Until now my newsletter went out on the last day of the month. From now on, I’ll send out the newsletter on the first Monday of the month. On the Friday before, I’ll announce the contents of the newsletter on my blog (this post). This gives me at least one weekend to write the newsletter...
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Using Qt 5.15 and Qt 6 under LGPLv3
Nearly exactly 5 years ago, I wrote my first article about Using Qt 5.6 and Later under LGPL. The trigger then was the switch from LGPLv2.1 to LGPLv3 with Qt 5.6. The trigger now is the switch from Qt 5 to Qt 6. All the Qt modules under LGPLv3 5 years ago are still available...
How to Set Up QtCreator for Cross-Compilation with CMake in 5 Minutes
Setting up QtCreator for cross-compilation with CMake took me 15-20 hours the first two or three times. The next half a dozen times took me 4 hours on average. The last two times took me 5 minutes – using the script presented in this post. I can cross-compile the Qt application for my embedded device...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 15
The February issue of my newsletter went out to 313 people. Please sign up here, if you want to enjoy the full contents. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. My Blog Posts Showing Wayland Compositor Fullscreen in Portrait Orientation. News Call for Presentations for 2021 Qt Webinars and Events Now Open! The...
Showing Wayland Compositor Fullscreen in Portrait Orientation
Our Qt embedded system is displayed on a monitor mounted in portrait orientation. The system runs the Wayland compositor Weston as a window manager. HMI applications are shown rotated by 90 degrees – in landscape orientation. The system toolbar of Weston is visible. How can we configure Weston so that the applications are shown in...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 14
The January issue of my newsletter went out to 295 people. Please sign up here, if you want to enjoy the full contents. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. Here is the table of contents of Episode 14 (January 2021). My Blog Posts and Talks Migrating a Harvester HMI from Qt 5.12...
Migrating a Harvester HMI from Qt 5.12 to Qt 6.0
December 2020 saw the launch of Qt 6 – the first new major version since 2012. I wanted to find out how fit Qt 6.0 is for Qt embedded systems. I took the driver terminal of the ROPA sugar beet harvesters and migrated it from Qt 5.12 to Qt 6.0 as a side project. The...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 13
The December issue of my newsletter went out to 284 people. Please sign up here, if you want to enjoy the full contents. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. Here is the table of contents of Episode 13 (December 2020). My Blog Posts Determining the Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Getting Started....
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Getting Started
Which system-on-chip is best suited for your Qt embedded system? Should you build a custom Linux system with Yocto, use a container OS or a desktop Linux? Should you use Qt Commercial or Qt LGPLv3? How will the system be updated? What are the operating conditions of the system? How does the system communicate with...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 12
The November issue of my newsletter went out to 254 people. As it is the 1st anniversary of my newsletter, you can find the full content here. If you like it, please sign up for the monthly newsletter. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. Here is the table of contents of Episode 12...