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| Teo1 Newbie  Joined: 06/05/2023 Location: RomaniaPosts: 35 |
Hello everyone, It would be extraordinarily useful if we could use a graphic editor, like NEXTION EDITOR, to place graphic components on the surface of the screen. This way we can have an image of the layers. Would such a thing be possible? Thank you, Teo |
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Martin H. Guru  Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1270 |
You can use any graphics editor you like, as long as the output format matches the resolution and color depth for the target system. 'no comment |
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| Teo1 Newbie Joined: 06/05/2023 Location: RomaniaPosts: 35 |
Hi Martin, I was thinking of an editor that generates the code for PICO. Teo |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1270 |
Hi Teo For the PicomiteVGA the output format should be BMP with 320x240 pixels in RGB 121 format, or 640x480 with 2 colors. You can get this for the Pico via Terraterm using Xmodem, or via the SD card. I don't think it's possible for such a comprehensive graphics program as Nextion Editor to run directly on the Pico due to its limited resources. I do a lot with graphics for the Pico, but I also use an external program for this. Long story short, I don't know of any comprehensive drawing programs for the Pico. Unless you write one yourself. Cheers Martin Edited 2025-08-17 04:24 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8043 |
Do you mean something like this GUI editor ? Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Teo1 Newbie Joined: 06/05/2023 Location: RomaniaPosts: 35 |
Hi Martin, I was thinking that this editor should be created by those who designed widgets as a very useful update. It's just an idea, I believe, a good one. This way, the use of TFT modules would be much friendlier and more productive. Thank you for the response. Teo |
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| Teo1 Newbie Joined: 06/05/2023 Location: RomaniaPosts: 35 |
Hi Mick, Yes, something similar, but for TFT modules not for VGA or HDMI displays. Basically, a GUI editor that runs on PC with which we can place graphic components using the mouse. This way we can visualize the future image that will be on the TFT module. Eventually, it should generate the BASIC code that we can upload to PICO. Thank you for the response. Teo |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8043 |
Part of the problem is probably that for designing a display for a particular TFT resolution you really need the editor to have a bigger resolution so that there is space around it for controls etc. That's what is being done here, I think. The GUI code will have to be transferred to the TFT system in some way anyway eventually as VGA and HDMI don't support Touch. Edited 2025-08-17 05:23 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Teo1 Newbie Joined: 06/05/2023 Location: RomaniaPosts: 35 |
Something similar to this: https://nextion.tech/nextion-editor/ Teo |
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