Maker Thursday: Exploring RTOS An introduction to real-time operating systems, and why they show up once an embedded project outgrows a simple loop. We'll start with what a real-time OS actually is and what makes it different from the loop() you're used to. Tasks and scheduling, why timing guarantees matter, and the kinds of problems that get much easier once something else is handling when your code runs. We'll also touch on where the common options like FreeRTOS and Zephyr fit.