# Pebble Time 2 (obelix/SF32LB52) emulator - does one exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Firmware Developer Corner\ **Created:** [March 9, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/pebble-time-2-obelix-sf32lb52-emulator-does-one-exist/366 "2026-03-09T00:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alonmln](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@alonmln](https://forum.repebble.com/u/alonmln)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/pebble-time-2-obelix-sf32lb52-emulator-does-one-exist/366/1 "2026-03-09T00:04:47Z")
Hey everyone, I ordered a Pebble Time 2 but it hasn’t arrived yet. In the meantime I’d like to start working on firmware modifications - specifically RTL/Hebrew text rendering support - and I’d love to be able to test on an emulator rather than wait for the hardware. From what I can tell, all the existing QEMU-based emulators (pebble/qemu, pebble-qemu-wasm) target the older STM32F4 platforms (snowy, basalt, chalk, emery). The new Pebble Time 2 runs on a SiFli SF32LB52 SoC, which seems like a completely different emulation target. Has anyone looked into emulating the obelix hardware? Or is real hardware the only option right now? If no obelix emulator exists, is snowy\_bb2 + QEMU a reasonable stand-in for testing text rendering changes? My understanding is that the graphics/applib layer is largely platform-agnostic C, so RTL fixes there should carry over directly. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![NeatNit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@NeatNit](https://forum.repebble.com/u/NeatNit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/pebble-time-2-obelix-sf32lb52-emulator-does-one-exist/366/2 "2026-04-25T17:41:44Z")
Hi, just to let you know, turns out basic RTL support was added in February. See: [Bidirectional (Right-To-Left) text support? · coredevices/PebbleOS · Discussion #1093 · GitHub](https://github.com/coredevices/PebbleOS/discussions/1093)