It's on the very first webpage in the very first bullet under features: "Free RTOS kernel - both preemptive and cooperative options." :-) Marcel Chen Xiao Fan wrote: > Xiaofan Chen wrote: >> >> There are ports of uC/OS-II to PIC18F and dsPICs. >> >> PIC18 port and the dsPIC ports of uC-OS II can be downloaded here: >> http://www.ucos-ii.com/microchip/index.html > > uC/OS-II is not free and it is actually not cheap. > > The other commercial RTOS for PIC is Salvo but it seems not > to be an preemptive RTOS. > > There are also another free GPLed RTOS for PIC18 called PICOS18. > It is here: > http://www.picos18.com. > > According to the author: > "PICos18 is a preemptive real-time kernel for PIC18 based on the > OSEK automotive standard. > The application is running on Windows / MPLAB IDE. > The code is open source and is distributed under GPL license." > > According to Marcel van Lieshout, FreeRTOS is also preemptive. > I do not see this mentioned in its website > http://www.freertos.org. > > > Regards, > Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist