Real-time context specific task manager for multi-core communication and control system
US11281493B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/503
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A task manager tightly coupled to a programmable real-time unit (PRU), the task manager configured to: detect a first event; assert, a request to the PRU during a first clock cycle that the PRU perform a second task; receive an acknowledgement of the request from the PRU during the first clock cycle; save a first address in a memory during the first clock cycle of the PRU, the first address corresponding to a first task of the PRU, the first address present in a current program counter of the PRU; load a second address of the memory into a second program counter during the first clock cycle, the second address corresponding to the second task; and load, during a second clock cycle, the second address into the current program counter, wherein the second clock cycle immediately follows the first clock cycle.
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