BeagleBone LCD7

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BeagleBone LCD Cape

The BeagleBone LCD7 Cape provides an LCD solution with touchscreen capability for BeagleBone boards. The 7" TFT LCD screen, attached to the topside of the board, can display up to a resolution of 800x480 and is a 4-wire resistive touchscreen. The board is equipped with seven buttons located at finger-friendly positions. These buttons include power, reset, and five user buttons, which are mapped to different GPIO signals. The backside of the cape is where the BeagleBone and additional cape can be mounted.


Note: Bracket stands are not included







FAQ

Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for additional help.

Revision Changes

Revision A3

In revision A3 the Enter button has been moved from GPIO3_19 to GPIO0_3 and LCD_DVDD_EN has moved from GPIO1_31 to GPIO0_2. These changes in GPIOs are to support awake interrupt in sleeping mode.


The PCB revision is also changed from BB-Bone-LCD7-PCB-03 to BB-Bone-LCD7-PCB-04.


Revision A2

The only design change in A2 is that the LCD_AVDD_EN signal is moved from pin 42 of connector J2 to pin 20 of connector J1. In revision A1, LCD_AVDD_EN signal is mapped to GPIO0_7 which is also a DMA interrupt. By moving LCD_AVDD_EN signal, this DMA interrupt is now available when BeagleBone is used with LCD7 Cape. Both revisions should not have any functional difference.


The PCB revision is also changed from BB-Bone-LCD7-PCB-02 to BB-Bone-LCD7-PCB-03.


Revision A1

Initial release of BeagleBone LCD7 Cape



Known Issues

We have been reported by a small number of users that their LCD7 Capes revision A3 have some issues with BeagleBone Black. These issues could be hanging during boot or crashing when accessing Angstrom system menu. The LCD7 Cape was originally designed for BeagleBone (White), which boots from SD card. When using with BeagleBone Black and booting from eMMC, the integrity of eMMC signals on some LCD7 Cape may be affected. If your LCD7 Cape have this issue, there are three work-arounds below:

  • Boot your BeagleBone Black + LCD7 setup from SD card.
eMMC Pins removed
  • Cut 10 eMMC pins on connector J1 of your LCD7 Cape: 3-6, 20-25. You can visit this link for which pins are eMMC signals. The photo on the right shows J1 connector after the eMMC pins are removed.


eMMC Pins removed
  • Instead of permanently removing the eMMC pins on your LCD7 Cape, you can also use one of these Cape expansion connectors between the BeagleBone Black and LCD7 Cape. By using this connector, you can remove its eMMCs instead of the ones on LCD7 Cape. The photo on the right shows the Cape expansion connector is used and its eMMC pins are removed instead of the ones on LCD7 Cape.

Note: if using this method, you need to purchase 2 cape expansion connectors for use on J1 and J2.



Software Support

  • BeagleBone LCD7 Cape revision A1
    • Compatible with BeagleBone using Angstrom release 05-09-12 onward.
    • NOT compatible with BeagleBone Black


  • BeagleBone LCD7 Cape revision A2
    • Compatible with BeagleBone using Angstrom release 06-18-12 onward.
    • Compatible with BeagleBone Black using Angstrom release 2013-06-20 onward. However, only booting from SD card is supported. Note: Using Angstrom release earlier than 2013-06-20 on BeagleBone Black and LCD7 may DAMAGE your BeagleBone Black. Ensure you are using 2013-06-20 or later.


  • BeagleBone LCD7 Cape revision A3
    • Compatible with BeagleBone using Angstrom release 08-14-12 onward.
    • Compatible with BeagleBone Black using Angstrom release 2013-06-20 onward. Note: Using Angstrom release earlier than 2013-06-20 on BeagleBone Black and LCD7 may DAMAGE your BeagleBone Black. Ensure you are using 2013-06-20 or later.


  • Official BeagleBone Black image releases can be downloaded here
  • Official BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here
  • Other BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here


Please follow the instructions here to write the image file to your SD card on a Windows machine.



Getting Started

Required Setup:

  • A BeagleBone LCD7 Cape
  • A BeagleBone (with supported software)
  • A 5V DC power supply (we recommend 5V - 2A)
  • A Stylus (optional)


Following the instructions below to start using your BeagleBone LCD7 Cape:

Mounted BeagleBone
  1. Mount the BeagleBone to the BeagleBone Connectors on the LCD7 Cape.
    • Note: The BeagleBone Connectors are the set of male connectors on the backside of the LCD7 Cape.
  2. Make sure the SD card using with BeagleBone has Angstrom image 6-18-12 or later.
  3. Plug in a 5V DC power supply to the DC connector on the LCD7 Cape.
    • Note: We recommend using a 5V - 2A supply. However, more current supply may be required if more capes or peripheral devices are connected.
  4. Following screens will be displayed on the LCD screen:
    • BeagleBone logo
    • Angstrom log-in prompt
    • Auto Calibration utility
  5. Follow the instructions given by the Auto Calibration utility to calibrate the LCD7 touchscreen.
    • Note: The Auto Calibration utility is automatically displayed when the card is used for the first time. This utility can be run again under menu System > Administration > Calibrate Touchsreen
  6. After calibrated, the Angstrom desktop will be displayed on the LCD screen.


You can start using the board.


Rotating LCD Screen

Thanks to Louis McCarthy and Gary Mort for the instructions below. These instructions were tested on "Linux beaglebone 3.8.13 #1 SMP Tue Jun 18 02:11:09 EDT 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux" release of Angstrom . The original thread on Google Groups can be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/beagleboard/9-MMmO66HrU

Rotating console

         systemctl stop gdm
         echo 3 > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate
  • To restart the display manager:
         systemctl restart gdm

Using fbdev

         opkg update
         opkg install xf86-video-fbdev
  • Edit the "Device" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to:
         Section "Device"
                   Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
                   Driver  "fbdev"
                   Option "Rotate" "CCW"
         EndSection
  • Add two Options to "evdev touchscreen catchall" identifier of /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf:
         Section "InputClass"
                   Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
                   MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
                   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
                   Driver "evdev"
                   Option "SwapAxes" "true"
                   Option "InvertX" "true"
         EndSection
  • Modify /etc/pointercal.xinput to:
         xinput set-int-prop "ti-tsc" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 3733 367 79 3992; xinput set-int-prop "ti-tsc" "Evdev Axes Swap" 8 1;



Specifications

Followings are some specifications of the BeagleBone LCD7 Cape:

Electrical Specifications

Power 5V DC
3.3V via expansion header
5V via expansion header
Display Model TFC-S9700RTWV35TR-01
Display Type 7" TFT LCD
Resolution 800x480
Touchscreen 4-wire
Indicators One Power LED
One User LED
Buttons One power button
One reset button
Five user buttons
Connectors Two 46-position male headers
One 10-position male header
Two 46-position female connectors
One 10-position female connector


Mechanical Specifications

Size 4.50" x 6.90"
Layers 6
PCB Thickness .062"
RoHS Compliant Yes



Signal Usage

BeagleBone LCD7 Pin Usage

The BeagleBone LCD7 Cape uses 39 signals including:

  • VDD_3V3EXP
  • VDD_5V
  • DGND
  • PWR_BUT
  • SYSRESETn
  • GPIO1_28
  • EHRPWM1A
  • GPIO1_16
  • GPIO1_19
  • I2C2_SCL
  • I2C2_SDA
  • GPIO1_17
  • GPIO3_19
  • GPIO3_16
  • AIN0
  • AIN1
  • AIN2
  • AIN3
  • LCD_AVDD_EN
  • LCD_VSYNC
  • LCD_HSYNC
  • LCD_PCLK
  • LCD_EN
  • LCD_DATA[0..15]



EEPROM

EEPROM Suport Yes
Board Name BeagleBone LCD7 Cape
Version 00A3
Manufacturer BeagleBoardToys
Part Number BB-BONE-LCD7-01
Pins Used 48


Distributors



Product Images



Documentations

System Reference Manual


Hardware Files

BeagleBone LCD7 Revision A3

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BeagleBone LCD7 Revision A2

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BeagleBone LCD7 Revision A1

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