ArduinoMenu 4

Generic menu/interactivity system for the arduino framework

Purpose

Full automated or user code driven navigation system. With this system you can define menus, submenus, input fields and other iteration objects that deal with all input/output and can call user defined handler as a result of user iteration. The user function can be operated as a single action called on click/enter or as a event driven function responding to focus In/Out or Enter/Esc events. The system is designed as a non blocking polling system, allowing concurrent task to run. Optionally the system can be operated in semi-automated mode, issuing navigation command from user code.

See the wiki

Simple Example

#include <menu.h>
#include <menuIO/serialOut.h>
#include <menuIO/chainStream.h>
#include <menuIO/serialIn.h>

using namespace Menu;

#define LEDPIN LED_BUILTIN
#define MAX_DEPTH 1

int timeOn=10;
int timeOff=90;

MENU(mainMenu, "Blink menu", Menu::doNothing, Menu::noEvent, Menu::wrapStyle
  ,FIELD(timeOn,"On","ms",0,100,10,1, Menu::doNothing, Menu::noEvent, Menu::noStyle)
  ,FIELD(timeOff,"Off","ms",0,100,10,1,Menu::doNothing, Menu::noEvent, Menu::noStyle)
  ,EXIT("<Back")
);

serialIn serial(Serial);
MENU_INPUTS(in,&serial);

MENU_OUTPUTS(out,MAX_DEPTH
  ,SERIAL_OUT(Serial)
  ,NONE//must have 2 items at least
);

NAVROOT(nav,mainMenu,MAX_DEPTH,in,out);

void setup() {
  pinMode(LEDPIN, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(115200);
  while(!Serial);
  Serial.println("Menu 4.x");
  Serial.println("Use keys + - * /");
  Serial.println("to control the menu navigation");
}

void loop() {
  nav.poll();
  digitalWrite(LEDPIN, HIGH);
  delay(timeOn);
  digitalWrite(LEDPIN, LOW);
  delay(timeOff);
}

Features

Small footprint on RAM using PROGMEM on system where it is available.
Wide variety of input/output devices supported.
Easy to define menus (macros).
Minimalistic user code base.
Fields edit values hooked to existing program variables (references).
Editing text fields with per character validation.
Fields can edit numeric variables of any type (templates).
Reflexive fields, showing variable changes done outside the menu system.
Numerical field edit and range validation.
Enumerated fields for numeric and non-numeric types
Customizable (colors and cursors).
Able to work over Serial stream IO as a base level.
Supports multiple inputs and outputs in parallel.
static allocation of RAM, avoiding heap fragmentation, all RAM needed to define menu structure is allocated at program startup.
events available for menus and prompts
simply returns when no input available and no needed to draw.
lazy drawing, only draws when changed, avoiding time consumption and flicking.
sync/async navigation API functions
async navigation for stateless clients (as web)
web interface (experimental)
can be confined to a display area (numeric fields can still overflow the area, user should take account for them)
Tested on Arduino AVR's & ARM, Teensy, ESP8266, Esp32, nRF52, STM32

Videos

Plugins

Plugins are particular menu combinations or item customized behaviors and/or drawing.

Some plugins might be platform specific or require some hardware.

barField - displays a bar for numeric field on LCD
cancelField - allows to restore previous numeric value on escape.
SDMenu - full automated SD Card file picker, using standard Arduino SD lib.
SdFatMenu - full automated SD Card file picker, using standard SdFat (https://github.com/greiman/SdFat).

Applications

Some applications using ArduinoMenu, (current and older versions).
Do you have another? please let me know on gitter or email me.

ServoBox Servo tester & monitor
https://github.com/jarkman/ServoBox

PANOBOT A Panorama robot
https://github.com/RobertFach/panobot

teensy-midi-looper Microcontroller-based midi performance sequencer
https://github.com/newdigate/teensy-midi-looper

AmplifierControl Automate procedure to switch on/off amplifier and band decode of Kenwood
https://github.com/petrlab/AmplifierControl

spna An Arduino Single Port Network Analyzer (SPNA)
https://github.com/tczerwonka/spna

LRDuino In car multi gauge system - STM32, SSD1306, MAX31856, ADXL345, ELM327
https://github.com/BennehBoy/LRDuino

LRDuinoTD5 In car multi gauge system - STM32, SSD1306, MAX31856, ADXL345, L9637D, TD5 ECU
https://github.com/BennehBoy/LRDuinoTD5

thom-radio Internet radio build
https://github.com/evfool/thom-radio

MIDI_drums 7 chanel piezo MIDI drum box with menu on LCD
https://github.com/Sobollion/MIDI_drums

BalancingRobot
https://github.com/SLBarker/BalancingRobot

swatili 50l water meter with valve control, lcd, buttons, rtc and hall effect pulse reader
https://github.com/daniel-leonard-robinson/swatili

Fielduino hardware PWM generator using menu to select frequency and dutty.
https://github.com/neu-rah/Fielduino

ArduinoMultiDesktop MultiDesktop concept for hardware devices
https://github.com/dontsovcmc/ArduinoMultiDesktop

SmartGreenHouse
https://github.com/dontsovcmc/SmartGreenHouse/tree/master/src

console.arduino Portable serial debug console project using ILI9341
https://github.com/malachib/console.arduino

Platforms

Atmel AVR, Atmel SAM, Espressif 32, Espressif 8266, Intel ARC32, Microchip PIC32, Nordic nRF51, Nordic nRF52, ST STM32, Teensy, TI MSP430

Install

Arduino IDE - Install using the library manager (ArduinoMenu library - Rui Azevedo)

Platformio - http://platformio.org/lib/show/1468/ArduinoMenu%20library

IO devices

Output devices

Serial

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Serial

Serial monitor.

Standard arduino LCD library

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/LiquidCrystal

hd44780

F Malpartida's LCDs

https://bitbucket.org/fmalpartida/new-liquidcrystal/wiki/Home

HD44780 direct
HD44780 I2C
HD44780 SPI

Matthias Hertel PCF8574 driver

https://github.com/mathertel/LiquidCrystal_PCF8574

HD44780

Arduino TFT devices

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/TFT

SSD1306Ascii

https://github.com/greiman/SSD1306Ascii

OLED Screens based on SSD1306 controller

TFT_eSPI

An Arduino IDE compatible graphics and fonts library for ESP8266 and ESP32
https://github.com/Bodmer/TFT_eSPI

ILI9341, ILI9163, ST7735, S6D02A1, ILI9481, ILI9486, ILI9488, HX8357D, ST7789, ILI9486
Waveshare 2 and 3 colour SPI ePaper displays

TFT_HX8357 driver

https://github.com/Bodmer/TFT_HX8357

HX8357B, HX8357C, ILI9481 and ILI9486

Adafruit's GFX devices

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library

RGBmatrixPanel, 16x32 and 32x32 RGB LED matrix panels.
Adafruit_TFTLCD, 2.8" TFT LCD touchscreen breakout and TFT Touch Shield for Arduino.
Adafruit_HX8340B, 2.2" TFT Display with microSD.
Adafruit_ST7735, 1.8" TFT Display with microSD.
Adafruit_PCD8544, for the Nokia 5110/3310 monochrome LCD.
Adafruit-Graphic-VFD-Display-Library, for 128x64 Graphic VFD.
Adafruit-SSD1331-OLED-Driver-Library-for-Arduino for the 0.96" 16-bit Color OLED w/microSD Holder.
Adafruit_SSD1306 for the Monochrome 128x64 and 128x32 OLEDs.

UTFT devices

http://www.rinkydinkelectronics.com/library.php?id=51

ITDB02 series - ITead Studio
TFT01 series - ElecFreaks
RGB LCD - NKC Electronics.

U8glib devices

https://github.com/olikraus/U8glib_Arduino

SSD1306, 128x64, SSD1306, 128x32, SSD1306, 64x48, SSD1309, 128x64, SSD1322, 256x64, SSD1325, 128x64, SSD1327, 96x96, SH1106, 128x64, UC1601, 128x32, UC1608, 240x64, UC1610, 160x104, UC1611, 240x64, UC1611, 240x128, UC1701, 128x64, UC1701, 102x64, ST7565, 128x64, ST7565, 128x32, ST7920, 128x64, ST7920, 192x32, ST7920, 202x32, LD7032, 60x32, PCD8544, 84x48, TLS8204 , 84x48, PCF8812 , 96x65, KS0108 , 128x64, T6963, 128x64, T6963, 128x128, T6963, 240x64, T6963, 240x128, SBN1661, 122x32, LC7981, 160x80, LC7981, 240x64, LC7981, 240x128, LC7981, 320x64, SSD1351, HT1632, 24x16, Flipdisk, 28x14, Virtual Screen Device

U8G2 and U8x8 devices

https://github.com/olikraus/U8g2_Arduino

SSD1305 128X32_NONAME, SSD1305 128X32_NONAME, SSD1305 128X64_ADAFRUIT, SSD1305 128X64_ADAFRUIT, SSD1306 128X64_NONAME, SSD1306 128X64_VCOMH0, SSD1306 128X64_ALT0, SSD1306 128X64_NONAME, SSD1306 128X64_VCOMH0, SSD1306 128X64_ALT0, SH1106 128X64_NONAME, SH1106 128X64_VCOMH0, SH1106 128X64_WINSTAR, SH1106 128X64_NONAME, SH1106 128X64_VCOMH0, SH1106 128X64_WINSTAR, SH1106 72X40_WISE, SH1106 72X40_WISE, SH1106 64X32, SH1106 64X32, SH1107 64X128, SH1107 64X128, SH1107 SEEED_96X96, SH1107 SEEED_96X96, SH1107 128X128, SH1107 128X128, SH1122 256X64, SH1122 256X64, SSD1306 128X32_UNIVISION, SSD1306 128X32_UNIVISION, SSD1306 64X48_ER, SSD1306 64X48_ER, SSD1306 48X64_WINSTAR, SSD1306 48X64_WINSTAR, SSD1306 64X32_NONAME, SSD1306 64X32_1F, SSD1306 64X32_NONAME, SSD1306 64X32_1F, SSD1306 96X16_ER, SSD1306 96X16_ER, SSD1309 128X64_NONAME2, SSD1309 128X64_NONAME2, SSD1309 128X64_NONAME0, SSD1309 128X64_NONAME0, SSD1325 NHD_128X64, SSD1325 NHD_128X64, SSD1326 ER_256X32, SSD1326 ER_256X32, SSD1327 SEEED_96X96, SSD1327 SEEED_96X96, SSD1327 MIDAS_128X128, SSD1327 MIDAS_128X128, SSD1329 128X96_NONAME, LD7032 60X32, LD7032 60X32, ST7920 192X32, ST7920 192X32, ST7920 192X32, ST7920 128X64, ST7920 128X64, ST7920 128X64, LS013B7DH03 128X128, UC1701 EA_DOGS102, UC1701 MINI12864, PCD8544 84X48, PCF8812 96X65, HX1230 96X68, UC1604 JLX19264, UC1604 JLX19264, UC1608 ERC24064, UC1608 ERC24064, UC1608 ERC240120, UC1608 ERC240120, UC1608 240X128, UC1608 240X128, UC1638 160X128, UC1610 EA_DOGXL160, UC1610 EA_DOGXL160, UC1611 EA_DOGM240, UC1611 EA_DOGM240, UC1611 EA_DOGXL240, UC1611 EA_DOGXL240, UC1611 EW50850, UC1611 EW50850, ST7565 EA_DOGM128, ST7565 64128N, ST7565 ZOLEN_128X64, ST7565 LM6059, ST7565 LX12864, ST7565 ERC12864, ST7565 NHD_C12864, ST7565 JLX12864, ST7565 NHD_C12832, UC1601 128X32, UC1601 128X32, ST7565 EA_DOGM132, ST7567 PI_132X64, ST7567 JLX12864, ST7567 ENH_DG128064, ST7567 ENH_DG128064I, ST7588 JLX12864, ST7588 JLX12864, ST75256 JLX256128, ST75256 JLX256128, ST75256 JLX256160, ST75256 JLX256160, ST75256 JLX240160, ST75256 JLX240160, ST75256 JLX25664, ST75256 JLX25664, ST75256 JLX172104, ST75256 JLX172104, NT7534 TG12864R, IST3020 ERC19264, SBN1661 122X32, SED1520 122X32, KS0108 128X64, KS0108 ERM19264, LC7981 160X80, LC7981 160X160, LC7981 240X128, T6963 240X128, T6963 240X64, T6963 256X64, T6963 128X64, SSD1322 NHD_256X64, SSD1322 NHD_128X64, SSD1606 172X72, SSD1607 200X200, SSD1607 GD_200X200, IL3820 296X128, IL3820 V2_296X128, SED1330 240X128, RA8835 NHD_240X128, RA8835 320X240, MAX7219 32X8, A2PRINTER 384X240

UCGLib devices

https://github.com/olikraus/Ucglib_Arduino

ST7735, ILI9163, ILI9325, ILI9341, ILI9486, LD50T6160, PCF8833, SEPS225, SSD1331, SSD1351, HX8352C

Serial ANSI terminal

https://github.com/neu-rah/AnsiStream

Unix terminal

Web browser

ESP8266 (builtin)

Web JSON

ESP8266 (builtin)

Websockets

ESP8266 (builtin)

note: esp8266 will require a streaming library even if not using web interface, along with #include <menuIO/esp8266Out.h>

depending on your output driver it may be one of (can install both)

Input devices

Serial https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Serial

quadEncoder - Generic encoder using PCINT (builtin)

Buttons - simple digital keyboard (builtin)

Generic keyboard (no PCINT) - configurable for digital or analog keyboards (builtin)

ClickEncoder https://github.com/0xPIT/encoder

Matrix keypad
http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/Keypad https://github.com/Nullkraft/Keypad

PCF8574 based i2c matrix keypad https://github.com/whatnick/i2ckeypad

User defined input calling menu navigation API

Web browser (experimental) when using ESP devices

Dependencies

This library depends on the following libraries:

streamFlow https://github.com/neu-rah/streamFlow (on debug mode)

Depending on the type of input or output, other libraries might be needed. Essentially any library needed for your devices.

Limits

when using macros the menu is limited to 16 options (current macro limnit).
menus must have at least 2 options when built using macros.
maximum 127 options.
fast access (numeric keys) only supports 9 options (1 to 9)
prompts can overflow on panels with less than 4 characters width
menu system is character based, so choose monometric font to achieve best results, it will work with any font but the text can overflow.

Base

Character based information display.
Line based menu organization.
Stream IO + specializations.

info

more info at

wiki pages, issues or r-site.net

Errors / Sugestions

Please report errors, problems or enhancement ideas, I apreciate the feedback. Thanks.

On issues report please specify the input and output drivers or devices as well as target platform.

notes

encoder now needs begin() to be called on setup (2.x)

input is read from generic streams, included simple streams for encoders and keyboards - provided encoder driver uses internal pull-ups and reverse logic

multiple stream packing for input to mix encoder stream with encoder keyboard (usually 1 or 2 keys)

History

4.0

SdFat plugin and example
EscControl examle
support Bodmer/TFT_eSPI
SDCard file picker plugin
Allow virtual/dynamic data custom menus
alternative key driver with explicit pin modes
More examples
Text edit fields with validation *
Pad style menus (horizontal list)
inline pad menus can input custom formats like IP/Date/Time, experimental and just for devices that can position a cursor
Plugins, alternative menu items potentially device specific
Allow multiple concurrent menus
Support UCGLib displays
Support U8x8 displays
Support Arduino TFT
Support PCF8574 I2C LCD
Support Analog Joystick input
Added input burst config option
VALUEOBJ macro, user allocated values
menuIn class for menu inputs (allows device field invertion) *
some options have been distributed to some other classes
allow dynamic menu construction (ram) even for AVR's

* API changes

Options

invertFieldKeys option removed, invertion is now supported by specific menuIn objects.

regression: still needed to ease simple input cases.

numValueInput moved to menuIn object

navRoot extra options, previously on global options object

bool nav2D=false;//not used
bool canExit=true;//v4.0 moved from global options
bool useUpdateEvent=false;//if false, use enterEvent when field value is changed.
idx_t inputBurst=1;//limit of inputs that can be processed before output

Serial input

Serial is no longer accepted as an input directly, use serialIn instead

prompt base API

printTo member function changed from:

Used printTo(navRoot&,bool,menuOut&,idx_t,idx_t);

Used printTo(navRoot&,bool,menuOut&,idx_t,idx_t,idx_t=0);

this should only affect customized components

inputs are now from class menuIn, derived from Stream but including flag functions for field axis inversion per input class.

3.0

complete revision of menu control system
- menu structure separated in ram objects and flash objects
- using separate navigation control objects navNode
- central navigation control object navRoot
- using event for all menu objects (focus, blur, enter, exit).
- multiple panels
- color enumeration at base level
- multiple output devices in parallel
- define exit as regular option
- limiting text width to prevent overflow

2.4

support for teensy (tested on 3.2)
new field type SELECT
reflexivity, fields reflect external changes to values
store field strings to progmem
automatic use of RAM on system without PROGMEM

2.3

action functions now need to return bool (only affects menus)

false = continue menu

true = exit menu

Support for U8GLib screens
alternative use ClickEncoder
using flash memory to store menu strings and lists (PROGMEM)

2.0

non-blocking menu main cycle
Menufields as menu prompts with associated value values can be: numeric withing range list of values toggled on click (for small lists) list of values selected as submenu (for longer lists)
PCINT now supports Mega/2560 and possibly others

1.x

basic menu functionality

fa1ke5/ArduinoMenu