4.1 Learning Objectives

After completing this module, students are expected to be able to:

• Understand the importance of synchronization in multi-tasking systems and the risks of race conditions.
• Recognize and implement basic synchronization mechanisms: Mutexes and Semaphores in FreeRTOS.
• Differentiate the appropriate use cases for Mutexes versus Semaphores.
• Identify and understand common problems in concurrent systems: Deadlock, Starvation, and Priority Inversion.