Hi folks,
The hw platform is a STM32H7.
In this system I’m making extensive use of the DMA2D peripheral (it’s a simple 2D graphics engine) from multiple FreeRTOS tasks.
I am attempting to share the DMA2D peripheral by using a xSemaphoreCreateBinaryStatic().
xSemaphoreTake() when a task attempts to use the peripheral, and is xSemaphoreGiveFromISR() in the DMA2D interrupt when the operation is complete.
At the moment the two tasks using the peripheral have the same priority.
One task uses the peripheral about 10 times a second, the other only a couple of times a second.
The peripheral only takes a max of 10mS to complete (taking the semaphore, to giving it).
For some reason though xSemaphoreTake(DMA2DSemaphore, pdMS_TO_TICKS(500)) is frequently timing out.
I cannot work out why as the DMA2D peripheral is only busy about 15% of the time.
The system is 80% idle, and tick speed is the default 1000Hz.
Does anyone know what the problem may be here, or how i should go about debugging the problem?
Thanks in advance!