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NXP Semiconductors UM10237
Chapter 12: LPC24XX LCD controller
6.4 RAM palette

The RAM-based palette is a 256 x 16 bit dual-port RAM physically structured as 128 x 32

bits. Two entries can be written into the palette from a single word write access. The Least

Significant Bit (LSB) of the serialized pixel data selects between upper and lower halves of

the palette RAM. The half that is selected depends on the byte ordering mode. In

little-endian mode, setting the LSB selects the upper half, but in big-endian mode, the

lower half of the palette is selected.

Table 249. RGB mode data formats
FIFO data 24-bit RGB 16-bit (1:5:5:5 RGB) 16-bit (5:6:5 RGB) 16-bit (4:4:4 RGB)
31 - p1 intensity bit p1, Blue 4 -
30 - p1, Blue 4 p1, Blue 3 -
29 - p1, Blue 3 p1, Blue 2 -
28 - p1, Blue 2 p1, Blue 1 -
27 - p1, Blue 1 p1, Blue 0 p1, Blue 3
26 - p1, Blue 0 p1, Green 5 p1, Blue 2
25 - p1, Green 4 p1, Green 4 p1, Blue 1
24 - p1, Green 3 p1, Green 3 p1, Blue 0
23 p0, Blue 7 p1, Green 2 p1, Green 2 p1, Green 3
22 p0, Blue 6 p1, Green 1 p1, Green 1 p1, Green 2
21 p0, Blue 5 p1, Green 0 p1, Green 0 p1, Green 1
20 p0, Blue 4 p1, Red 4 p1, Red 4 p1, Green 0
19 p0, Blue 3 p1, Red 3 p1, Red 3 p1, Red 3
18 p0, Blue 2 p1, Red 2 p1, Red 2 p1, Red 2
17 p0, Blue 1 p1, Red 1 p1, Red 1 p1, Red 1
16 p0, Blue 0 p1, Red 0 p1, Red 0 p1, Red 0
15 p0, Green 7 p0 intensity bit p0, Blue 4 -
14 p0, Green 6 p0, Blue 4 p0, Blue 3 -
13 p0, Green 5 p0, Blue 3 p0, Blue 2 -
12 p0, Green 4 p0, Blue 2 p0, Blue 1 -
11 p0, Green 3 p0, Blue 1 p0, Blue 0 p0, Blue 3
10 p0, Green 2 p0, Blue 0 p0, Green 5 p0, Blue 2
9 p0, Green 1 p0, Green 4 p0, Green 4 p0, Blue 1
8 p0, Green 0 p0, Green 3 p0, Green 3 p0, Blue 0
7 p0, Red 7 p0, Green 2 p0, Green 2 p0, Green 3
6 p0, Red 6 p0, Green 1 p0, Green 1 p0, Green 2
5 p0, Red 5 p0, Green 0 p0, Green 0 p0, Green 1
4 p0, Red 4 p0, Red 4 p0, Red 4 p0, Green 0
3 p0, Red 3 p0, Red 3 p0, Red 3 p0, Red 3
2 p0, Red 2 p0, Red 2 p0, Red 2 p0, Red 2
1 p0, Red 1 p0, Red 1 p0, Red 1 p0, Red 1
0 p0, Red 0 p0, Red 0 p0, Red 0 p0, Red 0