This section helps you set up your ConnectCore device to see LVGL in action.

The goal of this section is to have an LVGL demo application running in your device. The application is a slightly modified version of the LVGL Linux Framebuffer example, which runs the Widgets demo.

Follow these steps to get started using the LVGL demo with your ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Kit.

Requirements

  • A ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Kit

  • LVDS or HDMI display for the graphical user interface

  • A mouse to work in the graphical user interface

Download the firmware

Download the firmware images from the following location: https://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiembeddedyocto/4.0/r7/images/ccimx8mn-dvk/ccimx8mn-dvk-lvgl-installer.zip

Program the LVGL demo image

Digi recommends you program the images using the Universal Update Utility (UUU) through a USB connection to your development PC.

  1. Decompress the zip file in a directory of your choice.

  2. Download the latest Universal Update Utility (UUU), a software tool from NXP.

    UUU version should be v1.5.11 or higher.

  3. Place the uuu executable in a directory in your PATH, such as /usr/bin.

  4. Install udev rules to allow any user to run uuu to access the USB port:

    $ sudo sh -c "uuu -udev >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-uuu.rules"
$ sudo udevadm control --reload

  5. Connect a micro USB cable to your development PC and the other end to the target USB recovery connector.

  6. Reset the device by pressing the reset button on the board and immediately press any key in the serial terminal to stop the auto-boot process. The U-Boot bootloader prompt displays:

    U-Boot SPL dub-2020.04-r6.1 (Sep 19 2023 - 07:18:57 +0000)
DDRINFO: start DRAM init
DDRINFO: DRAM rate 3000MTS
DDRINFO:ddrphy calibration done
DDRINFO: ddrmix config done
Normal Boot
Trying to boot from BOOTROM
image offset 0x0, pagesize 0x200, ivt offset 0x0
NOTICE:  BL31: v2.4(release):lf-5.10.72-2.2.3-2-gb91c6a890
NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 07:19:22, Sep 19 2023


U-Boot dub-2020.04-r6.1 (Sep 19 2023 - 07:18:57 +0000)

CPU:   i.MX8MNano Quad rev1.0 1400 MHz (running at 1200 MHz)
CPU:   Industrial temperature grade (-40C to 105C) at 36C
Reset cause: POR
DRAM:  1 GiB
MCA:   HW_VER=1  FW_VER=1.01
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 1, FSL_SDHC: 0
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Digi ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Kit
ConnectCore 8M Nano SOM variant 0x01: 1 GiB LPDDR4, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, MCA, Crypto-auth
  Board version 3, ID undefined
Boot:  MMC2

 BuildInfo:
  - ATF b91c6a8
  - U-Boot dub-2020.04-r6.1

flash target is MMC:0
Net:   eth0: ethernet@30be0000
Fastboot: Normal
Normal Boot
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
=>
    Information in the console log may vary.

  7. On the target, in U-Boot, execute the following command:

    => fastboot 0

  8. On your development PC, change to the directory where you extracted the ZIP file:

    $ cd <zip-folder>

  9. To program the demo image, run:

    $ ./install_linux_fw_uuu.sh -i dey-image-lvgl

  10. Once the firmware is installed, the device boots automatically. The default username is root with no password.

    Remove the micro USB cable from the recovery connector of the ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Kit. The USB port will not connect if a cable is connected to the recovery of the ConnectCore 8M Nano Development Kit. See USB interfaces on the ConnectCore 8M Nano.

Test the LVGL demo

The LVGL demo is automatically launched on boot.

LVGL widgets demo
The application’s scrolling mechanism works as if you’re using a touchscreen, even when you’re using a mouse. To scroll in a specific direction, click and hold anywhere in the application window and move the mouse in the opposite direction while holding the mouse button.

To build an image with a customized version of the demo, see Customize the LVGL demo.