Looking to build on the success of the Raspberry PI and similar formats, the Ultibo project hopes to make the power of single board computers available in a way that is said to be easy to learn.Looking to build on the success of the Raspberry PI and similar formats, the Ultibo project hopes to make the power of single board computers available in a way that is said to be easy to learn.
Ultibo says the approach is built around a model in which users can pick and choose what features they want to use in their projects. The installation is said to provide a modern and friendly integrated development environment, as well as a compiler and all necessary tools.
Ultibo says it has chosen to begin with the Raspberry Pi, but notes the approach has been designed to support a range of boards and to be flexible enough to grow and change with the market.
The Ultibo core is an embedded or bare metal development environment for Raspberry Pi. While it is not an operating system, it is said to provide many of the services as an OS, including memory management, networking and threading.
Based on a customised version of the Free Pascal compiler, Ultibo says it offers a ‘completely new’ option for makers to access the power and sophistication of single board computers without leaving behind the comfort and accessibility of the microcontroller model.
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Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk