lv_port_esp32-epaper is the latest successful attempt to design UX in C using Espressif ESP32.
If you like the idea please hit the ★ in my repository fork.
What is LVGL?
LVGL stands for “Light and Versatile Graphics Library” and allows you to design an object oriented user interface in supported devices. So far it supports mostly TFT screens and only some slow SPI epapers where supported. My idea is to add driver support so it works also in fast parallel epapers.
The main idea is to use a bridge driver that pushes the pixels to EPDiy component using the set_px_cb and the flush callbacks in order to render the layouts on the supported epapers. This will have a performance hit but it will also allow us to draw UX interfaces in parallel epapers that are quite fast flushing partial refresh.
The development took about one month of research and many iterations until it became usable. I started with an easy choice since Lilygo sent me an parallel epaper as a gift once and I bough the rest in their official store. The idea is that this acts as proof-of-concept to demostrate that is possible and that it’s working as expected. It’s possible to design an UX directly in C and then using a controller like ESP32 you can directly interact with Home appliances such as lights or other devices, to control them or to read information such as sensors that can respond with short JSON messages to inform your epaper control board about temperature or other matters that you choose.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
– LILYGO EPD47 T5-4.7 inch E-Paper (Link goes to Lilygo official store)
– LILYGO T5-4.7 inch E-paper ESP32 V3 version Capacitive touch (IC driver is called L58)
More demos and videos
Recommended reads
- Parallel epapers driven by Epdiy with I2S Data bus
- LVGL display interface: Essential read to understand how the display buffering and the driver idea works.
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