Panel settings guide

A wrong panel setting gives strange colours, noise or a split picture. These guides explain the settings and how to fix them.

The LVDS settings in the firmware must match the panel. Here you find the symptoms, the meaning of each option, and where to set it. Panel work rewards patience: change one setting at a time, record the result, and keep the datasheet within reach, since supply voltage and pinout can differ even when the connector looks identical. Each page can be read on its own, but the symptom table makes the best starting point. Together they take you from a first look at the board to a verified result, and each one links to the matching function of the program for readers who want to try it on their own bench.

• Wrong panel settings: symptoms and what to change in the firmware
  Typical symptoms of wrong LVDS settings: bit depth, mapping, ports A/B, MSB/LSB, inversion.
• LVDS panel settings: mapping, bit depth, ports
  LVDS settings explained: pairs, 6/8/10-bit, VESA and JEIDA mapping, ports A/B, and where they are set in the firmware.

Where to start

Begin with wrong panel settings: symptoms to see what points to which option, then read LVDS mapping, bit depth and ports for the details.