04 / Useful information, quietly present

AI Smart Display

A focused ambient display for a few live signals, one conversational action, and clear physical feedback.

DifficultyIntermediate
TimeOne weekend
Boards3 recommended

What you’ll build

A calm, glanceable interface with local navigation and a tightly scoped AI-assisted action.

01

Architecture

Three parts.
One working loop.

01

Fetch

Small adapters normalize each external signal.

02

Compose

A view model turns data into a stable screen state.

03

Render

LVGL updates only the regions that changed.

02

Build stack

Hardware

  • Display development board
  • Connectivity companion for ESP32-P4
  • Power supply
  • Optional microphone

Software

  • ESP-IDF
  • LVGL
  • JSON data client
  • NVS cache
  • Board BSP

Capabilities

  • Display
  • Touch or buttons
  • Network path
  • Enough PSRAM
  • RTC

Constraints

  • Design for offline state
  • Bound image and data caches
  • Keep the primary view readable at a glance

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