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Revision history (of the original PDF)

Version	Date	Remarks
1.0	05/08/2013	Initial external release
1.1	05/21/2013	Added TTL panel and modified the part of LVDS panel
1.1	05/23/2013	Added the description of the patches
1.2	08/06/2013	Revised TTL panel and single channel LVDS panel Added dual channel LVDS panel Added the description of networking patch Added PWM frequency control limitation
1.3	10/03/2013	Added the description of GPIO control Added the description of external RTC control Added the description of watch dog control
1.4	10/28/2013	Adjust some version errors Modify external RTC registers descriptions Add GPIO test example

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Package content
• 2. Setup Environment
  • 2.1. System requirement
  • 2.2. Setup cross-compiling environment
• 3. Building BSP
  • 3.1. Building kernel
• 4. Making System Booting Media
  • 4.1. Set booting media
  • 4.2. Install graphics and multimedia package
• 5. Functionality
  • 5.1. Light LVDS panel (TP070C01)
  • 5.2. Light TTL panel (LW700AT9901)
  • 5.3. Light Dual Channel LVDS panel (AUOG220SVN01.0)
  • 5.4. Light HDMI monitor
  • 5.5. Switch HDMI mode by xrandr tool
  • 5.6. Change Color Depth/bpp.
  • 5.7. Multimedia local playback
  • 5.8. Audio adjustment
  • 5.9. GPIO control
  • 5.10. External RTC control
  • 5.11. WatchDog control
• 6. Debug Message
  • 6.1. Enter U-Boot environment
  • 6.2. Default u-boot parameters
• 7. Appendix A. Q&A
• 8. Appendix B. Limitations
• 9. Appendix C. GPIO registers
  • 9.1. GPIO Input Enable Registers
  • 9.2. GPIO Input Data Registers
  • 9.3. GPIO Output Enable Registers
  • 9.4. GPIO Output Data Registers
  • 9.5. GPIO Pull-up/Pull-down Enable Registers
  • 9.6. GPIO Pull-up/Pull-down Control Registers
  • 9.7. GPIO Interrupt Request Status Registers

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
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