I hear ya, I think we're just in a different era now. Users can wrap their head around a precooked framework that's ready to go and only needs a few API calls t

I hear ya, I think we're just in a different era now. Users can wrap their head around a precooked framework that's ready to go and only needs a few API calls to make something happen. Beyond that? That's homework and homework sucks. FreeRTOS really isn't that large of a leap forward, in fact when it's done right on your target platform it's just a few API calls as well. But it means wrapping your head around a lot of detailed concepts (stack size? semaphores?) when all you want to do is light up that string of RGB LEDs.