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systutils/aoostar-rs: AOOSTAR WTR MAX / GEM12+ PRO LCD screen control tool

Description

systutils/aoostar-rs: AOOSTAR WTR MAX / GEM12+ PRO LCD screen control tool

asterctl is an open-source tool to control the embedded LCD screen of the
AOOSTAR WTR MAX and GEM12+ PRO mini PCs.

Features:

  • Switch the secondary display on or off
  • Display custom images (auto-scaled to 960x376, RGB565)
  • Render dynamic sensor panels compatible with AOOSTAR-X config files
  • Partial screen update support for fast refresh
  • USB device/serial port selection

The LCD screen communicates over USB UART (vendor ID 0x0416, product ID
0x90A1). On FreeBSD the device appears as /dev/cuaU0 (requires the umodem
kernel module).

All protocol commands have been reverse engineered from the original
AOOSTAR-X Windows software. No official documentation is available.

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kiwiAuthored on Mar 9 2026, 2:54 AM
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R11:05721e2fbe9b: math/octave-forge: Default option to on.
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