Table 19-1 Supported Panel Characteristics; Introduction; Features - Motorola DragonBall MC9328MX1 Reference Manual

Chapter 19
LCD Controller

19.1 Introduction

The Liquid Crystal Display Controller (LCDC) provides display data for external gray-scale or color LCD
panels. The LCDC is capable of supporting black-and-white, gray-scale, passive-matrix color, and
active-matrix color LCD panels.

19.2 Features

• Support for single (non-split) screen monochrome/color LCD panels and self-refresh type LCD
panels
• 16 simultaneous gray-scale levels from a palette of 16 for monochrome display
• Support for:
— 4/8/12 bits per pixel (bpp) for passive color panel
— 4/8/12/16 bpp for TFT panel
— Up to 256 colors out of a palette of 4096 colors for an 8 bpp display and 4096 colors for a
12 bpp display
— True 64K colors for 16 bpp
— Additional support details are shown in Table 19-1
Panel Type
Monochrome
CSTN
TFT
• Standard panel interface for common LCD drivers
• Panel interface of 16-, 12-, 8-, 4-, 2-, and 1-bit-wide LCD panel data bus for monochrome or color
panels
MOTOROLA
Table 19-1. Supported Panel Characteristics
Bit/Pixel Panel Interface (Bits)
1 1, 2, 4, 8
2 1, 2, 4, 8
4 1, 2, 4, 8
4,8,12 8
4, 8 12
12, 16 12, 16
LCD Controller
Number of Gray Level/Color
black-and-white
4
16
16, 256, 4096
16, 256
4096, 64K
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