ESP8266 Community Forum

- Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:58 pm #94142 https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK

It seems that Espressif plans to merge 8266 with the ESP32 toolchain. But it has released an interim version with FreeRTOS. Has anyone tried it?

- Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:46 am #94162 I have not tried FreeRTOS yet. Have you tried it? Is there any problem?

- Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:24 pm #94165 The ESP_RTOS SDK has been around for ages and I've had a play with it. It's not bad but I far prefer the NonOS SDK, however they are trying to end of life that, which is a huge shame.

They are now trying to make the toolset for both ESP32 and ESP8266 the same and I've got mixed opinions - it really bulks up the ESP8266 code and the libraries supplied out of the box are of mixed quality.

It is however the official path they are maintaining

- Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:19 pm #94166

I have not tried FreeRTOS yet. Have you tried it? Is there any problem?

I recently tried to install release 3.4 on Xubuntu Linux. The installer messed with the Linux Python .. switched it back to Python2.7 which is deprecated. Ah well, I can still use the NONOS 8266 on PlatformIO or Arduino. BTW, PlatformIO does the best job of installing MCU tool chains. I wish Espressif would learn from it.

I like RTOS because it is more modular and manages complexity in demanding applications. NONOS is good enough for small programs.