# uC/OS-III Mutex ## Overview The example shows hwo to use uC/OS-III's mutex。 ## Board Setting No special settings are required ## Running the example There are two tasks. Both of them print message without mutex's protect, and then print message within mutex's protect. As the message shows, message within mutex's protect should not appear mixedly, but it can also be interrupted by message without mutex's protect. That is, the statements of Print 2 and Print 4 are mutually exclusive, and the number 4 cannot appear during the process of Print 2, but the number 3 can appear; During the process of printing 4, the number 2 cannot appear, but the number 1 can appear. When the example runs successfully, following message is displayed in the terminal: ```console This thread will print 3 without mutex protection, and will print 4 within mutex protection. This thread will print 1 without mutex protection, and will print 2 within mutex protection. 11111111111111111111111111111 22222222222222222222222222222 11111111111111111111111111111 22222222222222222222222222222 3333333333333333333333333333 11111111111111111111111111111 4444444444444444444444444444 222222222 33333333332222222222223333333333322222222 3333333 11111111111111111111111111111 4444444444444444444444444444 222222222 33333333332222222222223333333333322222222 3333333 ```