clean GUI for speedometer

[theaxe67]

I'm making a speedometer for a dune buggy I'm building. I've got the programming and hardware all sorted out, now I need to figure out the GUI. I've got a small LCD screen which will be built into the dash, and I want a really simple clean display, like such



looking up python GUIs, TkInter and wxPython look pretty chunky and ugly. I want the display to be full screen, just a background and the speed and time, nothing more. What should I be using for this, and are there any tutorials or guides that will help m to this goal, I have no experience with GUIs

[texy]

Not sure which LCD you have, but I would recommend pygame. It works well with my TFT displays and fbtft.
rgds,
Texy

[elParaguayo]

I'd agree. Pygame will be able to handle this very easily.

Here's a very basic script for displaying a clock, might be a good starting place for you but I'm happy to provide more help if needed:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... ck#p415267

[theaxe67]

fantastic, thank you very much

[theaxe67]

I think you're clock script will work perfectly. What I'm thinking is I'll change mysecs to a static "km/h", and mytime to the calculated speed variable. Then within "if pygame.time.get_ticks() > refresh:" I'll add a couple lines first to update the speed variable then have the display update.

Does this sound feasible?

[amritpati]

i am working on similar project. please share the code for gui. actually i am from electronics backgroung i dont know python can you share the code please...

[elParaguayo]

I think you're clock script will work perfectly. What I'm thinking is I'll change mysecs to a static "km/h", and mytime to the calculated speed variable. Then within "if pygame.time.get_ticks() > refresh:" I'll add a couple lines first to update the speed variable then have the display update.

Does this sound feasible?

Absolutely.

Have a go at working out the code yourself and if you get stuck, let me know and I'll be happy to help out.

That "get_ticks() > refresh" bit of the code is pretty ugly and isn't how I do my code now, however, it should be enough for you to get started. Once you've got something that works, we can work out how to make the code "prettier"!

Good luck.

[amerant]

Are you using a gps or the speed sensor off the trans?

[umair23]

I'm working exactly on the same project, I have managed to capture speed, rpm and other values via OBD2 port. Now i need a gui that is a speedometer to display the values in a fashioned manor. Can anyone please help?