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µ
V
G
A
-PICASO-
MD1
45
13
Power-Up Reset
When the
µ
V
G
A
-PICASO-
MD1
comes out of a power up reset it initialises the Video
Graphics RAM and the internal Display registers. Allow up to 500ms before attempting to
communicate with the module
.
The power up sequence of events should be as follows:
Allow 500ms after power-up for module to settle. Do not attempt to communicate
with the module during this period. The
µ
V
G
A
-PICASO-
MD1
may send garbage on
its Tx Data line during this period, the host should disable its Rx Data reception.
Within 100ms of powering up, the host should make sure it has its Tx line pulled
HIGH. If the host Tx (
µ
V
G
A
-PICASO-
MD1
Rx) is LOW or floating after the 100ms
period, the module may misinterpret this as the START bit and lock onto some
undesired Baud Rate. If the host has a slow wake up time, i.e. less than 100ms, its
Tx line maybe floating. This can be easily resolved by adding a pull up resistor on
the host Tx line which will ensure the module does not encounter a false START bit.
The pull up resistor can be any value within 10K to 100K.
The host must transmit the ASCII ‘U’ (capital
U
,
55
hex) as the first command so the
module can lock onto the host’s serial baud rate. This is called “
Auto Bauding
”. The
module will respond with an ‘
ACK
’ (06h). See section 7.
The module is now ready to accept screen function commands from the host.