lvgl VS embox

So here is the thing: The iPod Nano 7g is from 2012. I've seen many people designing custom PCBs and releasing Kickstarter projects for custom audio players[5] or game handhelds[6]. I know Rockbox (which is great, but its lacks support for Wifi and Bluetooth AFAIK and just does not compete with the UX of iPod's audio book features in my opinion) and iPod Linux. 10 years ago someone even reverse engineered the iPod Nano 6g display[3].

Although I'm not skilled enough in PCB-Design, after some research I found the Lilygo T-Display S3 Pro[4] based on ESP32 S3, which would be the size, but lacks audio and OS. There is also the Mango PI CyberPad[7], which looked interesting, but maybe is already too clunky.

Programming wise, LVGL[8] may be a good framework to develop a modern and efficient UI - at least it looks promising.

So, why is nobody interested in recreating an iPod nano like device? It should be doable with modern tech, but Phones have completely taken over the marked...

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiobooks/comments/14ue4un/comment/ks1sj99/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

2: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/issues/847

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TedIzmguP0

4: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-display-s3-pro

5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C597AkhGtw

6: https://www.funkey-project.com/

7: https://mangopi.org/cp1m

8: https://lvgl.io/

LVGL is a graphics library used mostly for embedded UI's. Main website: https://lvgl.io/

Popular embedded UI library

If you need something written in C and very tiny, I recommend LVGL https://lvgl.io/

The factory code uses the Lvgl graphic library. https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl

I'm trying to interface SPI LCD (ILI943) with Zynq 7020 (PYNQ-Z2 board) and LVGL embedded UI libary. And considering between two approaches:

Embox is a configurable RTOS designed for resource constrained and embedded systems. Embox main idea is using Linux software without Linux. (https://embox.github.io/ ) If you want use complex Linux Software and Linux is huge for your goals. Embox is the best idea, as I think. For example Embox is the only RTOS that allows to use OpenCV on Cortex-m MCUs https://www.embedded.com/benchmarking-opencv-on-stm32-mcus/

Look at Embox (https://github.com/embox/embox). It can run on EFM32ZG with 32kB ROM 4kB RAM

Take a look at Embox - https://github.com/embox/embox

As for Linux, it allows easy and fast creating a device with reach features, but it requires more powerful and expensive hardware platforms, it has some questions with hard real-time, and it is less secure after all it is a general-purpose OS. We try to solve these cons of Linux in Embox. It combines prop RTOSes and Linux and allows run Linux software everywhere including MCUs

We try to solve these Linux disadvantages in our way in Embox project. The project allows run Linux software everywhere including MCUs.