Tuya95

Windows 95 inspired embedded desktop for TuyaOpen on the T5 AI development board.

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Overview

Item	Details
Platform	TuyaOpen T5AI
Display	480×320 landscape desktop UI
UI stack	LVGL v9 with custom Win95 styling
Input	Touch, on-screen keyboard, USB HID keyboard and mouse
Theme	Windows 95 style boot flow, desktop, dialogs, icons, taskbar and screensaver
Focus	Nostalgic Win95 UX adapted to an embedded TuyaOpen board

Screenshot Gallery

Before BIOS	BIOS Setup	Win95 Boot

Desktop	Browser	3D Pipes Screensaver	About / System

Feature Matrix

Area	Module	What it does
Boot flow	Pre-BIOS screen	Simulates the black pre-BIOS stage with Energy Star branding before firmware UI appears.
Boot flow	BIOS setup utility	Provides a retro setup screen for network and authorization related configuration flow.
Boot flow	Win95 boot splash	Shows a Windows 95 style startup screen before entering the desktop shell.
Shell	Desktop	Full-screen Win95 desktop with pixel-style icons, classic teal wallpaper, taskbar, tray clock and Start menu.
Shell	Start menu	Includes Navigator, Notepad, MS-DOS, My Computer, Dial-Up, About, BIOS Setup and Shut Down entries.
Shell	Cursor policy	Hides the mouse during early boot and screensaver states, then restores it for desktop interaction.
System	My Computer	Multi-tab system window with General, Disk, Time Zone and Screen pages.
System	General tab	Mimics Win95 System Properties with machine summary, branding and board information.
System	Disk tab	Browses /sdcard, shows mount state, capacity hints and basic file operations for the TF card.
System	Time Zone tab	Lets the user choose and apply a timezone used by the desktop clock and DOS time output.
System	Screen tab	Hosts the Win95 style 3D Pipes screensaver settings and full-screen preview entry point.
Screensaver	3D Pipes	Full-screen animated pipes renderer tuned for the classic Win95 OpenGL screensaver feel.
Networking	Dial-Up Networking	Provides Wi-Fi direct connect and a Tuya pairing page for PID, UUID and AuthKey setup.
Networking	Network Neighborhood	Scans nearby Wi-Fi APs and performs a simple LAN TCP port 80 sweep.
Networking	Tray indicator	Shows a Win95 style network tray icon when Wi-Fi is connected.
Time	NTP sync	Syncs time after network connection and updates the tray clock accordingly.
Browser	Tuya Navigator	Embedded retro browser with address bar, history-style navigation and Win95 window chrome.
Browser	HTTP stack	Uses a raw-socket HTTP/1.0 client plus a TLS wrapper for HTTPS-capable browsing.
Browser	HTML renderer	Supports a compact subset of HTML suitable for simple and early web pages.
Browser	JavaScript subset	Includes a tiny interpreter with arithmetic, functions, loops, document.write, alert, Math, string ops and basic DOM-style hooks.
Productivity	Notepad	Full-screen text editor with local KV persistence, save/new/delete actions and Recycle Bin integration.
Productivity	MS-DOS Prompt	Retro terminal with commands such as HELP, VER, CLS, DIR, ECHO, DATE, TIME, SET, MEM, IPCONFIG, CD, PING and EXIT.
Productivity	Soft keyboard	Win95 style on-screen keyboard for text fields, including MS-DOS, browser and config forms.
Utilities	Task Manager	Displays task list, CPU usage, memory usage, handles and thread counters.
Utilities	Disk Defragmenter	Animated Win95 style defrag simulation with progress feedback.
Utilities	Recycle Bin	Stores deleted content and supports restore or empty actions.
Media	Winamp	Plays 16 kHz / 16-bit / mono WAV files from /sdcard/music with a Winamp-inspired interface.
Games	Minesweeper	Playable Win95 style 9×9 minesweeper with timer and mine counter.
Games	Spider Solitaire	Single-suit Spider Solitaire with stock dealing, score tracking and completion detection.
Platform	USB HID	Supports external USB keyboard and mouse through the platform USB host layer.
Platform	Storage	Mounts the TF card on /sdcard after desktop boot to avoid early boot pin conflicts.

Controls

Input	Behavior
Touch	Open icons, press Start, switch tabs, click buttons and interact with games/windows.
On-screen keyboard	Appears for editable fields such as MS-DOS, browser address bar and config dialogs.
USB keyboard / mouse	Works through the HID host integration once the desktop is initialized.
Screensaver preview	Launch from My Computer > Screen > Preview; tap to exit the full-screen saver.

Build

| Step | Command | | 1 | tos.py build |

Project Layout

Path	Purpose
src/bios_ui.c	Pre-BIOS and BIOS setup screens
src/win95_desktop.c	Desktop shell, taskbar, Start menu and boot splash
src/win95_mypc.c	My Computer / System Properties window
src/win95_pipes.c	3D Pipes screensaver renderer and full-screen preview
src/win95_ie.c	Tuya Navigator browser UI
src/win95_html.c	Minimal HTML renderer
src/win95_js.c	Minimal JavaScript interpreter
src/win95_dialup.c	Wi-Fi connect and Tuya pairing pages
src/win95_dos.c	MS-DOS Prompt emulator
src/win95_notepad.c	Notepad editor
src/win95_net.c	Network Neighborhood
src/win95_taskmgr.c	Task Manager
src/win95_mine.c	Minesweeper
src/win95_spider.c	Spider Solitaire
src/win95_winamp.c	Winamp-style WAV player
src/win95_logos.c	Pixel-art logos and icon assets

Notes

Topic	Details
Resolution	The UI is tuned for a 480×320 landscape panel.
Storage	Audio and file browsing expect a mounted TF card at /sdcard.
Network	Best results come after Wi-Fi connection so clock sync, browser and pairing features can be exercised.
Visual goal	The project targets Win95 flavor first, not a modern flat reinterpretation.