Module Overview
11-6
Table 11–1.
Interface to LCD Panel Signal Descriptions
Name
Type
Destination
Description
LCD.P[15:0]
Out
LCD panel
display
I/O pins used to transfer either four, eight, or sixteen data
values at a time to the LCD display. For monochrome displays,
each signal represents a pixel; for passive color displays,
groupings of three signals represent one pixel (red, green, and
blue). LCD.P[3:0] are used for monochrome displays of 2, 4,
and 8 BPP; LCD.P[7:0] is used for color STN displays and
LCD.P[15:0] is used for active (TFT) mode.
LCD.PCLK
Out
LCD panel
display
Pixel clock used by the LCD display to clock the pixel data into
the line shift register. In passive mode, pixel clock only
transitions when valid data is available on the data lines. In
active mode, the pixel clock transitions continuously and the
ac-bias pin is used as an output enable to signal when data is
available on the LCD pins.
LCD.HS
Out
LCD panel
display
Line clock used by the LCD display to signal the end of a line of
pixels that transfers line data from the shift register to the
screen and to increment the line pointer(s). Also used by TFT
displays as the horizontal synchronization signal.
LCD.VS
Out
LCD panel
display
Frame clock used by the LCD displays to signal the start of a
new frame of pixels. Also used by TFT displays as the vertical
synchronization signal.
LCD.AC
Out
LCD panel
display
ac-bias used to signal the LCD display to switch the polarity of
the power supplies to the row and column axis of the screen to
counteract DC offset. Used in TFT mode as the output enable
to signal when data is latched from the data pins using the pixel
clock.