xQueueReceive() function

struct AMessage { char ucMessageID; char ucData[ 20 ]; } xMessage; QueueHandle_t xQueue; // Task to create a queue and post a value. void vATask( void *pvParameters ) { struct AMessage *pxMessage; // Create a queue capable of containing 10 pointers to AMessage structures. // These should be passed by pointer as they contain a lot of data. xQueue = xQueueCreate( 10, sizeof( struct AMessage * ) ); if( xQueue == 0 ) { // Failed to create the queue. } // ... // Send a pointer to a struct AMessage object. Don't block if the // queue is already full. pxMessage = & xMessage; xQueueSend( xQueue, ( void * ) &pxMessage, ( TickType_t ) 0 ); // ... Rest of task code. } // Task to receive from the queue. void vADifferentTask( void *pvParameters ) { struct AMessage *pxRxedMessage; if( xQueue != 0 ) { // Receive a message on the created queue. Block for 10 ticks if a // message is not immediately available. if( xQueueReceive( xQueue, &( pxRxedMessage ), ( TickType_t ) 10 ) ) { // pcRxedMessage now points to the struct AMessage variable posted // by vATask. } } // ... Rest of task code. }