Context Switching in FreeRTOS + QP/C on Cortex-M7: From ISR to Active Object

One line at the end of an ISR wakes an active object in well under a microsecond — or a millisecond later if you leave it out. Here is the full path: hardware exception frame, PendSV, and where QP/C sits in it.

July 25, 2026 · 8 min · 1696 words · Hoa Nguyen