Watch Storyboard in Action

See how designers and developers work together to build and deploy embedded GUIs faster with Crank Storyboard.

Bring Your UI to Life in Under 10 Minutes

See how a smart home thermostat UI is created in Storyboard by importing a rich Photoshop design, adding animations and behaviors, and running it live on target hardware in under 10 minutes.

Storyboard Capabilities

Storyboard simplifies embedded GUI development with a decoupled architecture that keeps design and logic independent. Import design assets, iterate faster without re coding, create polished animations, and optimize UI performance so teams can deliver production ready interfaces with confidence.

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Import Design Content

Import designs from Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch. Re‑import changes and enhance UI.

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Manage Iterations

Update designs without re‑coding. Keep code intact while teams iterate fast and stay aligned.

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Create Animations Easily

Create polished animations using recorder, timeline playback, previews, and reverse.

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UI Optimization

Optimize performance and resource usage with insights, debugging tools, and Lua functions.

Optimize UI Performance

System Integration

Seamlessly connect your GUI and platform to define, test, and simulate events.

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MCU & MPU Compatible

Switch hardware platforms using pre‑built runtimes with no coding or compiling.

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“When we build our next product, we will be using Crank's professional services without hesitation. Crank provided the best 3rd party development team I've ever worked with. They delivered on their promises, and ensured our product launched on time. "

James Stemper

Director of Program Management, Stages Cycling

I definitely would say [Crank] exceeded our expectations. They were nailing it every time with the GUI. In parallel, they were already implementing those assets as the GUI designs iteration—which kind of caught me off guard. They were a lot further ahead in the process than we were. "

Brian Gallagher

Team lead HMI development, Aptera Motors

"Using Storyboard allowed us to create a fashionable graphical interface while optimizing power and memory budgets, among other efficiencies. The result is a hyper-modern user experience and longer battery life, empowering consumers to live smarter in different scenarios. "

Meihui Fan

CTO, Zepp Health

"We’re constantly innovating, and Storyboard lets us tweak the graphics and optimize the animations with great ease, with minimal impact on our product development cycles. In fact, our users often comment on how much they like the touch screen interface and how quick and easy it is to set up. "

Michael Holmes

Senior Software Engineer, Ventec Life Systems

"The nice thing about Storyboard was its platform independence, and the ability to run GUI applications on almost anything. We wanted to move fast and needed the option to scale to any hardware in a cost-effective way, so we chose Crank pretty quickly. "

Jeff Hochtritt

Manager of Global Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Alliance