Difference between revisions of "Resources"

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Documentation

Free Pascal

• Free Pascal User Guide
• Free Pascal Reference Guide (Recommended)
• Free Pascal RTL Reference (Recommended)

Lazarus

• Lazarus Documentation

Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi Documentation - Official hardware and general documentation
• Raspberry Pi config.txt - Complete documentation of the firmware configuration options
• Raspberry Pi revisions - Full listing of all Raspberry Pi models and revision codes
• Raspberry Pi datasheets - All Raspberry Pi datasheets and other downloads

Forums and Groups

• Raspberry Pi forums - General usage and programming for Raspberry Pi
• Raspberry Pi Bare metal forum - Discussion specific to bare metal (no OS) programming (Recommended)
• Lazarus forums - Includes general Free Pascal programming forums

Tutorials and Guides

Pascal Programming

• Object Pascal Tutorial - Very relevant to learning programming with Ultibo except for the graphics section

Bare Metal Programming

• Baking Pi - A detailed online course in bare metal OS development on Raspberry Pi (Assembler language)
• Bare Metal Programming in C - A 5 part tutorial in bare metal development on Raspberry Pi (C language)

Examples and Information

Bare Metal and Embedded

• Circle - A bare metal environment for Raspberry Pi in C++
• dwelch67 - A range of bare metal examples for the Raspberry Pi in assembler
• PeterLemon - More bare metal examples for the Raspberry Pi in assembler
• Xinu Pi - A port of embedded Xinu to the Raspberry Pi (C language)

Operating Systems

• OS Dev Wiki - Lots of detailed information and references including ARM, Raspberry Pi and Pascal

Technical References

ARM Processors

• ARM1176JZF-S Technical Reference Manual - The processor used by the Raspberry Pi A, B, A+, B+ and Zero
• Cortex-A7 MPCore Technical Reference Manual - The processor used by the Raspberry Pi 2B

USB

• USB 2.0 documents - Specifications and documentation for USB 2.0
• USB Device Class Documents - Specifications and documentation for standard USB device classes

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth specifications - Specifications and documentation for Bluetooth

Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi Hardware - Detailed collection of information about the Raspberry Pi hardware
• BCM2835 ARM Peripherals - Official Broadcom documentation for the BCM2835 SoC (Raspberry Pi A/B/A+/B+/Zero)
• QA7 Rev3.4 - Official documentation for the BCM2836 / BCM2837 SoC (Raspberry Pi 2B/3B/3A+/3B+)
• BCM2711 ARM Peripherals - Official documentation for the BCM2711 / BCM2838 SoC (Raspberry Pi 4B)
• VideoCore IV 3D Reference Guide - Architecture Reference Guide for the Broadcom VideoCore IV 3D Graphics Processor
• BCM2835 Registers - Unofficial documentation for all of the BCM2835 (and later) registers

Versatile Platform Baseboard

• RealView Platform Baseboard for ARM926EJ-S - Official documentation for the Versatile Platform Baseboard as emulated by QEMU

Suppliers

Raspberry Pi and accessories

• Farnell Element14 - Raspberry Pi and others, add-ons, accessories and electronic components
• RS Components - Raspberry Pi and others, add-ons, accessories and electronic components
• Adafruit - Raspberry Pi, Arduino and others, add-ons, sensors, kits and components (USA)
• Pimoroni Ltd - Raspberry Pi, Arduino, kits, tools, books and cases (UK)
• Little Bird Electronics - Raspberry Pi, Arduino and others, kits, components, sensors and tools (Australia)