lvgl

Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs for any MCU, MPU and display type. (by lvgl)

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  • Lvgl: Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2025
  • Show HN: Physical Pomodoro Timer with ESP32 and e-paper screen
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2025
    Cool project! I would recommend checking out the LVGL library [0], it’s an embedded graphics library to create UIs. It’s pretty simply to use and feels a bit like html. It’s a little bit harder to set up hardware communication, but once it’s set up, it streamlines making the UI immensely.

    [0] - https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl

  • How I built a custom Homekit thermostat for 40€
    6 projects | dev.to | 10 Mar 2025
    Luckily, there is this awesome graphics library for the embedded devices called LVGL. It is very intuitive and easy to use. Moreover, it is inspired by CSS, so it was surprisingly easy to use. But the initial setup and connecting the UI with the LCD screen was quite a challenge.
  • Writing GUI applications on the Raspberry Pi without a desktop environment
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jul 2024
    LVGL is pretty much the IOT industry standard for 32-bit architectures like Renesas RX, Arm Cortex-M, ARC, TI MSP, Atmel...

    https://lvgl.io/

  • Broadcast Audio URI
    3 projects | dev.to | 6 Jun 2024
    To my happy surprise, there was already QR code support in the LVGL module included in Zephyr so I made some minal QR code functionality to expose the required data once the Broadcast source was ready on the device. As this is a PoC, the non-changing parameters are hardcoded:
  • Ask HN: Nobody interested an open hardware iPod Nano?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Feb 2024
    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 9.0 Released
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jan 2024
    LVGL is a graphics library used mostly for embedded UI's. Main website: https://lvgl.io/
  • imgui VS lvgl - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 3 Nov 2023
    Popular embedded UI library
  • LVGL: Light and Versatile Graphics Library
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Sep 2023
  • Show HN: Slint - A Declarative UI Toolkit Written in Rust for Embedded & Desktop
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jun 2023
    If you need something written in C and very tiny, I recommend LVGL https://lvgl.io/
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