This document discusses real-time operating systems (RTOS) for small microcontrollers and various examples. It covers topics like RTOS architecture, language support, services provided through APIs, and technical support needs. Examples discussed include uITRON and TOPPERS/FDMP RTOS specifications, MARUTI which is a hard real-time system, and eRTOS designed for wearable computers. The document compares different RTOS and concludes that RTOS have increasingly been used in small microcontrollers to enable software optimization, distribution, and synchronization.