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Has anyone done anything like a small GUI

Edward WilliamsEdward Williams Posts: 3
edited 2008-11-03 19:42 in Propeller 1
I'm wondering if anyone has done anything like a small GUI in Spin even a text based one
????
Thanks
Ed

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  • StefanL38StefanL38 Posts: 2,292
    edited 2008-11-01 11:02
    Hello Edward,

    I remember this one

    TV_WTEXT: TV_TEXT with windowed regions (sort of)
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=590631


    found at the Good thread index (new and improved)

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=609066

    best regards

    Stefan
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,826
    edited 2008-11-01 13:22
    Here's one for XGA (VGA at 1024x768) that I used in several things:
    http://www.rayslogic.com/propeller/Programming/BasicWindowForm/BasicForm.htm
    ·
  • TonyDTonyD Posts: 210
    edited 2008-11-01 18:29
    I always thought contiki www.sics.se/contiki/ worthy of porting to the propeller, especially as it has uIP a small TCP/IP stack.

    - Tony

    [noparse][[/noparse]edit] oops - Contiki is a OS and not a GUI

    Post Edited (TonyD) : 11/2/2008 4:38:52 PM GMT
  • Edward WilliamsEdward Williams Posts: 3
    edited 2008-11-03 04:23
    Thanks Guys,
    I've been working kinda underground Guerrilla style for a while now
    putting a Prop and SD card w/VGA in some of my different projects
    as an Expansion controller to different processors and I thought it would
    make for a damn decent stand alone GUI display and control system for
    some of the Pic's and Basic Stamp projects for others as well
    Thanks for the ideas
    Ed
  • pemspems Posts: 70
    edited 2008-11-03 14:54
    I agree that a prop would probably make a very nice gui backend for other MCUs.
    I was recently inquiring about a possibility of using prop as a vector graphics accelerator, not just a video backend
    i.e another MCU sends out a stream of lines, curves, text, etc and prop renders all that and draws on the screen

    didn't get much replies/interest/feedback though.
  • trodosstrodoss Posts: 577
    edited 2008-11-03 19:09
    @TonyD: CTK is probably what you are thinking of when you are thinking Contiki.· It looks like it can output a display to VNC, which is interesting.· You could probably make something like Contiki for the prop, but matching it more to the Propeller architecture.· If you could get an ELF loader to work, definate kudos [noparse];)[/noparse]

    Maybe a simple text-based windowing system (like CURSES) to use for a GUI is what you are looking for?· I would think that would be possible with the Propeller for sure and could be made to work with NTSC/PAL, VGA, or even a PropTerminal display.

    ·
  • trodosstrodoss Posts: 577
    edited 2008-11-03 19:42
    @pems:

    You may have already seen it, but just in case·a recent thread about the PropGFX·can be found here: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=757176· [noparse][[/noparse]Edit:] I would say, considering, that you already are pretty familiar with Baggers and his work.

    You could certianly have the Propeller handle the UI (including video/VGA/terminal output as well as keyboard/mouse interaction) for another MCU.· I·think there would be an argument that a graphic LCD with touch screen capabliity could be used though. [noparse][[/noparse]Edit:] What I was getting at is that some have a microcontroller, and can handle basic IO.· Certianly I have been investigating the possiblity of a lightweight-GUI myself (CURSES based) [noparse];)[/noparse]










    Post Edited (trodoss) : 11/4/2008 2:20:53 AM GMT
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