Running lvgl on Arduino. How to set the sensor data to a label and updating each time

I’m using Arduino IDE to program my sensors and lvgl. How to display the current data to a label? and update each time

Hi @Ryan_Gania,

I am unfamiliar with Arduino so this is just a general method using C, you may have to tweak things for the Arduino environment.

You can deliver your sensor data to a static or global variable.

Create a label with a static or global pointer, place it where you want it on your display.

Create a lv_task to periodically update the label

For example:

static int32_t sensor_data = 123;
static lv_obj_t * my_sensor_label;

void my_label_update_task(lv_task_t * task)
{
  /*Use the user_data*/
  int32_t * user_data = task->user_data;
  char * buf[40];

  /*Update label*/
  sprintf( buf, "My Sensor Data: %ld", *user_data);
  lv_label_set_text(my_sensor_label, buf);
}

...
/* Initialisation code */
/*Create Label and set position*/
my_sensor_label = lv_label_create(lv_scr_act(), NULL);
lv_obj_align(my_sensor_label, NULL, LV_ALIGN_CENTER, 0, 0);
lv_label_set_text(my_sensor_label, "");  /* Clear initial default text */

/*Create Task and have it update every 1000 ms*/
lv_task_t * task = lv_task_create(my_update_label_task, 1000, LV_TASK_PRIO_LOW, &sensor_data);

Hope this helps,

Kind Regards,

Pete

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Solved this problem! Thanks! Another question, Can a Table Widget be scrollable?

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You can create it as a child of a page.

Is this correct?

lv_obj_t * table_page = lv_page_create(lv_scr_act(), NULL);
lv_obj_set_size(table_page, 320, 240);

ship_view_table = lv_table_create(table_page, NULL);
lv_table_set_col_cnt(ship_view_table, 4);
lv_table_set_row_cnt(ship_view_table, 100);

Yes; I think that will work.

It shows scrollable but I’m not able to scroll

Call lv_obj_set_click(table, false). Maybe the table is capturing the input events.

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It worked! Thank you so much!

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I have a last question. How to fit the table column contents to the screen?

See here: https://docs.lvgl.io/latest/en/html/widgets/table.html#width-and-height