Mapping LCD/TFT display timings to Linux Kernel data structures
Most LCD/TFT display datasheets provide the following timing information:
- Horizontal Back Porch (HBP): Number of pixel clk pulses between HSYNC signal and the first valid pixel data.
- Horizontal Front Porch (HFP): Number of pixel clk pulses between the last valid pixel data in the line and the next hsync pulse.
- Vertical Back Porch (VBP): Number of lines (HSYNC pulses) from a VSYNC signal to the first valid line.
- Vertical Front Porch (VFP): Number of lines (HSYNC pulses) between the last valid line of the frame and the next VSYNC pulse.
- VSYNC pulse width: Number of HSYNC pulses when a VSYNC signal is active.
- HSYNC pulse width: Number of pixel clk pulses when a HSYNC signal is active.
- Active frame width: Horizontal resolution.
- Active frame height: Vertical resolution.
- Screen width:
Active frame width + HBP + HFP - Screen height:
Active frame height + VBP + VFP - VSYNC polarity: Value of VSYNC to indicate the start of a new frame (active LOW or HIGH)
- HSYNC polarity: Value of HSYNC to indicate the start of a new line (active LOW or HIGH)
Some datasheets provide horizontal and vertical blanking period instead: