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Ken Van Hoeylandt 50c0a14a93 New kernel drivers and more (#560)
- Added kernel base drivers for: display, pointer (touch, mouse, etc.), keyboard, adc, power supply and backlight
- Implement new kernel driver modules: `st7789-module` and `gt911-module`
- Implement ESP32 ADC "oneshot" kernel driver
- Implement ESP32  backlight kernel driver with ledc API
- Implemented `battery-sense` driver that allows for voltage measurement and creates a power supply child device
- Updated github actions
- Updated flash scripts
- Fix for esp32 legacy driver conflict with ADC
- Created separate `lilygo-tdeck` and `lilygo-tdeck-plus` devices
- Created `lilygo-module` with LilyGO kernel drivers
- Fix for intermittent errors in build related to code generation of `devicetree.c`
- `lvgl-module` can now map kernel drivers onto LVGL devices
- Created `KernelDisplayApp` as a mirror of `HalDisplayApp` (formerly `DisplayApp`)
- Removed `struct` and `enum` prefix in a lot of kernel driver cpp source files
- `lilygo-tdeck` and `lilygo-tdeck-plus` are now fully relying on kernel drivers and don't use any of the old HAL
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lvgl-module

This module manages the lifecycle of the LVGL library within the Tactility ecosystem.

What the library does

The lvgl-module provides:

  • Lifecycle Management: Handles initialization and termination of the LVGL library.
  • Task Management: Manages the LVGL main loop task.
  • Thread-Safety: Provides mutex-based locking mechanisms (lvgl_lock, lvgl_unlock) to ensure safe access to LVGL APIs from multiple tasks.
  • Font Access: Provides a unified interface to access pre-configured text and icon fonts.

Different types of fonts

The module supports two main categories of fonts:

Text Fonts

Standard text rendering uses the Montserrat font. Three sizes are pre-configured:

  • FONT_SIZE_SMALL
  • FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT
  • FONT_SIZE_LARGE

Icon Fonts

Icons are provided by the Material Symbols font, divided into three usage-specific sets:

  • Statusbar Icons: Optimized for the system status bar.
  • Launcher Icons: Sized for application launchers.
  • Shared Icons: General purpose icons used across the system.

How to update the fonts

Font sizes and symbols are configurable:

  • On ESP32 (IDF): Sizes can be updated via menuconfig or by editing sdkconfig. Look for CONFIG_TT_LVGL_FONT_SIZE_* and CONFIG_TT_LVGL_*_ICON_SIZE parameters.
  • On Simulator/POSIX: Default sizes are defined in Modules/lvgl-module/CMakeLists.txt.

If you change an icon font size, ensure that a corresponding C file exists in source-fonts/ (e.g., material_symbols_shared_24.c). These files are generated from TTF/OTF fonts using the LVGL font converter.

License

This module is licensed under the Apache v2.0 license.