Element4 LCD8000-97C User manual

LCD8000-97C
9.7” LVDS LCD Display Module
By
User Manual
Version 1.2
30
h
Jun 2014

Revision His ory:
Version Da e Descrip ion
1.0 10/12/2013 Original Version
1.1 20/05/2014 Minor Update
1.2 30/06/2014 Added RIoTboard s pport

Table of Con en s
1 Produc Overview ....................................................................... 1
1.1 Packing List ................................................................................ 1
2 Hardware Fea ures ..................................................................... 2
2.1 Operational Parameters ............................................................... 2
3 Using LCD8000-97C on RIoTboard .............................................. 3
3.1 Req irements ............................................................................. 3
3.2 Hardware Connections ................................................................. 3
3.3 Software Config ration ................................................................ 5
4 Using LCD8000-97C wi h SABRE Li e .......................................... 7
4.1 Req irements ............................................................................. 7
4.2 Hardware Connections ................................................................. 7
4.3 Software Config ration ................................................................ 8
5 Using LCD8000-97C wi h he MarS Board ................................. 11
5.1 Req irements ........................................................................... 11
5.2 Hardware Connections ............................................................... 11
5.3 Software Config ration .............................................................. 12

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1Produc Overview
The LCD8000-97C is a 9.7” capacitive m lti-to ch* LCD mod le developed
by element14 for se with the MarS Board - a s per ARM DIY platform, and
SABRE Lite. The LCD8000-97C has an LVDS interface and s pports a
resol tion of p to 1024x768 and 260,000 colo rs. Its m lti-to ch screen
brings an enhanced experience to the sers of the MarS Board and the
SABRE Lite.
1.1 Packing Lis
 LCD8000-97C
 Mini HDMI C-to-C Cable (for RIoTboard & Mars Board)
 LVDS Cable (for SABRE Lite)
* Multi-touch is available only while using an Android operating system, Linux
Operating Systems will only allow single touch.

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2Hardware Fea ures
• 9.7” TFT Screen
• Resol tion of 1024x768, 260,000 colo rs
• S pports LVDS Signals
• M lti-To ch Capacitive To ch-Screen
2.1 Opera ional Parame ers
• Operating Ambient Temperat re: 0°C ~ +50°C
• Storage Temperat re: -25°C ~ +65°C
• Operating H midity: 20% - 90%
• Dimension: 239mm x 185mm
• Power S pply: +5V (provided by MarS Board or SABRE Lite)

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3Using LCD8000-97C on
RIoTboard
This section details the hardware and software req ired and the proced re
that m st be ndertaken to se the LCD8000-97C with the RIoTboard.
3.1 Requiremen s
• RIoTboard
• LCD8000-97C
• UART8000-U
• 5V PSU
• Mini HDMI C to C cable (incl ded with the LCD8000-97C)
• Latest Android or Lin x Image from:
 www.element14.com/riotboard
3.2 Hardware Connec ions
1. Use the LVDS cable provided with the prod ct to connect the Mini HDMI
interface on LCD8000-97C to the LVDS interface on the RIoTboard as
shown below
Figure 1 Connections between RIoTboard and LCD8000-97C

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2. Connect the red, green and black wires of UART8000-U to the
corresponding pins of the J18 connector on the RIoTboard as ill strated
in the following fig re
Figure 2 Diagram for Connection of RIoTboard and UART8000-U Hardware
3. Connect the 5V power adaptor to the development board, the complete
hardware connection can be seen below:
Figure 3 Complete hardware connection

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3.3 Sof ware Configura ion
1. The latest images and so rce code for Lin x and Android on RIoTboard
have been pdated to provide s pport for the LCD8000-97C. They are
available from:
 http://www.element14.com/riotboard
2. Please refer to the RIoTboard User Man al for more information on
pdating the Android/Lin x images on the RIoTboard.
3. After the pdate process is complete, please reboot the RIoTboard,
when yo see “Hit any key to stop a toboot” in yo r terminal window
press any key on PC’s keyboard to enter -boot.
U-Boot 2009.08-dirty (Oct 17 2013 - 17:08:06)
CPU: Freescale i.MX6 family TO1.1 at 792 MHz
Thermal sensor with ratio = 201
Temperature: 42 C, calibration data 0x5f55765f
mx6q pll1: 792MHz
mx6q pll2: 528MHz
mx6q pll3: 480MHz
mx6q pll8: 50MHz
ipg clock : 66000000Hz
ipg per clock : 66000000Hz
uart clock : 80000000Hz
cspi clock : 60000000Hz
ahb clock : 132000000Hz
axi clock : 198000000Hz
emi_slow clock: 99000000Hz
ddr clock : 396000000Hz
usdhc1 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc2 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc3 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc4 clock : 198000000Hz
nfc clock : 24000000Hz
Board: i.MX6DL/Solo-SABRESD: unknown-board Board: 0x61011 [POR ]
Boot Device: MMC
I2C: ready
DRAM: 1 GB

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MMC: FSL_USDHC: 0,FSL_USDHC: 1,FSL_USDHC: 2,FSL_USDHC: 3
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: got MAC address from IIM: 00:00:00:00:00:00
----enet_board_init: phy reset
FEC0 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 (Hit any key to enter U-boot)
MX6Solo RIoTboard U-Boot >
4. Exec te the following instr ctions to set the correct display mode for the
LCD8000-97C:
 MX6Solo RIoTboard U-Boot > setenv bootargs console=ttymxc1,115200
init=/init nosmp video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb,bpp=32 video=mxcfb1:off fbmem=10M
vmalloc=400M androidboot.console=ttymxc1 androidboot.hardware=freescale
MX6Solo RIoTboard U-Boot > saveenv
No e:
C rrently the LCD8000-97C only s pports single to ch inp t when sed with a
Lin x environment.
5. Reboot the RIoTboard again and the system will now f nction correctly.

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4Using LCD8000-97C wi h SABRE
Li e
This section details the hardware and software req ired and the proced re
that m st be ndertaken to se the LCD8000-97C with the SABRE Lite.
4.1 Requiremen s
• SABRE Lite
• LCD8000-97C
• Serial Cable (incl ded with the SABRE Lite)
• 5V PSU (incl ded with the SABRE Lite)
• LVDS Cable (incl ded with the LCD8000-97C)
• Latest Android or Lin x Image from:
 www.element14.com/imx6
4.2 Hardware Connec ions
1. Use the LVDS cable provided with the prod ct to connect the Mini HDMI
interface on the LCD8000-97C to the LVDS and I
2
C interfaces on the
SABRE Lite as shown below:
Figure 4 Connections between SABRE Lite and LCD8000-97C

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2. Use the serial cable provided with the SABRE Lite to connect the serial
interface on the device to yo r PC. Now insert the TF card loaded with
Lin x or Android image into the SABRE Lite micro-SD card slot and
connect a 5V/4A power s pply to finish the hardware connection as
shown below:
Figure 5 Complete hardware connection
4.3 Sof ware Configura ion
1. The latest images and so rce code for Lin x and Android on the SABRE
Lite have been pdated to provide s pport for the LCD8000-97C. They
are available from:
 www.element14.com/iMX6
2. Please refer to the Sabre Lite User Man al and Q ick Start G ide for
more information on how to pdate the Android/Lin x images on the
board.
3. After pdating is done, please reboot the SABRE Lite and press any key
on PC’s keyboard to enter -boot when yo see “Hit any key to stop
a toboot” in yo r terminal window:

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U-Boot 2009.08 (Nov 13 2013 - 11:06:28)
CPU: Freescale i.MX6 family TO1.2 at 792 MHz
Temperature: 42 C, calibration data 0x5764fd69
mx6q pll1: 792MHz
mx6q pll2: 528MHz
mx6q pll3: 480MHz
mx6q pll8: 50MHz
ipg clock : 66000000Hz
ipg per clock : 66000000Hz
uart clock : 80000000Hz
cspi clock : 60000000Hz
ahb clock : 132000000Hz
axi clock : 264000000Hz
emi_slow clock: 132000000Hz
ddr clock : 528000000Hz
usdhc1 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc2 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc3 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc4 clock : 198000000Hz
nfc clock : 24000000Hz
Board: MX6Q-SABRELITE:[ POR]
Boot Device: I2C
I2C: ready
DRAM: 1 GB
MMC: FSL_USDHC: 0,FSL_USDHC: 1
JEDEC ID: 0xbf:0x25:0x41
Reading SPI NOR flash 0xc0000 [0x2000 bytes] -> ram 0x276009b8
SUCCESS
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: got MAC address from IIM: 00:00:00:00:00:00
FEC0 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 (press any key to enter uboot)
MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot >
4. Exec te the following instr ctions to set the display mode for the 9.7“
LVDS LCD:

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setenv bootargs console=ttymxc1,115200 init=/init rw
video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb, LDB-XGA,if=RGB666 fbmem=10M vmalloc=400M
androidboot.console=ttymxc1
saveenv
No e:
At present, the to ch screen of LCD8000-97C only s pports single point to ch
on Lin x based systems
5. Reboot the SABRE Lite again and the system will now f nction correctly.

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5Using LCD8000-97C wi h he
MarS Board
This section details the hardware and software req ired and the proced re
that m st be ndertaken to se the LCD8000-97C with the MarS Board.
5.1 Requiremen s
• MarS Board
• LCD8000-97C
• USB Mini B to A Cable
• 5V PSU
• Mini HDMI C to C cable (incl ded with the LCD8000-97C)
• Latest Android or Lin x Image from:
 www.element14.com/imx6
5.2 Hardware Connec ions
1. Use the Mini HDMI cable provided with the prod ct to connect the LVDS
interface on the MarS Board to the Mini HDMI interface on the
LCD8000-97C as shown below:
Figure 6 Connection between MarS Board and LCD8000-97C

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2. Use a (Type Mini B Male to Type A Male) USB cable to connect the USB
deb gging interface on the MarS Board to a USB interface on yo r PC,
and then connect a 5V power s pply to the board to finish the hardware
connections as shown below:
Figure 7 Complete hardware connection
5.3 Sof ware Configura ion
1. The latest images and so rce code for Lin x and Android on the MarS
Board have been pdated to s pport the LCD8000-97C.
2. For download please visit: www.element14.com/iMX6
3. Please refer to the MarS Board User Man al for detailed instr ctions on
how to pdate the Lin x/Android images on the board.
4. After pdating is done, please reboot the MarS Board and press any key
on yo r PC’s keyboard to enter -boot when yo see “Hit any key to stop
a toboot” in yo r terminal window:

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U-Boot 2009.08-svn1 (Mar 14 2013 - 14:07:49)
CPU: Freescale i.MX6 family TO0.0 at 792 MHz
Temperature: 51 C, calibration data 0x58150469
mx6q pll1: 792MHz
mx6q pll2: 528MHz
mx6q pll3: 480MHz
mx6q pll8: 50MHz
ipg clock : 66000000Hz
ipg per clock : 66000000Hz
uart clock : 80000000Hz
cspi clock : 60000000Hz
ahb clock : 132000000Hz
axi clock : 264000000Hz
emi_slow clock: 29333333Hz
ddr clock : 528000000Hz
usdhc1 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc2 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc3 clock : 198000000Hz
usdhc4 clock : 198000000Hz
nfc clock : 24000000Hz
Board: MX6Q-MARSBOARD:[ POR]
Boot Device: I2C
I2C: ready
DRAM: 1 GB
MMC: FSL_USDHC: 0,FSL_USDHC: 1
JEDEC ID: 0xbf:0x25:0x41
Reading SPI NOR flash 0xc0000 [0x2000 bytes] -> ram 0x276009b8
SUCCESS
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: got MAC address from IIM: 00:00:00:00:00:00
----enet_board_init: phy reset
FEC0 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 (press any key to enter uboot)
MX6Q MARSBOARD U-Boot >

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5. Exec te the following instr ctions to set the display mode for the
9.7-inch LVDS LCD;
setenv bootargs console=ttymxc1,115200 init=/init rw
video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb, LDB-XGA,if=RGB666 fbmem=10M vmalloc=400M
androidboot.console=ttymxc1
saveenv
No e:
At present, the to ch screen of LCD8000-97C only s pports single point to ch
on a Lin x based system
6. Reboot the MarS Board again and the system will now f nction correctly.