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STM32F7 interfacing 7'' Rocktech LCD problem

mvugs9
Associate II
Posted on January 30, 2016 at 16:52

Hello Guys,

I've currently designed a board with an STM32F756IGT6. Connected to the board is an 7'' LCD from Rocktech. Same manufacturer as the 4.3'' LCD's that can be found on the stm32F7 discovery boards. I'm now trying to get the LCD to work. It's connected with a 18 bit RGB interface and i'm using the Sync connection mode. Not the DE connection. I have the display partially working because I can set background colors successful. Now I was trying to put some pixels in the screen to verify the timing is correct. I adapted the STEMWIN hello world example from the discovery board to my board and tried to show the helllo world. But all I get is some random lines. I think the timing for the back porch etc is not correct. In the datasheet of the LCD I find these parameters: 0690X00000605IaQAI.png If i'm correct then these should be the settings for the LTDC controller:

void MX_LTDC_Init(void)
{
LTDC_LayerCfgTypeDef pLayerCfg;
LTDC_LayerCfgTypeDef pLayerCfg1;
hltdc.Instance = LTDC;
hltdc.Init.HSPolarity = LTDC_HSPOLARITY_AL;
hltdc.Init.VSPolarity = LTDC_VSPOLARITY_AL;
hltdc.Init.DEPolarity = LTDC_DEPOLARITY_AL;
hltdc.Init.PCPolarity = LTDC_PCPOLARITY_IPC;
hltdc.Init.HorizontalSync = 1;
hltdc.Init.VerticalSync = 1;
hltdc.Init.AccumulatedHBP = 45;
hltdc.Init.AccumulatedVBP = 22;
hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveW = 845;
hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveH = 502;
hltdc.Init.TotalWidth = 1055;
hltdc.Init.TotalHeigh = 634;
hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Blue = 255;
hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Green = 0;
hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Red = 0;
HAL_LTDC_Init(&hltdc);
pLayerCfg.WindowX0 = 0;
pLayerCfg.WindowX1 = 0;
pLayerCfg.WindowY0 = 0;
pLayerCfg.WindowY1 = 0;
pLayerCfg.PixelFormat = LTDC_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB8888;
pLayerCfg.Alpha = 0;
pLayerCfg.Alpha0 = 0;
pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor1 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR1_CA;
pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor2 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR2_CA;
pLayerCfg.FBStartAdress = 0;
pLayerCfg.ImageWidth = 0;
pLayerCfg.ImageHeight = 0;
pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Green = 0;
pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Red = 0;
HAL_LTDC_ConfigLayer(&hltdc, &pLayerCfg, 0);
pLayerCfg1.WindowX0 = 0;
pLayerCfg1.WindowX1 = 0;
pLayerCfg1.WindowY0 = 0;
pLayerCfg1.WindowY1 = 0;
pLayerCfg1.PixelFormat = LTDC_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB8888;
pLayerCfg1.Alpha = 0;
pLayerCfg1.Alpha0 = 0;
pLayerCfg1.BlendingFactor1 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR1_CA;
pLayerCfg1.BlendingFactor2 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR2_CA;
pLayerCfg1.FBStartAdress = 0;
pLayerCfg1.ImageWidth = 0;
pLayerCfg1.ImageHeight = 0;
pLayerCfg1.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
pLayerCfg1.Backcolor.Green = 0;
pLayerCfg1.Backcolor.Red = 0;
HAL_LTDC_ConfigLayer(&hltdc, &pLayerCfg1, 1);

Could someone verify or check if these are the right settings? Or maybe someone has already used this kind of screen. Also is there a way to simply put some pixels on the screen? to verify everything is right? Thank you verify much! #stm32f7-ltdc-7
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mvugs9
Associate II
Posted on February 03, 2016 at 22:35

Or are there some basic functions for the LTDC interface like draw_line or draw_rectangle without the use of the STemwin library just to verify I have hsync or vsync problems? Because that way I could solve some sync issues?