{"id":13364,"date":"2015-09-11T19:08:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13364"},"modified":"2015-09-11T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:08:58","slug":"use-kivy-to-create-a-touchscreen-gui-on-the-raspberry-pi-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13364","title":{"rendered":"Use Kivy to create a touchscreen GUI on the Raspberry Pi display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0176\/3274\/products\/101721_1024x1024.jpg?resize=560%2C398\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13337\" target=\"_blank\">the new Raspberry Pi display launched on\u00a0Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0one of the most exciting things for me was shown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/the-eagerly-awaited-raspberry-pi-display\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Raspberry Pi blog<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a touch screen GUI written using a Python library called Kivy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eah3Zq18OyM\" target=\"_blank\">The demo<\/a> was done by the Foundation&#8217;s Matt Richardson and can be seen below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kivy, the Raspberry Pi Touch Display, and GPIO\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eah3Zq18OyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, Matt has written up <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mrichardson23\/rpi-kivy-screen\" target=\"_blank\">a full tutorial on how to install Kivy and all his code for the demo is online<\/a>. <em>Shameless plug:\u00a0<\/em>You can get hold of the\u00a0components he uses to interface with the GPIO anywhere, of course, but one of the easiest ways is to buy the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/edukit\" target=\"_blank\">CamJam EduKit<\/a> which comes with LEDs, a switch, a buzzer and jumper wires to hook it all up. <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/edukit\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s only \u00a35 and is available from The Pi Hut<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/raspberry-pi-accessories\/products\/official-raspberry-pi-7-touchscreen-display\" target=\"_blank\">The display is also available from The Pi Hut<\/a>\u00a0amongst other places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the new Raspberry Pi display launched on\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0one of the most exciting things for me was shown on the Raspberry Pi blog\u00a0&#8211; a touch screen GUI written using a Python library called Kivy. 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