Freescale offers complementary MQX RTOS suite for its ColdFire microcontroller with full source code. Although the software is deliveried in source code, it is highly recommended not touching source code in the component level.

The Kirin3 demo kit presents 6 labs for evaluation purpose. All of these labs cover from command shell, TCP/IP, USB host application and Task Awareness Debugging, which are based upon a complete ecosystem presented by Freescale and ARC/MQX.

MiniGUI rovides a fast, stable and OS independent graphic user interface (GUI) subsystem, which is especially fit for embedded systems including Linux/uClinux, eCos, and conventional RTOSes, for example, uC/OS-II and ThreadX.

Freescale Semiconductor developed a “one-stop-shop” industrial connectivity solution that combines 32-bit ColdFire mcu family (MCF5225x) with a complimentary offering of the Freescale MQX real-time operating system (RTOS).

Round-robin is the basic scheduler for embedded applications. According to a survey in Embedded System Design, more than a quarter of embedded systems now in development won't have an OS at all.

RTOS stands for Real Time Operating System. An embedded system is a combination of hardware and software integration, accomplished for a specific function.

ERIKA Enterprise is an innovative RTOS for small microcontrollers based on an API similar to those proposed by the OSEK/VDX Consortium.The ERIKA Enterprise kernel implements innovative scheduling algorithms such as Fixed Priority with preemption thresholds, Stack Resource Policy (SRP), and Earliest Deadline First (EDF), which can be used to schedule tasks with real-time requirements.