Port a Drone Flight Controller from Bare-Metal to FreeRTOS
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Port a Drone Flight Controller from Bare-Metal to FreeRTOS. Advanced challenge in code. Writing production code that solves real engineering problems, earn a...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Port a Cortex-M7 flight controller from a bare-metal super-loop to FreeRTOS and prove the 1 kHz control-loop deadline is met under worst-case load.
This is not a coding exercise. It is the work a software engineer does between a Jira ticket and a merged PR. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates solve LeetCode problems and none who have shipped production code under real constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply Rate-Monotonic scheduling theory to a real embedded task set
- Port bare-metal firmware to an RTOS without regressing real-time behaviour
- Measure worst-case execution time with cycle-accurate instrumentation
- Choose synchronization primitives (mutex, semaphore, queue) appropriate to each task interaction
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Freertos
Apply freertos to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Rate Monotonic Scheduling
Apply rate monotonic scheduling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- C Programming
Apply c programming to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Wcet Analysis
Apply wcet analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Arm Cortex M
Apply arm cortex m to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Real Time Systems
Apply real time systems to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: