Omega2 Dash (Work in Progress)

Zheng Han

The Omega2 Dash is a touch screen device based on the Omega2 platform.
This topic is for Omega2 Dash beta testers to track progress and share ideas.

Get Started

Follow instructions on the following GitHub repo to get started on using the Omega2 Dash
https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash

Bug report & Feature suggestions

Use the GitHub Issues page to report bugs or suggest features
https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash/issues

Become Beta Tester

If you would like to participate in beta testing this project you can apply here

Updates

Dec 6 2019 - Official Firmware Available

Official firmware for the Omega2 Dash is now available!

If you have a beta unit, follow these instructions to upgrade to the official firmware:

Make sure your Omega2 Dash is connected to the internet
Back up any files that you don't want to lose! The upgrade will erase everything on the filesystem
Run the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget http://repo.onioniot.com/omega2/images/omega2dash-v0.3.2-b233.bin
sysupgrade -F -n -v omega2dash-v0.3.2-b233.bin

Dec 6 2019

We've put together an program that can serve as the starting for Omega2 Dash programs using the LittleV Graphics Library.

Learn more about the example program here: https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash#littlevgl-example-program
See the repo here: https://github.com/OnionIoT/lv_example

lv_example

Out of the box it supports:

The Linux Framebuffer - will draw to the Omega2 Dash display
The XPT7603 touch input device on the Omega2 Dash
A makefile and instructions to build it as an OpenWRT package
A small demo

Use this to get started with your own lvgl programs!

Dec 5 2019

Displaying image files on the Omega2 Dash. Learn more here

onion logo
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Nov 6 2019

Compiled demo of LittleV Graphics Library with touch input. See how to run it on your Omega2 Dash [here]
(https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash#littlevgl-ui-demo)

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Nov 4 2019

Running the Omega's terminal on the display:

terminal demo gif

Run sh > /dev/tty0 on your Omega2 Dash. Everything you type from then on will show up on the display and not in your terminal window.
Hit ctrl+c to exit.

David Kerr

I am waiting for my first two Omega Dash devices.

I have been looking at LVGL emulators.

Can you suggest one that you have been using? I use Linux systems exclusively.

Thank you,
David

crispyoz

@David-Kerr I'm using the Eclipse with SDL. It works well, other than Eclipse's usual quirks. Here's nice youtube of how to set it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLdct2ymvg

When I upgraded to from Ubuntu 18.04 to 19 it broke and I haven't had time to look into why yet but I suspect it is some versioning issue.

David Kerr

Thanks for that.
I like the look of Eclipse.
Will see how I go. I installed it on 18.04 and have their example working.
Best Regards,
David

David Kerr

Hi Crispyoz,

I upgraded to 19.10, upgraded Eclipse to 2020-03, upgraded the eclipse-workspace and all is working well.

Thanks again for the recommendation.

Best Regds,
Dave
(Oz)

crispyoz

@David-Kerr That's great news. I'm going to upgrade my system to Ubuntu 20, let's see if that breaks the emulator.

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