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S1D13705 Programming Notes and Examples
X27A-G-002-03 Issue Date: 02/01/22
6.3 LCD Enable/Disable
The descriptions below cover manually powering the LCD panel up and down. Use the
sequences described in this section if the power supply connected to the panel requires
more than 127 frames to discharge on power-down, or if the panel requires starting the LCD
logic well in advance of enabling LCD power. Currently there are no known circumstances
where the LCD logic must be active well in advance of LCD power.
Note
If 127 frame period is to long, blank the display, then reprogram the Horizontal and Ver-
tical sizes to produce a shorter frame period before using these methods.
Power On/Enable Sequence
The following is a sequence for manu ally powering-up an LCD panel if LCD power had to
be applied later than LCD logic.
1. Set REG[03h] bit 3 (LCDPWR Override) to “1”. This ensures that LCD power will be
held disabled.
2. Enable LCD logic. This is done by either setting the GPIO0 pin low to disable hard-
ware power save mode and/or by setting REG[03h] bits 1-0 to “11” to disable soft-
ware power save.
3. Count “x” Vertical Non-Display Periods (OPTIONAL).
“x” corresponds the length of time LCD logic must be enabled before LCD power-up,
converted to the equivalent vertical non-display periods. For examp le, at 72 HZ co unt-
ing 36 non-display periods results in a one half second delay.
4. Set REG[03h] bit 3 to “0” to enable LCD Po wer.
Power Off/Disable Sequence
The following is a sequence for manually powering-down an LCD panel. These steps
would be used if the power supply discharge requirements are larger than the default 127
frames.
1. Set REG[03h] bit 3 (LCDPWR Override) to “1” which will disable LCD Power.
2. Count “x” Vertical Non-Display Periods.
“x” corresponds to the power supply discharge time converted to the equivalent verti-
cal non-display periods. (see the previous example)
3. Disable the LCD logic by setting the software power save in REG[03h] or setting
hardware power save via GPIO0. Keep in mind that after setting the power save mode
there will be 127 frames before the LCD logic signals are disabled.