https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/99266/starting-a-zephyr-thread-manuallyI am using Visual Studio for my creating software the nRF52840 running Zephyr. I create a Zephyr thread using K_THREAD_DEFINE. All works fine, but I need to modify the code to start the task manually instead of after a delay, so I had planned to useen-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 03 May 2023 03:11:08 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/423417?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 03 May 2023 03:11:08 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:19fb3482-e631-4d0b-b3b7-1aa90169c6f3craig.goldman<p>I tried your suggestion.&nbsp; It seems to be working well.</p> <p>Thank you for the help.</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/423292?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 02 May 2023 12:33:10 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:9886eaad-096f-4841-bac5-d905f5b88925Einarh<p>Hello</p> <p>If you do not want to start a thread right away I believe you should be using <code>K_THREAD_STACK_DEFINE</code> and <code>k_thread_create()</code> rather than <code>K_THREAD_DEFINE</code> as described here:</p> <p><a href="https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kernel/services/threads/index.html#implementation">https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kernel/services/threads/index.html#implementation</a></p> <p>I believe the description of <code>k_thread_start()</code> is referring to <code>k_thread_create()</code> and not <code>K_THREAD_DEFINE</code>, as the note in the part about <code>K_THREAD_DEFINE</code> says it uses a millisecond delay instead of the <code>k_timeout_t</code> value in <code>k_thread_create()</code>.</p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Einar</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>