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RTOS tick

The RTOS's regular timer interrupt, which counts time.

The RTOS tick is a periodic timer interrupt (often every 1 ms) that advances the kernel's time count, wakes delayed tasks and may trigger a context switch. Delays are measured in ticks.

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