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advice/assistance request on EINK display (GDEH0213B72)

javascripter

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Hello,
I have an EINK display I got a bit ago and am now trying to get to just do anything, have been working on it for a few days now. Am using STM32F103C8T6 for code, so code is C with STM32 HAL libraries, but that isn't so important as I have verified my SPI output is working correctly with a logic analyzer.

EINK display is GDEH0213B72, and I am mostly using the attached datasheet as it is the best I have been able to find. I am using a DESPI-C02 interface board between MCU and display.

So far I haven't been able to get anything to display, and I also think I haven't been able to get DCDC to run.


Here is the code I've got based on the reference program code flowchart on page 21:
https://pastebin.com/ifUmzYF3
Sorry about the code being a bit of a mess, right now I'm just trying to get it to work at all.
Also gImage_1[4000] is from a code example I was trying to work from and I'm pretty sure is the wrong size; I left it because I thought I can just use part of it and it will give at the worst effectively a random image.

That code runs to the point of the main loop where I blink an LED (on C13); but EINK is unchanged. However, it seems that VCOM is never driven though I am not sure; if I put a breakpoint before deep sleep and check with multimeter it starts somewhat negative and the voltage increases to 0, so maybe it is being driver incredibly weekly?


Another thing I tried is in comments from lines 401 to 416 and is as far as I got trying to follow the typical operating sequence flowchart on page 20. I wasn't able to figure out commands for VGL or oscillator clock/DCDC & regulator (I realize any of the 0x22 commands "Enable clock signal", so maybe that is for oscillator clock, but no idea on DCDC & regulator). Sometimes after running some of those commands BUSY would go high and never go low again, but even when that didn't happen same result of nothing happening.


I have the SPI configured so that the clock idles high and data is shifted out on a rising edge. I have also tried with both RESE settings the board has as I wasn't able to find which to use from datasheet, but result is the same.


Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Also, I was unsure if this is the correct place for this question(s?), so if anyone has somewhere else to suggest asking that is also appreciated.
 

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javascripter

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The edit button seems to have disappeared, but I found a bit better datasheet here: https://v4.cecdn.yun300.cn/100001_1909185148/GDEH0213Z98.pdf
(I actually had it open in a different browser from several months ago, I don't understand why it isn't linked by anyone selling this part.)

I was missing at least command 0x3C, 0x0C, and 0x20 to do border waveform (no idea what that is or what setting I should use, I set it to VCOM), softstart (same thing, I just did 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xCF) and the command to actually write to the screen. Here is updated main.c: https://pastebin.com/HMrTZqGt

Anyway, tried several things with that but still no results.
 

javascripter

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well this feels terrible to answer my own question and I'm not really happy with the solution I figured out; but anyway I got it to work somewhat by instead of using the hardware SPI driver using this code:


Code:
void writeByte(unsigned char TxData)
{
    unsigned char TempData;
    unsigned char scnt;
    TempData=TxData;

  HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_5, 0);
    for(scnt=0;scnt<8;scnt++)
    {
        if(TempData&0x80)
          HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_7, 1);
        else
          HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_7, 0);
      HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_5, 1);
      HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_5, 0);
        TempData=TempData<<1;

  }

}


Especially a bit annoying since I messed around with SPI settings quite a bit and couldn't get anything to work but I guess this works well enough for my purposes.
 
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