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What are the best practices of using interrupts in an embedded system?
Rules for Using Interrupts
- Keep your Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) short.
- Keep ISR execution time very short.
- Know the worst case ISR execution time so you can do real-time scheduling.
- Actually do the real time scheduling, which is a bit tricky because ISRs are non-preemptive within the same ISR priority level.
How does interrupt service routine work?
An interrupt service routine (ISR) is a software routine that hardware invokes in response to an interrupt. ISR examines an interrupt and determines how to handle it executes the handling, and then returns a logical interrupt value. If no further handling is required the ISR notifies the kernel with a return value.
What is the function of an interrupt?
Interrupt Handler Overview An interrupt tells the CPU that the device needs attention and that the CPU should stop any current activity and respond to the device. If the CPU is not performing a task that has higher priority than the priority of the interrupt, then the CPU suspends the current thread.
How are interrupts implemented in practice in C #?
This is a physical signal that indicates to the CPU that there is some external event needing to be serviced. This signal causes the processor to complete the current instruction and then to place its current execution address and processor status registers onto the stack. The processing address is changed to the interrupt service routine.
How are interrupts implemented in the hardware world?
Interrupts are a hardware mechanism similar to events. Whenever a specific condition arises in the physical world (e.g. data arriving on USB), a line switches from one level to the other. This is an interrupt request. The CPU is built to detect this change and to respond by jumping to an Interrupt Service Routine.
How are interrupts implemented in practice in USB?
The CPU is built to detect this change and to respond by jumping to an Interrupt Service Routine. This routine in turn generates a software event. USB is quite complicated because various parts of the protocol may be implemented in hardware depending upon the platform being used.
Why is it important to make interrupts short and simple?
This might occur if the second, third, or a number of interrupts occur before the first request is serviced. A well understood and frequently discussed practice is that interrupt code should be as short as possible. This assures that the CPU can return to the main task in a timely manner.