How to build LVGL applications using STM32CubeIDE

Applicable for

STM32MP13x lines, STM32MP15x lines

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This article gives information about how to easily develop a LVGL application on STM32MP1 using STM32CubeIDE

1. Architecture overview

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1.1. Component presentation

1.1.1. LVGL

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LVGL logo from the official web site

"LVGL" (Light and Versatile Graphics Library) is an open-source embedded GUI library that is written in C (with C++ compatibility) and is released under the MIT license. It’s optimized for deployment on micro-controllers and bare metal (no OS) devices, but on this article, we will see how to develop LVGL applications for our STM32MP1 microprocessor that runs the OpenSTLinux linux distribution.

Graphical user interface

Operating system

Direct rendering manager (kernel module that gives direct hardware access to DRI clients, find more information on official DRI web site http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DRM)

Kernel Mode Setting

Software development kit (A programming package that enables a programmer to develop applications for a specific platform.)c

Graphics processing units