Rendering can be based on opengl.
Embedded linux gui library.
Glui a very small toolkit written with the glut library.
When it comes to embedded linux gui development there is lot of options available.
So i decided it was time to gain more knowledge about gui development on embedded linux.
In this blog post we will install electron on a colibri imx6 module run basic programs to evaluate the software and develop a basic gui using node js js html and css creating graphical interfaces for embedded linux with electron.
It is platform independent and can be easily ported to almost every micrcontroller system.
The library is very small and fast because every unused feature is disabled and not linked into the finished binary.
µgfx is a lightweight embedded library for displays and touchscreens providing everything required to build a fully featured embedded gui.
The whole module consist of two files.
The path i chose was the practical one.
Nana c open source boost license a cross platform toolkit designed to enable modern c gui programming.
Sdl 1 2 optional ttf font or sdl2 no need for python or xwindows x11.
Light and versatile graphics library.
In some cases it s best to rely on the tools provided by the board vendor e g.
Lvgl is an open source graphics library providing everything you need to create embedded gui with easy to use graphical elements beautiful visual effects and low memory footprint.
To facilitate embedded touchscreen gui designs optional support is provided for resistive and capacitive touch devices.
These can be used to develop software that can be ported to multiple computing platforms with no change to its source code.
Juce provides gui and widget set with the same look and feel in microsoft windows x window systems os x and android.
There re over a dozen free and commercial solutions to build gui applications on embedded linux.
I did some research and found that the most common libraries are qtopia also known as qt embedded and nano x formerly known as microwindows.
This is a list of library packages implementing a graphical user interface gui platform independent gui library pigui.
Gtkmm c version of gtk.
Touchgfx is bundled for free as part of the stm32 ecosystem but most libraries can be configured to support commonly available boards like the raspberry pi or arduino.
