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