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What is thread , process in the code

Hi

I am new to RTOS and keil.
Please clarify which is thread and which is process in the following code.
Can i say main is a process ? and all the TASKS as Thread?

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *      RL-ARM - RTX
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *      Name:    BLINKY.C
 *      Purpose: RTX example program
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *      This code is part of the RealView Run-Time Library.
 *      Copyright (c) 2004-2011 KEIL - An ARM Company. All rights reserved.
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include <RTL.h>
#include <LPC23xx.H>                    /* LPC23xx definitions               */
#include "LCD.h"

OS_TID t_phaseA;                        /* assigned task id of task: phase_a */
OS_TID t_phaseB;                        /* assigned task id of task: phase_b */
OS_TID t_phaseC;                        /* assigned task id of task: phase_c */
OS_TID t_phaseD;                        /* assigned task id of task: phase_d */
OS_TID t_clock;                         /* assigned task id of task: clock   */
OS_TID t_lcd;                           /* assigned task id of task: lcd     */

#define LED_A      0x01
#define LED_B      0x02
#define LED_C      0x04
#define LED_D      0x08
#define LED_CLK    0x80

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Function 'signal_func' called from multiple tasks
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void signal_func (OS_TID task)  {
  os_evt_set (0x0100, t_clock);          /* send event signal to clock task  */
  os_dly_wait (50);                      /* delay 50 clock ticks             */
  os_evt_set (0x0100, t_clock);          /* send event signal to clock task  */
  os_dly_wait (50);                      /* delay 50 clock ticks             */
  os_evt_set (0x0001, task);             /* send event to task 'task'        */
  os_dly_wait (50);                      /* delay 50 clock ticks             */
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 1 'phaseA': Phase A output
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void phaseA (void) {
  for (;;) {
    os_evt_wait_and (0x0001, 0xffff);    /* wait for an event flag 0x0001    */
    FIO2SET = LED_A;
    signal_func (t_phaseB);              /* call common signal function      */
    FIO2CLR = LED_A;
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 2 'phaseB': Phase B output
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void phaseB (void) {
  for (;;) {
    os_evt_wait_and (0x0001, 0xffff);    /* wait for an event flag 0x0001    */
    FIO2SET = LED_B;
    signal_func (t_phaseC);              /* call common signal function      */
    FIO2CLR = LED_B;
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 3 'phaseC': Phase C output
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void phaseC (void) {
  for (;;) {
    os_evt_wait_and (0x0001, 0xffff);    /* wait for an event flag 0x0001    */
    FIO2SET = LED_C;
    signal_func (t_phaseD);              /* call common signal function      */
    FIO2CLR = LED_C;
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 4 'phaseD': Phase D output
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void phaseD (void) {
  for (;;) {
    os_evt_wait_and (0x0001, 0xffff);    /* wait for an event flag 0x0001    */
    FIO2SET = LED_D;
    signal_func (t_phaseA);              /* call common signal function      */
    FIO2CLR = LED_D;
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 5 'clock': Signal Clock
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void clock (void) {
  for (;;) {
    os_evt_wait_and (0x0100, 0xffff);    /* wait for an event flag 0x0100    */
    FIO2SET = LED_CLK;
    os_dly_wait (8);                     /* delay 8 clock ticks              */
    FIO2CLR = LED_CLK;
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 6 'lcd': LCD Control task
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void lcd (void) {
  U32 i;

  LCD_init ();                           /* Initialize LCD display module    */
  LCD_cur_off ();
  for (;;) {
    LCD_cls ();
    LCD_puts ("    RL-ARM      "
              " Kernel example ");
    os_dly_wait (200);
    LCD_gotoxy  (1,2);
    LCD_puts ("  http://www.keil.com  ");
    os_dly_wait (400);
    LCD_cls ();
    LCD_puts ("      KEIL      "
              " An ARM Company ");
    os_dly_wait (400);
    for (i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
      LCD_gotoxy (1,2);
      LCD_bargraph (i, 8);
      LCD_gotoxy (9,2);
      LCD_bargraph (i, 8);
      os_dly_wait (5);
    }
    os_dly_wait (50);
  }
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Task 7 'init': Initialize
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
__task void init (void) {

  FIO2DIR  = 0x000000FF;                 /* P2.0..7 defined as Outputs       */
  FIO2MASK = 0x00000000;
  FIO2PIN  = 0x00000000;
  PINSEL10 = 0;

  t_phaseA = os_tsk_create (phaseA, 0);  /* start task phaseA                */
  t_phaseB = os_tsk_create (phaseB, 0);  /* start task phaseB                */
  t_phaseC = os_tsk_create (phaseC, 0);  /* start task phaseC                */
  t_phaseD = os_tsk_create (phaseD, 0);  /* start task phaseD                */
  t_clock  = os_tsk_create (clock, 0);   /* start task clock                 */
  t_lcd    = os_tsk_create (lcd, 0);     /* start task lcd                   */
  os_evt_set (0x0001, t_phaseA);         /* send signal event to task phaseA */
  os_tsk_delete_self ();
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *        Main: Initialize and start RTX Kernel
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
int main (void) {
  U32 volatile start;
                                         /* Wait for debugger connection 0.3s*/
  for (start = 0; start < 1000000; start++) { ; }
  os_sys_init (init);                    /* Initialize RTX and start init    */
}

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * end of file
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/



Thanks and regards
Goran

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