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Scroll List flickering

walidhmz
Associate II

Hello everyone,

I’m working on a custom board built around the STM32F769BIT6. I’ve configured the SDRAM timings according to the datasheet and set the LTDC to RGB888. The same TouchGFX project runs flawlessly on the STM32F769I-Discovery board, but on my custom hardware the display begins to flicker whenever I scroll through a list.

Has anyone run into this before, or can you suggest where I should focus my debugging? Below are my SDRAM and LTDC settings. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

SDRAM timings.png

static void BSP_SDRAM_Initialization_Sequence(SDRAM_HandleTypeDef *hsdram, FMC_SDRAM_CommandTypeDef *Command)
{
  __IO uint32_t tmpmrd =0;
  /* Step 3:  Configure a clock configuration enable command */
  Command->CommandMode = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_CLK_ENABLE;
  Command->CommandTarget = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_TARGET_BANK1;
  Command->AutoRefreshNumber = 1;
  Command->ModeRegisterDefinition = 0;

  /* Send the command */
  HAL_SDRAM_SendCommand(hsdram, Command, SDRAM_TIMEOUT);

  /* Step 4: Insert 100 us minimum delay */
  /* Inserted delay is equal to 1 ms due to systick time base unit (ms) */
  HAL_Delay(1);

  /* Step 5: Configure a PALL (precharge all) command */
  Command->CommandMode = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_PALL;
  Command->CommandTarget = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_TARGET_BANK1;
  Command->AutoRefreshNumber = 1;
  Command->ModeRegisterDefinition = 0;

  /* Send the command */
  HAL_SDRAM_SendCommand(hsdram, Command, SDRAM_TIMEOUT);

  /* Step 6 : Configure a Auto-Refresh command */
  Command->CommandMode = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_AUTOREFRESH_MODE;
  Command->CommandTarget = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_TARGET_BANK1;
  Command->AutoRefreshNumber = 8;
  Command->ModeRegisterDefinition = 0;

  /* Send the command */
  HAL_SDRAM_SendCommand(hsdram, Command, SDRAM_TIMEOUT);

  /* Step 7: Program the external memory mode register */
  tmpmrd = (uint32_t)SDRAM_MODEREG_BURST_LENGTH_1          |
                     SDRAM_MODEREG_BURST_TYPE_SEQUENTIAL   |
                     SDRAM_MODEREG_CAS_LATENCY_2           |
                     SDRAM_MODEREG_OPERATING_MODE_STANDARD |
                     SDRAM_MODEREG_WRITEBURST_MODE_SINGLE;

  Command->CommandMode = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_LOAD_MODE;
  Command->CommandTarget = FMC_SDRAM_CMD_TARGET_BANK1;
  Command->AutoRefreshNumber = 1;
  Command->ModeRegisterDefinition = tmpmrd;

  /* Send the command */
  HAL_SDRAM_SendCommand(hsdram, Command, SDRAM_TIMEOUT);

  /* Step 8: Set the refresh rate counter */
  /* (15.62 us x Freq) - 20 */
  /* Set the device refresh counter */
  hsdram->Instance->SDRTR |= ((uint32_t)((1542)<< 1));

}
/* USER CODE END 0 */

SDRAM_HandleTypeDef hsdram1;

/* FMC initialization function */
void MX_FMC_Init(void)
{
  /* USER CODE BEGIN FMC_Init 0 */

  /* USER CODE END FMC_Init 0 */

  FMC_SDRAM_TimingTypeDef SdramTiming = {0};

  /* USER CODE BEGIN FMC_Init 1 */

  /* USER CODE END FMC_Init 1 */

  /** Perform the SDRAM1 memory initialization sequence
  */
  hsdram1.Instance = FMC_SDRAM_DEVICE;
  /* hsdram1.Init */
  hsdram1.Init.SDBank = FMC_SDRAM_BANK1;
  hsdram1.Init.ColumnBitsNumber = FMC_SDRAM_COLUMN_BITS_NUM_8;
  hsdram1.Init.RowBitsNumber = FMC_SDRAM_ROW_BITS_NUM_12;
  hsdram1.Init.MemoryDataWidth = FMC_SDRAM_MEM_BUS_WIDTH_32;
  hsdram1.Init.InternalBankNumber = FMC_SDRAM_INTERN_BANKS_NUM_4;
  hsdram1.Init.CASLatency = FMC_SDRAM_CAS_LATENCY_2;
  hsdram1.Init.WriteProtection = FMC_SDRAM_WRITE_PROTECTION_DISABLE;
  hsdram1.Init.SDClockPeriod = FMC_SDRAM_CLOCK_PERIOD_2;
  hsdram1.Init.ReadBurst = FMC_SDRAM_RBURST_ENABLE;
  hsdram1.Init.ReadPipeDelay = FMC_SDRAM_RPIPE_DELAY_0;
  /* SdramTiming */
  SdramTiming.LoadToActiveDelay = 2;
  SdramTiming.ExitSelfRefreshDelay = 6;
  SdramTiming.SelfRefreshTime = 4;
  SdramTiming.RowCycleDelay = 6;
  SdramTiming.WriteRecoveryTime = 2;
  SdramTiming.RPDelay = 2;
  SdramTiming.RCDDelay = 2;

  if (HAL_SDRAM_Init(&hsdram1, &SdramTiming) != HAL_OK)
  {
    Error_Handler( );
  }

  /* USER CODE BEGIN FMC_Init 2 */
  FMC_SDRAM_CommandTypeDef command;

  /* Program the SDRAM external device */
  BSP_SDRAM_Initialization_Sequence(&hsdram1, &command);

  //Deactivate speculative/cache access to first FMC Bank to save FMC bandwidth
  FMC_Bank1->BTCR[0] = 0x000030D2;
  /* USER CODE END FMC_Init 2 */
}

 

LCD Datasheet.png

void MX_LTDC_Init(void)
{

  /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 0 */
	  __HAL_LTDC_DISABLE(&hltdc);

  /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 0 */

  LTDC_LayerCfgTypeDef pLayerCfg = {0};

  /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 1 */

  /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 1 */
  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 = 47;
  hltdc.Init.VerticalSync = 0;
  hltdc.Init.AccumulatedHBP = 87;
  hltdc.Init.AccumulatedVBP = 31;
  hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveW = 887;
  hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveH = 511;
  hltdc.Init.TotalWidth = 927;
  hltdc.Init.TotalHeigh = 524;
  hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
  hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Green = 0;
  hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Red = 0;
  if (HAL_LTDC_Init(&hltdc) != HAL_OK)
  {
    Error_Handler();
  }
  pLayerCfg.WindowX0 = 0;
  pLayerCfg.WindowX1 = 800;
  pLayerCfg.WindowY0 = 0;
  pLayerCfg.WindowY1 = 480;
  pLayerCfg.PixelFormat = LTDC_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB888;
  pLayerCfg.Alpha = 255;
  pLayerCfg.Alpha0 = 0;
  pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor1 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR1_CA;
  pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor2 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR2_CA;
  pLayerCfg.FBStartAdress = 0xC0000000;
  pLayerCfg.ImageWidth = 800;
  pLayerCfg.ImageHeight = 480;
  pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
  pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Green = 0;
  pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Red = 0;
  if (HAL_LTDC_ConfigLayer(&hltdc, &pLayerCfg, 0) != HAL_OK)
  {
    Error_Handler();
  }
  /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 2 */

    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_DISP_GPIO_Port, LCD_DISP_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
    HAL_Delay(20);

    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_RESET_GPIO_Port, LCD_RESET_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
    HAL_Delay(20);
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_RESET_GPIO_Port, LCD_RESET_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
    HAL_Delay(20);

    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_INIT_GPIO_Port, LCD_INIT_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
    HAL_Delay(10);
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_INIT_GPIO_Port, LCD_INIT_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
    HAL_Delay(30);

    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_DISP_GPIO_Port, LCD_DISP_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
    HAL_Delay(20);

    HAL_LTDC_Reload(&hltdc, LTDC_RELOAD_VERTICAL_BLANKING);
    __HAL_LTDC_ENABLE(&hltdc);

  /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 2 */

}

For reference, i have set HCLK to 200MHz and the LCD pixel clock to 29.2MHz.

 

 

 

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