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README
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This directory contains the port to the NXP LPCXpress-LPC54628 board
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(OMI1309UL). This board features:
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- LPC54628 Cortex-M4 microcontroller running at up to 220MHz
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- 272x480 color LCD with capacitive touch screen
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- On-board, high-speed USB, Link2 debug probe with CMSIS-DAP and SEGGER
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J-Link protocol options
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- UART and SPI port bridging from LPC546xx target to USB via the on-
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board debug probe
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- Support for external debug probe
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- 3 x user LEDs, plus Reset, ISP (3) and user buttons
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- Multiple Expansion options, including Arduino UNO and PMod
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- Built-in power consumption measurement for target LPC546xx MCU
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- 128Mb Micron MT25QL128 Quad-SPI flash
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- 16MB Micron MT48LC8M16A2B4 SDRAM
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- Knowles SPH0641LM4H digital microphone
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- Full size SD/MMC card slot
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- NXP MMA8652FCR1 accelerometer
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- Stereo audio codec with line in/out
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- High and full speed USB ports with micro A/B connector for host or
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device functionality
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- 10/100Mbps Ethernet (RJ45 connector)
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CONTENTS
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========
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- STATUS
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- Configurations
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STATUS
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======
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2017-12-10: The basic NSH configuration is functional at 220MHz with a
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Serial console, timer and LED support. Added support for the external
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SDRAM and for the RAM test utility.
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2017-12-11: Fixed an error in board LEDs. Added framework for future
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I2C and SPI flexcomm drivers.
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2017-12-12: The SDRAM is now functional and passes the complete RAM
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test. Added configuration options and logic to add none, portions, or
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all of the external SDRAM to the system heap. Brought in the LPC1788
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LCD driver. The LPC1788 LCD registers are identical to the LPC54xx
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(other than a minor clock source setting).
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2017-12-13: Created the fb configuration for testing the LCD.
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2017-12-14: Corrected a misconception about how the video data lines
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were configured. The LCD now appears to be fully functional.
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2017-12-15: Added an I2C driver.
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2017-12-16: Added support for LPC54xx GPIO interrupts; added button
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support (with interrupts) to the NSH configuration. The button
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test appears to functional functional. There are noticeable delays
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in receiving the button events, especially when the button is
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released. But if you do not press the buttons too quickly all events
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are processed. This, I suspect, is a consequence of the strong glitch
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filtering that is enabled in the pin configuration. Snappier
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response my be obtainable with filtering off.
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2017-12-17: Added a driver for the FT5x06 capacitive, multi-touch
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controller. Add support logic for the LPCXpresso-LPC54528 to
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initialize and the register the FT5x06 driver. Unfortunately, the
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FT5x06 interrupt is on pin P4.0 but pin interrupts are only supported
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on P0.m and P1.m, m=0..31.
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2017-12-18: Added an option to the FT5x06 driver to support a timer-
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based poll instead of interrupts. This is very inefficient in that it
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will introduce delays in touchscreen response and will consume more CPU
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bandwidth. The driver appears to be functional. Added the NxWM
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configuration to do some integrated testing. NxWM seems to be fully
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functional. However, the action of the touchscreen could use some
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human factors improvements. I imagine that this is a consequence of
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the polled solution.
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2017-12-19: Brought in Alan Carvalho de Assis' LPC43xx SD/MMC driver from
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https://github.com/Smoothieware/smoothie-nuttx/tree/master/nuttx/arch/arm/src/lpc43xx
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and adapted it for use by the LPC54xx. Unverified as of this writing.
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2017-12-21: Some things are working with he SDMMC drivers but read DMAs
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are non-functional and, hence not usable.
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2017-12-23: SDMMC is still non-functional. The first DMA read of 512 bytes
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fails with a CRC error. Similar result if clock is reduced, if 1-bit bus
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is used, if DMA is disabled., if DEBUG output is disabled.
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2017-12-24: Added basic DMA support; brought in the WWDT driver from the
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LPC43 which has the same peripheral. Neither tested; almost certainly
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non-functional without some additional investment.
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2017-12-25: Added an RTC driver. It appears to be functional but has not
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been well tested.
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2017-12-26: Added an RNG driver. The RNG is actually controlled by a ROM
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function. This driver seems to work fine when single stepping. However,
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if I collect samples indefinitely, I get a reserved interrupt. The symptom
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before the crash is that local variables are getting corrupted after the
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call into ROM. Increasing the stack size does not seem to help. Perhaps
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to use the ROM at high frequencies it may be necessary to modify the ROM
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access timing in some way???
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2017-12-30: Completed implementation of an Ethernet driver. Untested as
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of this writing. Also added the netnsh configuration will, eventually,
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be used to test the Ethernet driver.
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2018-01-01: There Ethernet driver appears to be fully functional although
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more testing is certainly needed.
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2018-01-14: The basic SPI driver is code complete but still untested. It
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is "basic" in the sense that it supports only polled mode (no DMA).
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2018-01-18: Added the lvgl configuration. See notes under "Configuration
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Sub-directories" for additional status.
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2018-10-22: Dave Marples recently fixed the LPC43 version of the USB
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device controller driver. That driver is a clone from the LPC54 USB
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DCD. I have backported Dave's changes to the LPC54 DCD. Unfortunately,
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it did not fix the problem. Then I discovered this errata for the LPC54:
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For the 4-bit mode to work successfully, four otherwise unused upper
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data bits (SD_D[4] to SD_D[7]) must be functionally assigned to GPIO
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pins with pull-up resistor. These pins do not need to be physically
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connected on the hardware.
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With that change (and a lot of other fidgeting), there is some
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improvement. I am able to mount and read the SD card .. at least most
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of the time. I still get CRC errors when writing and I have not
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successfully written to the SD card. It is closer but more TLC is
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needed.
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2018-10-24: Dave Marples now has the LPC43 SD/MMC working reliably. I
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have ported all of Dave's change to the LPC54 but have done no further
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testing as of this writing. The feature is still marked EXPERIMENTAL.
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2019-05-08: I brought in the USB0 OHCI USB host driver from LPC17. Since
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OHCI is well standardized, this should work out of the box provided that
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the peripheral is properly configured, initialized, and clocked. The
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clock setup logic is missing as of this writing (the driver is not yet
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even included in the build and completely unverified).
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2019-00-22: Although everyone with the older Rev C boards were booting
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happily, it was reported that people with Rev F boards could not boot.
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A patch updating the clock configuration for those boards was verified
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(on both Rev C and Rev F) and pushed upstream.
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There is still no support for the Accelerometer, SPIFI, or USB. There is
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a complete but not entirely functional SD card driver and and tested SPI
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driver. There is also a partial port of the USB0 OHCI host driver if
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anyone is ambitious enough to finish that off. There are no on-board
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devices to support SPI testing.
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Configurations
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==============
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Information Common to All Configurations
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----------------------------------------
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Each LPCXpresso-LPC54628 configuration is maintained in a sub-directory
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and can be selected as follow:
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.tools/configure.sh [OPTIONS] lpcxpresso-lpc54628:<subdir>
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See '.tools/configure.sh -h' for a list of all options. The most typical
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are -l to select the Linux host or -c to select the Windows Cygwin host.
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Before starting the build, make sure that your PATH environment variable
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includes the correct path to your toolchain.
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And then build NuttX by simply typing the following. At the conclusion of
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the make, the nuttx binary will reside in an ELF file called, simply, nuttx.
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make
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The <subdir> that is provided above as an argument to the tools/configure.sh
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must be is one of the following.
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NOTES:
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1. These configurations use the mconf-based configuration tool. To
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change any of these configurations using that tool, you should:
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a. Build and install the kconfig-mconf tool. See nuttx/README.txt
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see additional README.txt files in the NuttX tools repository.
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b. Execute 'make menuconfig' in nuttx/ in order to start the
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reconfiguration process.
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2. Unless stated otherwise, all configurations generate console
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output on USART0 (aka Flexcomm0). USART0 connects to the serial
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bridge on LPC4322JET100 and should be available as a USB serial
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device on your host PC.
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3. All of these configurations are set up to build under Windows using
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the "GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors" that is maintained by
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ARM (unless stated otherwise in the description of the configuration).
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https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm
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That toolchain selection can easily be reconfigured using
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'make menuconfig'. Here are the relevant current settings:
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Build Setup:
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CONFIG_HOST_WINDOWS=y : Window environment
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CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN=y : Cywin under Windows
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System Type -> Toolchain:
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CONFIG_ARM_TOOLCHAIN_GNU_EABI=y : GNU ARM EABI toolchain
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Configuration Sub-directories
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-----------------------------
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fb:
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A simple NSH configuration used for some basic debug of LCD using the
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framebuffer character drivers. This configuration provides the test
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programs:
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- apps/examples/pdcurses, and
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- apps/examples/fb
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as NSH built-in applications.
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NOTES:
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1. This configuration enables SDRAM to hold the LCD framebuffer and
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enables the LPC54xx LCD driver in order to support the LPCXpresso's
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TFT panel. In this configuration, the framebuffer resides in the
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the lower half megabyte of SDRAM beginning at address 0xa0000000
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The remainder of the SDRAM from 0xa0080000 up to 0xa1000000 is added
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to the heap.
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The is wasteful of SDRAM: Only 261,120 bytes actually used for the
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framebuffer. This memory could be reclaimed by changing the DRAM
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CS0 offset value in the .config file.
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2. Some of the pdcurses test rely on some positional input device and so
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is not yet usable. Others work fine with no user include: charset,
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xmas, firework, worms, rain, for examples.
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3. I2C2 is enabled (will be used with the capacitive touchscreen). In
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order to verify I2C functionality, the I2C tool at apps/system/i2ctool
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is enabled in this configuration.
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nsh> i2c dev -b 2 3 77
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
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00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1a -- -- 1d -- --
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20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Codec I2C address: 0x1a
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Accel I2C address: 0x1d
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Touch panel I2C address: 0x38
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4. The touchscreen test program at apps/examples/touchscreen is also
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included in this configuration.
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nsh> tc 5
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tc_main: nsamples: 2
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tc_main: Initializing external touchscreen device
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tc_main: Opening /dev/input0
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Sample :
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npoints : 1
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Point 1 :
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id : 0
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flags : 1a
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x : 230
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y : 84
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h : 0
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w : 0
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pressure : 0
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etc.
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NOTE that the touchscreen controlled must run in a polled mode! The
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FT5x06 interrupt GPIO is on P4.0 and, as far as I know, GPIO
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interrupts are not supported on P4. So polled mode only for this
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puppy.
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lvgl
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----
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This is a demonstration of the LittlevGL graphics library running on
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the NuttX frame buffer driver (as in the fb configuration). You can
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find LittlevGL here:
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https://littlevgl.com/
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https://github.com/littlevgl
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This configuration uses the LittlevGL demonstration at apps/examples/lvgldemo.
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NOTES:
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1. The LittlevGL demonstration is quit large, due mostly to some large
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graphic images. So memory is tight in the LPC54628's 512Kb FLASH. In
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fact, if you disable optimization, the demo will not fit into FLASH
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memory (at least not with debug output also enabled).
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A longer term solution might load the large images into the abundant
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SDRAM at runtime instead of linking it statically in FLASH.
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STATUS:
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2018-01-18: The demo is basically function but has some issues:
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a) The font is too big on the "Write" screen. They don't fit in on
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the keyboard.
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b) The "List" display is filled with a big box that says "Click a
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button to copy its text to Text area." There are no buttons and
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nothing to click on (maybe they are behind the big box?). This
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may also be a font size issue.
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c) The "Chart" display looks okay.
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netnsh:
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------
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This is a special version of the NuttShell (nsh) configuration that is
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tailored for network testing. This version derives from nsh
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configuration so many of the notes there apply here except as noted
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below.
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NOTES:
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1. Networking is enabled. The LPCXpressio-LPC54628 has an SMC _LAN8720 PHY
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and RJ45 network connector. Support is enabled for IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP,
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UDP, ICMP, ICMPv6, and ARP.
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The default IP addresses are 10.0.0.2 (IPv4) and fc00::2 (IPv6). You
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should reconfigure these as appropriate for your test network.
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2. SD card and I2C support are not enabled. The I2C tool application is
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not enabled
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3. SDRAM support is enabled and the SDRAM is added to the system heap.
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The RAM test application is not enabled.
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4. This configuration does not include support for asynchronous network
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initialization. As a consequence, NSH must bring up the network
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before you get the NSH prompt. If the network cable is unplugged,
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this can mean a significant delay before you see the prompt.
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5. In this configuration, the network the network and the Telnet
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daemon are available by the time that the NSH prompt is presented.
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Telnet defaults to IPv6 so to use it from the host PS, you would have
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to do:
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$ telnet fc00::42
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nsh:
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Configures the NuttShell (nsh) application located at examples/nsh.
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This configuration was used to bring up the board support and, hence,
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is focused on low level, command-line driver testing. It has no
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network and no graphics capability.
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NOTES:
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1. NSH built-in applications are supported.
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Binary Formats:
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CONFIG_BUILTIN=y : Enable support for built-in programs
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Application Configuration:
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CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y : Enable starting apps from NSH command line
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2. SDRAM support is enabled, but the SDRAM is *not* added to the system
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heap. The apps/system/ramtest utility is include in the build as an
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NSH built-in function that can be used to verify the SDRAM.
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nsh> ramtest -h
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RAMTest: Missing required arguments
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Usage: <noname> [-w|h|b] <hex-address> <decimal-size>
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Where:
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<hex-address> starting address of the test.
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<decimal-size> number of memory locations (in bytes).
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-w Sets the width of a memory location to 32-bits.
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-h Sets the width of a memory location to 16-bits (default).
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-b Sets the width of a memory location to 8-bits.
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The MTL48LC8M16A2B4-6A SDRAM is on CS0 which corresponds to address
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0xa0000000, the size of the memory is 128Mbits or 16Mb. So the DRAM
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may be tested with this command:
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NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-7.23
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nsh> ramtest a0000000 16777216
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RAMTest: Marching ones: a0000000 16777216
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RAMTest: Marching zeroes: a0000000 16777216
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RAMTest: Pattern test: a0000000 16777216 55555555 aaaaaaaa
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RAMTest: Pattern test: a0000000 16777216 66666666 99999999
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RAMTest: Pattern test: a0000000 16777216 33333333 cccccccc
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RAMTest: Address-in-address test: a0000000 16777216
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nsh>
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3. I2C2 is enabled (will be used with the capacitive touchscreen). In
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order to verify I2C functionality, the I2C tool at apps/system/i2ctool
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is enabled in this configuration.
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nsh> i2c bus
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BUS EXISTS?
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Bus 0: NO
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Bus 1: NO
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Bus 2: YES
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Bus 3: NO
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Bus 4: NO
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Bus 5: NO
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Bus 6: NO
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Bus 7: NO
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Bus 8: NO
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Bus 9: NO
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nsh> i2c dev -b 2 3 77
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
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00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1a -- -- 1d -- --
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20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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I believe that the on-board Accelerometer, Audio CODEC, and touch
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panel controller should have been detected (but perhaps the touch
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panel is not powered in this configuration since the LCD is not
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configured?)
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Codec I2C address: 0x1a
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Accel I2C address: 0x1d
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Touch panel I2C address: 0x38
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4. Support for the on-board USER button is included as well as the
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button test program at apps/examples/buttons. This test is useful
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for verifying the functionality of GPIO interrupts.
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NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-7.23
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nsh> buttons
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buttons_main: Starting the button_daemon
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buttons_main: button_daemon started
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button_daemon: Running
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button_daemon: Opening /dev/buttons
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button_daemon: Supported BUTTONs 0x01
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nsh> Sample = 1
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Sample = 0
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Sample = 1
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Sample = 0
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Sample = 1
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Sample = 0
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Sample = 1
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etc.
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There are noticeable delays in receiving the button events,
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especially when the button is released. But if you do not press the
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buttons too quickly all events are processed. This, I suspect, is a
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consequence of the strong glitch filtering that is enabled in the pin
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configuration. Snappier response my be obtainable with filtering off
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if desired.
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5. This configuration has been used for testing the SDMMC driver with
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these configuration additions:
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CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
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CONFIG_LPC54_SDMMC=y
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CONFIG_LPC54_SDMMC_PWRCTRL=y
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CONFIG_LPC54_SDMMC_DMA=y
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CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE=y
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CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
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CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=224
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CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKSTACKSIZE=2048
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CONFIG_MMCSD=y
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CONFIG_MMCSD_NSLOTS=1
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CONFIG_MMCSD_MULTIBLOCK_LIMIT=1
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CONFIG_MMCSD_HAVE_CARDDETECT=y
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CONFIG_MMCSD_HAVE_WRITEPROTECT=y
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CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_SDIO=y
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CONFIG_SDIO_DMA=y
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CONFIG_MMCSD_SDIO=y
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CONFIG_NSH_MMCSDSLOTNO=0
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6. The RTC is enabled in this configuration.
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NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-7.23
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nsh> date
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Jan 01 00:00:06 1970
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nsh> date -s "DEC 25 08:00:00 2017"
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nsh> date
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Dec 25 08:00:01 2017
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After reset:
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NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-7.23
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nsh> date
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Dec 25 08:00:05 2017
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nxwm:
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This is a special configuration setup for the NxWM window manager
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UnitTest. This builds on top of the features that were unit tested in
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by the fb configuration.
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The NxWM window manager can be found here:
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apps/graphics/NxWidgets/nxwm
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The NxWM unit test can be found at:
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apps/graphics/NxWidgets/UnitTests/nxwm
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pwfb:
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This configuration uses the test at apps/examples/pwfb to verify the
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operation of the per-window framebuffer. That example shows three
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windows containing text moving around, crossing each other from
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"above" and from "below". The example application is NOT updating the
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windows any anyway! The application is only changing the window
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position. The windows are being updated from the per-winidow
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frame buffers automatically.
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This example is reminiscent of Pong: Each window travels in straight
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line until it hits an edge, then it bounces off. The window is also
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raised when it hits the edge (gets "focus"). This tests all
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combinations of overlap.
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2019-03-19: Everything works fine!
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pwlines:
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This configuration uses the test at apps/examples/pwline. It is another
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verification of the operation of the per-window frame buffers. This
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examples is very similar to the pwfb example used in pwfb configuration
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except that instead of text, each window has an (trivial) animated
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graphic (based on the rotating line of apps/examples/nslines).
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2019-03-20: Everything works fine!
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twm4nx1 and twmnx2:
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These configuration exercises the port of TWM to NuttX. A description of
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that port is available at apps/graphics/twm4nx/README.txt. The two
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configurations are identical, differing on in the "theme" of the UI.
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twm4nx1 uses framed windows in dark, bright primary colors reminiscent of
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Windows98. twm4nx2 uses border-less windows in pastel shades for a more
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contemporary look.
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NOTES:
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1. This version uses the on-board display with the touchscreen for
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positional input (instead of a mouse). Keyboard input is currently
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disabled only because (1) there is no Twm4Nx application that needs
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it, and (2) I will first need to create a USB host driver to support
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a USB keyboard.
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STATUS:
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Refer to apps/graphics/twm4nx/README.txt for an overall status. Here
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are just some issues/topics unique to the LPCXpresso-LPC54628 and/or
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this configuration.
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1. There is a responsive-ness issue the the FT5x06 touchscreen controller.
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The pin selected by the board designers will not support interrupts.
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Therefore, a fall-back polled mode is use. This polled mode has
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significant inherent delays that effect the user experience when
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touching buttons or grabbing and moving objects on the desktop.
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2. The NxTerm application is available as the "NuttShell" entry in the
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Main Menu. When pressed, this will bring up an NSH session in a
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Twm4Nx window. There is a performance issue, however, due to another
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issue with the polled mode in the ft5x06 driver. When that driver
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runs in polled mode, it samples the touch data at a high rate. Each
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sample is sufficient to wake up the Twm4Nx poll() with POLLIN data
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availability. But when Twm4Nx tries to read the data, it falls under
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the FT5x06.c there threshold and no data is returned.
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The actual delay various dynamically from 50 to 200 millisecond
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intervals.
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A possible solution might be to beef up the POLLIN notification logic
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in FT5x06.c to avoid these false poll() wake-ups. That, however, is
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non-trivial since it would have to support the polled as well as the
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non-polled mode.
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3. Color artifacts: In the CLASSIC configuration, the background of the
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central NX image is a slightly different hue of blue. For the
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CONTEMPORARY configuration, the toolbar buttons are supposed to be
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borderless. There is however, a fine border around each toolbar
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widget with ruins the feel that the theme was trying for.
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4. Revisiting this configuration after a few months, I found that the
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configuration generated a hard fault. This turned out to be an issue
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with the toolchain and dropping the optimization level eliminated the
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problem; -O2 was sufficient for me. If you see odd behavior like
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this, you might want to do the same.
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