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Manoj Chandran
Manoj Chandran
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November 15, 2017
Question

STM32F429 interfacing- LTDC, DMA2D and SDRAM

  • November 15, 2017
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Posted on November 15, 2017 at 10:48

Hi,

We are using Tianma’s - TM070RVHG01 TFT in our design with STM32F429 processor working at  168 MHz frequency. We are using EmWin Library on RTX operating system with LTDC support. We are statically storing the required ARGB format in external SDRAM. The data is loaded from SDRAM to LTDC (STM32F4 LCD Controller) using DMA2D and FMC interface (Flexible Memory Controller – Working at 168/2 MHz).

The colour configuration is ARGB8888  and driver configuration of EmWin is GUI_LIN_32.

From datasheet we understand that minimum DCLK is 28 MHz. So we are setting the DCLK as 28 MHz and calculated the parameters for LTDC which are as follows.

From Datasheet

HSYNC Width

20

VSYNC Width

3

HBP

46

VBP

23

Active Width

800

Active Height

480

BVBP

23

HFP

210

VFP

22

Calculated Value for LTDC Register

HSW

19

VSH

2

AHBP

65

AVBP

25

AAW

865

AAH

505

TOTAL W

1075

TOTAL H

527

Issue :

 

  1. We are find Tearing Effect in the display and the same time if we probe we could find FIFO underrun issue. Please let us know the above setting as correct for 28 MHz DCLK.
  2. When we reduce the DCLK to 24 MHz the display is stable but we are facing flicker issue.

 

Is there any solution for the above problems without using multi buffer support. Also could you send  sample source running on any RTOS for reference

Thanks and Regards,

Manoj

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    8 replies

    Vitaliy Chernobay
    Vitaliy Chernobay
    Senior
    November 30, 2017
    Posted on November 30, 2017 at 16:59

    Try 180 MHz

    AVI-crak
    AVI-crak
    Senior
    December 1, 2017
    Posted on December 01, 2017 at 02:32

    800*480*60=23Mgz

    Tran Minh Cong
    Tran Minh Cong
    Associate III
    April 2, 2018
    Posted on April 02, 2018 at 04:23

    Dear every body,

    Chandran.Manoj

    Iare using LCD TFT 7 inch 800x480

    https://www.buydisplay.com/default/7-tft-lcd-touch-screen-display-module-800x480-for-mp4-gps-tablet-pc

    in our design with

    STM32F746BTG6processor working at200

    MHz frequency.

    We are usingSTemWinLibrary on RTOS operating system

    https://www.freertos.org/

    with

    LTDCsupport.

    GUIBuilder.exe software will generate gui data.

    I are statically storing the required ARGB format in external SDRAM.

    The data is loaded from SDRAM to LTDC (STM32F7 LCD Controller)using DMA2D and FMC interface(Flexible Memory Controller – Working at 200/2 MHz).

    Timing LCD TFT 7 inch from datasheet:

    http://www.buydisplay.com/download/ic/OTA7001A.pdf

    0690X0000060AMfQAM.png

    About frequency in system:

    - SDRAM: 100MHz, use same bus data 16bit with other device. Examples:nor flash.

    /* Timing configuration for 100Mhz as SD clock frequency (System clock is up to 200Mhz) */

    Timing.LoadToActiveDelay = 2;

    Timing.ExitSelfRefreshDelay = 7;

    Timing.SelfRefreshTime = 4;

    Timing.RowCycleDelay = 7;

    Timing.WriteRecoveryTime = 2;

    Timing.RPDelay = 2;

    Timing.RCDDelay = 2;

    sdramHandle.Init.SDBank = FMC_SDRAM_BANK1;

    sdramHandle.Init.ColumnBitsNumber = FMC_SDRAM_COLUMN_BITS_NUM_9;

    sdramHandle.Init.RowBitsNumber = FMC_SDRAM_ROW_BITS_NUM_13;

    sdramHandle.Init.MemoryDataWidth = SDRAM_MEMORY_WIDTH;

    sdramHandle.Init.InternalBankNumber = FMC_SDRAM_INTERN_BANKS_NUM_4;

    sdramHandle.Init.CASLatency = FMC_SDRAM_CAS_LATENCY_2;

    sdramHandle.Init.WriteProtection = FMC_SDRAM_WRITE_PROTECTION_DISABLE;

    sdramHandle.Init.SDClockPeriod = SDCLOCK_PERIOD;

    sdramHandle.Init.ReadBurst = FMC_SDRAM_RBURST_ENABLE;

    sdramHandle.Init.ReadPipeDelay = FMC_SDRAM_RPIPE_DELAY_0;

    - LTDC: 2 MHz.

    PeriphClkInitStruct.PeriphClockSelection = RCC_PERIPHCLK_LTDC;

    PeriphClkInitStruct.PLLSAI.PLLSAIN = 192;

    PeriphClkInitStruct.PLLSAI.PLLSAIR = 5;

    PeriphClkInitStruct.PLLSAIDivR = 2;

    HAL_RCCEx_PeriphCLKConfig(&PeriphClkInitStruct);

    While I'm getting data in norflash, LCD have prolems is flickering.

    I know that LTDC will gennerate data to LCD automatically after SDRAM refresh, isn't it?

    What is solution to hold data on LTDC while other device use bus data of SDRAM (16 bit data)?

    Can you tell me solutions to fix that bug, please?

    Thank you so much!

    Francessco
    Francessco
    Visitor II
    March 18, 2019

    Dear @Manoj Chandran​ 

    Did you solve this problem ?

    I'm facing the same problem with below information

    • STM32H7 MCU platform
    • Embedded wizard for GUI development, LTDC support of course
    • TFT LCD with DCLK (26.4 MHz min, 33.3 MHz Typ., 46.8 MHz max)
    • System clock configuration: 400MHz
    • SDRAM clock configuration: 100MHz

    Tearing effect in TFT LCD also occur.

    I'm very appreciate if you help me to solve it

    Thanks and best regards

    Tesla DeLorean
    Tesla DeLorean
    Guru
    March 18, 2019

    So what rate are you clocking the display?

    How wide is you SDRAM interface?

    Understand H7 quite a different beast that F429I.​

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    Francessco
    Francessco
    Visitor II
    March 18, 2019

    So what rate are you clocking the display?

    ==> 33MHz.

    How wide is you SDRAM interface?

    ==> 32 bit

    For more information, I already config Pixel clock and timings configuration as TFT LCD specification but it does not work.

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