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fix(docs): There is no architecture-specific locking on embedded, onl…
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DNedic authored Feb 25, 2024
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### Why use this over RTOS-provided IPC mechanisms on an embedded system?

While locking usually isn't expensive on embedded systems such as microcontrollers, there is a wide variety of RTOS-es and no standardized API for locking. The fact that multiple architectures are present from 8051 to RISC-V means that architecture-specific locking methods are not standardized either.
While locking usually isn't expensive on embedded systems such as microcontrollers, there is a wide variety of RTOS-es and no standardized API for locking. The fact that multiple architectures are present from 8051 to RISC-V means that interrupt management methods are not standardized either.

`lockfree` provides a way to build portable embedded code with a negligible performance cost as opposed to locking, code using `lockfree` can be compiled to run on any embedded platform supporting C++11. Additionally, the code can easily be tested on a host machine without the need for mocking.

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