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About The Contest

Every great device deserves a beautiful and smart interface — just like your CrowPanel ESP32 HMI display.
This contest is your platform to demonstrate the seamless synergy between the powerful
Elecrow ESP32 HMI Display and the intuitive SquareLine Vision/Studio editor!

Your Challenge

Design stunning UI for CrowPanel ESP32 HMI Displays using SquareLine Vision/Studio.

Why join?

● Turn your CrowPanel display into a visual masterpiece!

● Win fantastic prizes and the total prize pool exceeds $2,400.

● Outstanding designs will be showcased in Elecrow and SquareLine's global marketing campaigns, becoming classic promotional case studies.

What is SquareLine Vision?

SquareLine Vision's intuitive drag-and-drop interface lets users design beautiful, functional UIs faster than ever before. Accelerate your competition entry by instantly generating production-ready code from your visual designs, eliminating tedious manual implementation steps.
SquareLine Vision will allow you to achieve professional results, rapid iterations resulting in quick and efficient builds for your target hardware!
Register for free, select your board and start creating today!

What is Elecrow ESP32 HMI Display?

The Elecrow ESP32 HMI Display combines a high-quality LCD, a capacitive touchscreen, and a powerful ESP32 microcontroller on a single board.

● The Basic Series covers screen sizes from 1.28" (240x240 round rotary touch screens) to 7" (800x480 RGB TFT), including specialized options.

● The Advanced Series focuses more on superior performance, AI functions, and modular design, offering 2.4"-7" IPS screens, ESP32-S3/ESP32-P4 chips, replaceable wireless modules (WiFi 6, Thread/Zigbee).

Applications span IoT, Smart Home (Home Assistant/ESPHome), Industrial Control, Automotive HMI and more. It targets developers, makers, and hobbyists (professionals to beginners)

Try UI Demos Now

Open the example below to explore some UI demos.

Smartwatch 2
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Smartwatch 2
Simple smartwatch demo with a few screens
3D Printer
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3D Printer
This demo presents a 3d printer UI in 3 screens
Audio mixer
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Audio mixer
In this demo you will find a once audio mixer
EV charger
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EV charger
In this demo, you will see a EV charger demo
Coffee machine demo
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Coffee machine demo
Modern coffee maker UI, guides you through the entire coffee brewing process
Crypto POS terminal
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Crypto POS terminal
In this demo you will see a POS terminal where you can pay with crypto currency

Key Dates

Your Preparation

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1. Software Tools:

Please use SquareLine Vision / SquareLine Studio for UI design.

2. Hardware Tools:

Please use the Elecrow CrowPanel ESP32 HMI Display, and your UI design will ultimately be demonstrated on it. Please prepare any one of the following displays to participate:

Prizes

Ranking Award

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Participation Reward

Submit and get a reward! Each participant will receive 300 Elecrow Coins to redeem for our gifts.

Social Media Activity Award

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How To Participate

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Prepare Your CrowPanel ESP32 HMI Display

Use an existing one or purchase one

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Design Your UI Using SquareLine Vision / Studio

Get more UI design permissions

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Submit Your Project

Click the button below

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Wait For The Results & Claim Your Reward

Within 14 working days

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Submit Now

What Should Your Project Include

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Project Introduction

For example, the project's inspiration, application scenarios, target audience, design concepts, and whether if it is a totally new design for the contest.

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Demo Video

A video (20 seconds - 2 minutes) demonstrating your UI design's actual performance on your HMI display.

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Design Code

The code for your SquareLine Vision/Studio design (please upload from the project code section).

Please add a document file with some details if needed (how to run project, any special information needed, like LVGL version used).

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Rules

  1. No restrictions on themes or application scenarios, such as smart homes, car dashboards, industrial equipment, and many more. Feel free to unleash your creativity!
  2. Projects that do not use SquareLine Vision/Studio or Elecrow HMI Display will be disqualified from this contest.
  3. Individuals and teams are welcome to participate, but please submit your project using a unique Elecrow account
  4. We welcome you to upload multiple projects, but the final ranking will only consider the best project from each participant.

  5. Your project must be original. ‘Original’ can mean independently developed new technology, entirely your own creation and implementation.

    It can also mean the reimplementation, modification, and integration of existing open-source designs, while adhering to the original license.

    Note: You must mention if the design uses an existing, or published design version or a totally new design for the contest in th e uploading notes. If plagiarism or infringement is discovered, you will be immediately disqualified, and we will not bear any joint liability.
  6. The copyright of all projects belongs to the participants, but as the organizers, Elecrow and SquareLine have the right to "promote, display, and redistribute" these projects (with credit to the authors).
  7. All cash prizes awarded are gross amounts. Winners are solely responsible for calculating and remitting any applicable local taxes, duties, or other levies associated with the prize.

Evaluation of Submissions

Part 1: Quality Score
Category Weight
Visual Design 35%
User Experience (UX) 25%
Technical Implementation 25%
Documentation 15%
Part 2: Difficulty Multiplier
Category 0.9 (Easy) 1.0 (Average) 1.2 (Hard)
Resolution ≤ 480×320 480x272-800×480 ≥ 800×480
Flash ≥ 8 MB 4-8 MB ≤ 4 MB
Average FPS ≤ 10 FPS 10-20 FPS ≥ 20 FPS
MCU Speed (MHz) ≥ 250 MHz 150-250 MHz ≤ 150 MHz
Part 3: Final Score Calculation

Your Final Score = P x M

Download A Detailed File

Our Professional Judging Panel

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Zoltan Schmidt

CEO

25 years of design and software development experience, leading the judging and evaluation process.
SquareLine
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Janos Horvath

Embedded Developer

More than 20 years of software development experience, ensures designs are fit to hardware and run well.
SquareLine
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Janos Marta

Product Designer

More than 6 years of UI/UX and software design experience, will focus on product design principles and the evaluation of the submitted user interfaces.
SquareLine
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Hugh

CTO

15 years in hardware product design, primarily responsible for conducting overall evaluation and review of product designs.
Elecrow
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Allen

Application Software
Development Manager

More than 8 years of development experience, skilled in overseeing software projects and leading development teams.
Elecrow
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Alvan

Embedded Software
Development Manager

More then 10 years of hands-on experience in software development, system design, and project architecture.
Elecrow

Contact

  • ● If you want to contact SquareLine Vision → Please contact sales@squareline.io
  • ● If you want to chat with other makers or tinkers → Welcome to join our discord (project-community-chat)

  • ● If you have any questions or feedback about this contest and our community (such as contest rules, community features, etc.)

    → Please contact doreen@elecrow.com

Thank you for your inquiry. We will reply within 1-3 business days.

Best of luck to every participant! :)

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