This repository contains demo applications for the Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) support in the FreeRTOS Kernel. See the following links for details of demo applications:

• XCORE AI
• Raspberry Pi Pico

Getting started

The FreeRTOS.org website contains contains a FreeRTOS Kernel Quick Start Guide, a list of supported devices and compilers, the API reference, and many other resources.

Getting help

You can use your Github login to get support from both the FreeRTOS community and directly from the primary FreeRTOS developers on our active support forum. The FAQ provides another support resource.

Cloning this repository

This repo uses Git Submodules to bring in dependent components.

Note: If you download the ZIP file provided by the GitHub UI, you will not get the contents of the submodules. (The ZIP file is also not a valid git repository)

To clone using HTTPS:

git clone https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-SMP-Demos.git --recurse-submodules

Using SSH:

git clone git@github.com:FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-SMP-Demos.git --recurse-submodules

If you have downloaded the repo without using the --recurse-submodules argument, you need to run:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Repository structure

This repository contains the FreeRTOS Kernel and a comprehensive set of example applications. The FreeRTOS Kernel is included as Git submodule from its own Git repository.

Kernel source code and example projects

FreeRTOS/Source contains the FreeRTOS kernel source code (submoduled from https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel SMP branch).

FreeRTOS/Demo contains pre-configured example projects that demonstrate the FreeRTOS kernel executing on different hardware platforms and using different compilers.