s3c2410a Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., s3c2410a Datasheet - Page 371

• Manufacturer Part Number: s3c2410a
• Description: 16/32-bit Risc Arm Microprocessor
• Manufacturer: Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.

S3C2410A
VIDEO OPERATION
The S3C2410A LCD controller supports 8-bit color mode (256 color mode), 12-bit color mode (4096 color mode), 4
level gray scale mode, 16 level gray scale mode as well as the monochrome mode. For the gray or color mode, it is
required to implement the shades of gray level or color according to time-based dithering algorithm and Frame Rate
Control (FRC) method. The selection can be made following a programmable lockup table, which will be explained
later. The monochrome mode bypasses these modules (FRC and lookup table) and basically serializes the data in
FIFOH (and FIFOL if a dual scan display type is used) into 4-bit (or 8-bit if a 4-bit dual scan or 8-bit single scan
display type is used) streams by shifting the video data to the LCD driver.
The following sections describe the operation on the gray and color mode in terms of the lookup table and FRC.
Lookup Table
The S3C2410A can support the lookup table for various selection of color or gray level mapping, ensuring flexible
operation for users. The lookup table is the palette which allows the selection on the level of color or gray (Selection
on 4-gray levels among 16 gray levels in case of 4 gray mode, selection on 8 red levels among 16 levels, 8 green
levels among 16 levels and 4 blue levels among 16 levels in case of 256 color mode). In other words, users can
select 4 gray levels among 16 gray levels by using the lookup table in the 4 gray level mode. The gray levels cannot
be selected in the 16 gray level mode; all 16 gray levels must be chosen among the possible 16 gray levels. In case
of 256 color mode, 3 bits are allocated for red, 3 bits for green and 2 bits for blue. The 256 colors mean that the
colors are formed from the combination of 8 red, 8 green and 4 blue levels (8x8x4 = 256). In the color mode, the
lookup table can be used for suitable selections. Eight red levels can be selected among 16 possible red levels, 8
green levels among 16 green levels, and 4 blue levels among 16 blue levels. In case of 4096 color mode, there is no
selection as in the 256 color mode.
Gray Mode Operation
The S3C2410A LCD controller supports two gray modes: 2-bit per pixel gray (4 level gray scale) and 4-bit per pixel
gray (16 level gray scale). The 2-bit per pixel gray mode uses a lookup table (BLUELUT), which allows selection on 4
gray levels among 16 possible gray levels. The 2-bit per pixel gray lookup table uses the BULEVAL[15:0] in Blue
Lookup Table (BLUELUT) register as same as blue lookup table in color mode. The gray level 0 will be denoted by
BLUEVAL[3:0] value. If BLUEVAL[3:0] is 9, level 0 will be represented by gray level 9 among 16 gray levels. If
BLUEVAL[3:0] is 15, level 0 will be represented by gray level 15 among 16 gray levels, and so on. Following the
same method as above, level 1 will also be denoted by BLUEVAL[7:4], the level 2 by BLUEVAL[11:8], and the level 3
by BLUEVAL[15:12]. These four groups among BLUEVAL[15:0] will represent level 0, level 1, level 2, and level 3. In
16 gray levels, there is no selection as in the 16 gray levels.
CLKVAL
1023
Table 15-1. Relation Between VCLK and CLKVAL (STN, HCLK = 60 MHz)
2
3
:
60 MHz/2046
60 MHz/X
60 MHz/4
60 MHz/6
:
15.0 MHz
10.0 MHz
29.3 kHz
VCLK
:
LCD CONTROLLER
15-5