Embest LCD8000-97C User manual

LCD8000-97C
Operation Guide
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Table of Contents
Product Overview ..............................................................................................................1
1. Packing List .......................................................................................................1
2. Hardware Specifications....................................................................................1
3. Electrical Specifications.....................................................................................1
Connecting to MarS Board ...............................................................................................2
1. Hardware Connections......................................................................................2
2. Software Configurations....................................................................................3
Connecting to SABRE Lite ...............................................................................................5
1. Hardware Connections......................................................................................5
2. Software Configurations....................................................................................6
Technical Support and Warranty......................................................................................9

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Product Overview
LCD8000-97C is a 9.7-inch capacitive touch-screen developed by Embest Technology for
use with MarS Board –a supper ARM DIY platform and SABRE Lite. LCD8000-97C has a
LVDS interface and supports a resolution of up to 1024x768 and a 260,000 colors. Its
multi-touch screen brings better experience to the users of MarS Board and SABRE Lite.
1. Packing List
LCD8000-97C×1
Mini HDMI C-to-C Cable Dedicated for Mars Board (for LVDS signal
transmission) ×1
LVDS Cable Dedicated for SABRE Lite×1
2. Hardware Specifications
9.7-inch TFT Screen
Resolution of 1024*768, 260,000 colors
Supporting LVDS Signal
Multi-Touch Capacitive Touch-Screen
3. Electrical Specifications
Operating Ambient Temperature: 0℃~ +50℃
Storage Temperature: -25℃~ +65℃
Operating Humidity: 20% - 90%
Dimension: 239mm x 185mm
Power Supply: +5V(provided by MarS Board or SABRE Lite)

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Using LCD8000-97C on MarS Board
1. Hardware Connections
1）Use the Mini HDMI cable provided with the product to connect the LVDS
interface on MarS Board to the Mini HDMI interface on LCD8000-97C as shown
below;
Figure 1 Connection between MarS Board and LCD8000-97C
2）Use a (Type Mini B Male to Type A Male) USB cable to connect the USB
debugging interface on MarS Board to a USB interface on your PC, and then
connect a 5V power supply to the board to finish hardware connections as
shown below;

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Figure 2 Complete hardware connection
2. Software Configurations
1）The latest images and source code for Linux and Android on MarS Board have
been able to support LCD8000-97C; Please visit to download them;
2）Please refer to Chapter 4 in the User Manual of MarS Board to update
Linux/Android images on the board;
3）After updating is done, please reboot MarS Board and press any key on PC’s
keyboard to enter u-boot when you see “Hit any key to stop autoboot” in your
terminal window.
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

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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 >
4）Execute the following instructions 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
Note:
At present, the touch screen of LCD8000-97C only support single point touch on Linux
system
5）Reboot MarS Board again and then you can see LCD8000-97C working
properly.

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Using LCD8000-97C on SABRE Lite
1. Hardware Connections
1）Use the LVDS cable provided with the product to connect the Mini HDMI
interface on LCD8000-97C to the LVDS and IIC interfaces on SABRE Lite as
shown below;
Figure 3 Connections between SABRE Lite and LCD8000-97C
2）Use the serial cable provided with SABRE Lite to connect the serial interfaces on
the device and your PC, and then insert a TF card on SABRE Lite and connect a
5V/4A power supply to finish hardware connections as shown below;

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Figure 4 Complete hardware connection
2. Software Configurations
1）The latest images and source code for Linux and Android on SABRE Lite have
been able to support LCD8000-97C; Please visit
http://www.embest-tech.cn/shop/product/sabre-lite-development-board.html to
download them;
2）Please refer to Chapter 4.2 in the User Manual and Chapter 4 in the Quick Start
Guide of SABRE Lite for how to update Android/Linux images on the board.
3）After updating is done, please reboot SABRE Lite and press any key on PC’s
keyboard to enter u-boot when you see “Hit any key to stop autoboot” in your
terminal window.
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

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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）Execute the following instructions to set the display mode for the 9.7-in 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

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Note:
At present, the touch screen of LCD8000-97C only support single point touch on Linux
system
5）Reboot SABRE Lite again and then you can see LCD8000-97C working
properly.