f A\n\r"     , mail->current);
            printf("Number of cycles: %u\n\r", mail->counter);
            
            osMailFree(mail_box, mail);
        }
    }
}