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1-Ultibo core is an [[Embedded|embedded]] run-time platform and development environment written specifically for creating applications with small single board computers. It is built around the [[FPC|Free Pascal compiler]] and the [[Lazarus]] [[IDE|integrated development environment]]. Ultibo core is an RTL written entirely in Free Pascal and designed to make embedded or bare metal development accessible to all.
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3+This article applies to [Raspberry Pi](</Category:Raspberry_Pi> "Category:Raspberry Pi") only.
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5+See also: [[Multiplatform Programming Guide]]
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7+Ultibo core is an [[Embedded|embedded]] run-time platform and development environment written specifically for creating applications with small single board computers. It is built around the [[FPC|Free Pascal compiler]] and the [[Lazarus]] [[IDE|integrated development environment]]. Ultibo core is an RTL written entirely in Free Pascal and designed to make embedded or bare metal development accessible to all.
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39## Installation
410
511### Windows
612
7-A Windows installer is available and full [[Source code|source]] plus a large collection of examples is included.
13+A Windows installer is available and full [[Source code|source]] plus a large collection of examples is included.
814
915### macOS
1016
11-- Use FPC 3.1.1 the trunk version (so you have the source)
12-- Download arm-none-eabi toolchain from <https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/5.0/5-2015-q4-major/+download/gcc-arm-none-eabi-5_2-2015q4-20151219-mac.tar.bz2>
13-- Extract the files in ~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi
14-- git clone from <https://github.com/ultibohub> at least Core, FPC, and Lazarus
15-- You have 3 folders now, Core, FPC and Lazarus. Copy ultibo folder from Core/source/rtl/ultibo/ to FPC/source/rtl/
16-- type cd FPC/source
17-- type and wait until it finishes without errors:
17+ * Use FPC 3.1.1 the trunk version (so you have the source)
18+ * Download arm-none-eabi toolchain from <https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/5.0/5-2015-q4-major/+download/gcc-arm-none-eabi-5_2-2015q4-20151219-mac.tar.bz2>
19+ * Extract the files in ~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi
20+ * git clone from <https://github.com/ultibohub> at least Core, FPC, and Lazarus
21+ * You have 3 folders now, Core, FPC and Lazarus. Copy ultibo folder from Core/source/rtl/ultibo/ to FPC/source/rtl/
22+ * type cd FPC/source
23+ * type and wait until it finishes without errors:
1824
19-```text
20- make distclean OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/
21- CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH"
2225```
26+make distclean OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/
27+ CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH"
28+```
2329
24-- type and wait:
30+ * type and wait:
2531
26-```text
27- make all OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/ CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH"
2832```
33+make all OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/ CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH"
34+```
2935
30-- type and wait, assuming your FPC 3.1.1 is in the folder /usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/ so option INSTALL_BASEDIR becomes INSTALL_BASEDIR=/usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/
36+ * type and wait, assuming your FPC 3.1.1 is in the folder /usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/ so option INSTALL_BASEDIR becomes INSTALL_BASEDIR=/usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/
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32-```text
33- sudo make crossinstall CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/ CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH" OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a INSTALL_BASEDIR=/usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/
3438```
39+sudo make crossinstall CROSSBINDIR=~/Documents/gcc-arm-none-eabi/arm-none-eabi/bin/ CROSSOPT="-CpARMV7A -CfVFPV3 -CIARM -OoFASTMATH" OS_TARGET=ultibo CPU_TARGET=arm SUBARCH=armv7a INSTALL_BASEDIR=/usr/local/lib/fpc/3.1.1/
40+```
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42+
43+
3644### Linux
3745
38-An installation script is available for [[Linux]], full [[Source code|source]] plus a large collection of examples is included.
46+An installation script is available for [[Linux]], full [[Source code|source]] plus a large collection of examples is included.
3947
4048## Supported Devices
4149
42-- Raspberry Pi A, B, A+, B+
43-- Raspberry Pi Zero, ZeroW and Zero2W
44-- Raspberry Pi 2 model B
45-- Raspberry Pi 3 model B
46-- Raspberry Pi 3 model A+, B+
47-- Raspberry Pi 4 model B
48-- Raspberry Pi 400
49-- QEMU emulator
50+ * Raspberry Pi A, B, A+, B+
51+ * Raspberry Pi Zero, ZeroW and Zero2W
52+ * Raspberry Pi 2 model B
53+ * Raspberry Pi 3 model B
54+ * Raspberry Pi 3 model A+, B+
55+ * Raspberry Pi 4 model B
56+ * Raspberry Pi 400
57+ * QEMU emulator
5058
5159## Features
5260
53-Features include:
61+Features include:
5462
55-- Support for all models of Raspberry Pi (except Pico)
56-- Pre-emptive threading
57-- Full range of locking and synchronization primitives
58-- Multicore support on Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 4 with all cores sharing workload
59-- Thread priority, affinity and migration support
60-- Complete IPv4 stack including TCP, UCP, ICMP and raw sockets as well as DNS and DHCP protocols
61-- USB support with drivers for Hub, Keyboard, Mouse, Storage, Network, HID, Touch, Gamepad and Joystick
62-- MMC/SD/SDIO device support including eMMC devices on Raspberry Pi Compute Modules
63-- Full support for FAT12/16/32, NTFS and CDFS filesystems
64-- Interrupt handling
65-- Hardware exception handling (catch an exception in code not a crash)
66-- Complete RTL with strings, code pages, Unicode, classes, objects and exceptions
67-- Clock and Timezone support
68-- Console and framebuffer support including Fonts
69-- Basic Shell (Console or Telnet) with file system commands and many others
70-- HTTP/SMTP/POP3/NTP/Syslog client and server modules included
71-- Support for Raspberry Pi devices like Timer, Watchdog and Random
72-- Full Winsock 1.1 and Winsock 2 implementation
73-- Packaged with a full compiler and IDE for quick start to development
74-- Includes example projects plus a full demo image
75-- HTTP image update module included (No SD card dance!)
63+ * Support for all models of Raspberry Pi (except Pico)
64+ * Pre-emptive threading
65+ * Full range of locking and synchronization primitives
66+ * Multicore support on Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 4 with all cores sharing workload
67+ * Thread priority, affinity and migration support
68+ * Complete IPv4 stack including TCP, UCP, ICMP and raw sockets as well as DNS and DHCP protocols
69+ * USB support with drivers for Hub, Keyboard, Mouse, Storage, Network, HID, Touch, Gamepad and Joystick
70+ * MMC/SD/SDIO device support including eMMC devices on Raspberry Pi Compute Modules
71+ * Full support for FAT12/16/32, NTFS and CDFS filesystems
72+ * Interrupt handling
73+ * Hardware exception handling (catch an exception in code not a crash)
74+ * Complete RTL with strings, code pages, Unicode, classes, objects and exceptions
75+ * Clock and Timezone support
76+ * Console and framebuffer support including Fonts
77+ * Basic Shell (Console or Telnet) with file system commands and many others
78+ * HTTP/SMTP/POP3/NTP/Syslog client and server modules included
79+ * Support for Raspberry Pi devices like Timer, Watchdog and Random
80+ * Full Winsock 1.1 and Winsock 2 implementation
81+ * Packaged with a full compiler and IDE for quick start to development
82+ * Includes example projects plus a full demo image
83+ * HTTP image update module included (No SD card dance!)
7684
77-Drivers added for:
85+Drivers added for:
7886
79-- DMA
80-- GPIO
81-- UART and Serial
82-- I2C
83-- SPI
84-- PWM
85-- PL2303 and FTDI USB to Serial devices
86-- USB support for the LAN7515 (LAN78XX) chip
87+ * DMA
88+ * GPIO
89+ * UART and Serial
90+ * I2C
91+ * SPI
92+ * PWM
93+ * PL2303 and FTDI USB to Serial devices
94+ * USB support for the LAN7515 (LAN78XX) chip
8795
88-New and enhanced features:
96+New and enhanced features:
8997
90-- Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 support (32 bit only)
91-- Additional code page support
92-- Common cipher and hash algorithms for the beginning of crypto support
93-- Real time clock (RTC) support (with driver for DS1307 and similar chips)
94-- Static IP support with command line configuration
95-- Updated Lazarus IDE with modern docked layout
96-- Extra fonts plus new font creation tools
97-- Support for common LCD displays like the Adafruit 16x2
98-- QEMU ARM emulation support
99-- Port of the Asphyre/PXL graphics library
100-- Support for the FreeVision windowing package
101-- Standard C library support including POSIX threads
102-- Fast interrupt (FIQ) support
103-- Hardware accelerated OpenGL ES and OpenVG graphics and support for the official Pi camera
98+ * Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 support (32 bit only)
99+ * Additional code page support
100+ * Common cipher and hash algorithms for the beginning of crypto support
101+ * Real time clock (RTC) support (with driver for DS1307 and similar chips)
102+ * Static IP support with command line configuration
103+ * Updated Lazarus IDE with modern docked layout
104+ * Extra fonts plus new font creation tools
105+ * Support for common LCD displays like the Adafruit 16x2
106+ * QEMU ARM emulation support
107+ * Port of the Asphyre/PXL graphics library
108+ * Support for the FreeVision windowing package
109+ * Standard C library support including POSIX threads
110+ * Fast interrupt (FIQ) support
111+ * Hardware accelerated OpenGL ES and OpenVG graphics and support for the official Pi camera
104112
105113## Videos
106114
107-- [Ultibo Demo 1.0.0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF9Xbf3mbf4)
115+ * [Ultibo Demo 1.0.0 ](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF9Xbf3mbf4>)
108116
109117### Discovering Ultibo
110118
111-- [Episode 1 Getting Started](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCfpb8M0WeQ)
112-- [Episode 2 Exploring USB](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPK4NTIKEO4)
113-- [Episode 3 Building the RTL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A7Faeaq72c)
114-- [Episode 4 GPIO Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsuwbfyjgM)
115-- [Episode 5 LCD 16x2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_dz71Z4xE)
116-- [Episode 6 Remote LED](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS2YThZWhA4)
119+ * [Episode 1 Getting Started ](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCfpb8M0WeQ>)
120+ * [Episode 2 Exploring USB](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPK4NTIKEO4>)
121+ * [Episode 3 Building the RTL ](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A7Faeaq72c>)
122+ * [Episode 4 GPIO Events](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsuwbfyjgM>)
123+ * [Episode 5 LCD 16x2](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_dz71Z4xE>)
124+ * [Episode 6 Remote LED](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS2YThZWhA4>)
117125
118126## Links
119127
120-- [ultibo.org](https://ultibo.org/)
121-- [github](https://github.com/ultibohub/Core)
122-- [[Ultibo Quick Start]]
128+ * [ultibo.org](<https://ultibo.org/>)
129+ * [github](<https://github.com/ultibohub/Core>)
130+ * [[Ultibo Quick Start]]
123131
124132---
125-*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Ultibo core", as it stood on 2023-01-23 after a change by Ultbo, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*
133+*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Ultibo core", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2025-06-16, last changed on 2023-01-24. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*

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