# configTOTAL\_HEAP\_SIZE

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/configtotal-heap-size/3154>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [January 14, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/configtotal-heap-size/3154 "2006-01-14T15:49:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/configtotal-heap-size/3154/1 "2006-01-14T15:49:03Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Saturday, January 14, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/8a32fc4b/#3d86):

What parts of FreeRTOS use Heap memory?Does freertos kernel use it?

How we can set its value for our application? configTOTAL\_HEAP\_SIZE

I am using AVR.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/configtotal-heap-size/3154/2 "2006-01-14T16:46:59Z")

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**nobody** wrote on [Saturday, January 14, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/8a32fc4b/#3d86/a4fc):

See [http://www.freertos.org/a00111.html](http://www.freertos.org/a00111.html) and [http://www.freertos.org/FAQMem.html](http://www.freertos.org/FAQMem.html)