GUIslice library

A lightweight GUI framework for embedded displays

Design your GUI with a drag & drop builder, then apply the same code to a wide range of displays, libraries and controllers with the cross-platform framework. Open source MIT license grants free commercial usage.

• Extensive Documentation guides available
• GUIslice API documentation (online) & (PDF)
• Active development: see latest updates & work in progress
• Release history
• Website (www.impulseadventure.com)
• Support email: guislice@gmail.com
• GUIslice by Calvin Hass and GitHub contributors, Builder by Paul Conti

Features

• Pure C library, no dynamic memory allocation
• Widgets:
  • text, images, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, custom keypads, listbox, radial controls, scrolling textbox / terminal, graphs, etc. plus extensions and multiple pages.
• Cross-platform GUIslice Builder application to generate layouts
• Platform-independent GUI core currently supports:
  • Adafruit-GFX, TFT_eSPI, mcufriend, UTFT, LCDGFX, SDL1.2, SDL2.0
• Devices:
  • Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ATmega2560, ESP8266 / NodeMCU, ESP32, M5stack, Teensy 3 / T4, WIO Terminal, Feather M0 (Cortex-M0), nRF52 (Cortex-M4F), LINUX, Beaglebone Black, STM32, Due, etc.
• Typical displays:
  • PiTFT, Adafruit TFT 3.5" / 2.8" / 2.4" / 2.2" / 1.44", FeatherWing TFT, OLED 0.96", mcufriend, BuyDisplay / EastRising 4.3" 5" 7", Waveshare, 4D Cape
• Display drivers include:
  • ILI9341, ST7735, SSD1306, HX8347D, HX8357, PCD8544, RA8875, RA8876, ILI9225, ILI9341_t3, ILI9341_due
• Touchscreen control including:
  • STMPE610, FT6206, FT5206, XPT2046, TSC2007, 4-wire, tslib, URTouch, Adafruit Seesaw
• IDE Support:
  • GUIslice has been tested for use in the Arduino IDE and Platform IO environments, in addition to LINUX make
• Foreign characters / UTF-8 encoding (in SDL mode), anti-aliased fonts (in TFT_eSPI mode)
• Dynamic display rotation
• GPIO / pin / keyboard / Adafruit Seesaw navigation for non-touchscreen devices

Screenshots

GUIslice Builder

• Includes cross-platform (Windows, LINUX and Mac) desktop application to generate GUIslice layouts
• Please refer to GUIslice Builder wiki for documentation

Disclaimer

The Software is not designed for use in devices or situations where there may be physical injury if the Software has errors.