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Author Topic: FT813 Touch screen response  (Read 10484 times)

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FT813 Touch screen response
« on: March 28, 2019, 08:39:00 AM »

Hi

I am porting a new LCD display to FT813 with a CTP controller FT6206 from FocalTech. This controller works with FT813 native hardware wiring to RST, INT, SCL and SDA directly between FT813 and FT6206. CMD_SKETCH() is working but I find sometimes the firmware doesn't detect a finger lift. That means a touch is reported properly with REG_TOUCH_TAG returning the tag number (in my case it is 2). One moment when the finger is lifted REG_TOUCH_TAG returns 0 which is OK, but the other time it just stays 2. This implies the hardware fails to detect a finger release. I have to touch on some other area of the CTP to force REG_TOUCH_TAG return to 0. Is there any method to improve the sensitivity? Is this issue common to other displays (with other CTP controllers)?


Here is my source code for your reference:

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#include <FT81xImpluino.h> //this is a custom module for FT81x for Arduino

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  FT81xImpl.begin();

  FT81xImpl.DLStart(); //new display list
  FT81xImpl.Clear(1, 1, 1);
  FT81xImpl.Begin(BITMAPS);
  FT81xImpl.Tag(2);
  FT81xImpl.Cmd_Button(84, 30, 300, 200, 31, 0, "Button");
 
  FT81xImpl.Cmd_Track(84, 30, 300, 200, 2);
  FT81xImpl.End();
 
  FT81xImpl.DLEnd();   //equivalent swap()
  FT81xImpl.Finish();  //equivalent wait fifo buffer empty and clean up
}

void loop()
{
  int finger = Gpu_Hal_Rd8(phost, REG_TOUCH_TAG); //low level register read
  Serial.printf("Finger %d\n", finger); //print out REG_TOUCH_TAG continuously
}


Thanks to anyone supporting this.

John
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Re: FT813 Touch screen response
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2019, 03:46:05 PM »

Hello,

When you see this kind of issue, it is possible that the CTP is not using the interrupt trigger mode, but uses interrupt polling mode instead. FT81x will only support the interrupt trigger mode. I believe the FT6206 is one of the ones that use trigger mode.

You may be able to get the manufacturer to supply them with G_MODE defaulting to 1 to resolve this.
Alternatively, we have an example of writing registers on some CTP which you could use to write this register. We can send this to you if you could send us an email to our support address  support.emea@brtchip.com

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Re: FT813 Touch screen response
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2019, 04:41:20 PM »

Hi,

Just to add one more note in the meantime for any users of FT6xx6 with FT81x. We noticed with this series of touch controllers that the interrupt pulse can be narrow and may not always be detected by the FT81x series. This can result in missed touches. You can find details in section 6.6.1 below which also includes code to configure the touch controller in FT81x to catch narrower pulses.
https://brtchip.com/wp-content/uploads/Support/Documentation/Application_Notes/ICs/EVE/AN_336_FT8xx-Selecting-an-LCD-Display.pdf

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Re: FT813 Touch screen response
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2019, 03:34:26 PM »

I am very pleased to feedback to all of you that, the array TOUCH_DATA_U8[] loaded to RAM_CMD after bootup works like magic.
A single instruction  with

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Gpu_Hal_WrCmdBufFromFlash(phost,TOUCH_DATA_U8, sizeof(TOUCH_DATA_U8));
inside App_Common_Init(phost) now solving the problem of undetected finger release for FT6206.

Previously I had undetected finger release once out of 4-5 touches. Now I have tested it with usual touches, finger-release undetected no longer there.

Thanks a lot for the support.

I would like to share the file. Below is the file touch_cap_811.h I am using. Have include this header in App_Common.cpp to make it work:

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#ifndef TOUCH_CAP_811_H
#define TOUCH_CAP_811_H

#define TOUCH_TARGET "811"
#define TOUCH_FUNCTION "cap"
#define TOUCH_VERSION "100"
#define TOUCH_DATA_LEN 1216

#include "Platform.h"

PROGMEM prog_uchar8_t TOUCH_DATA_U8[TOUCH_DATA_LEN] ={
26,255,255,255,32,32,48,0,4,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,34,255,255,255,0,176,48,0,120,218,237,84,
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9,16,17,229,156,75,26,11,13,21,227,3,16,252,184,179,45,219,143,45,41,125,144,72,67,
100,150,71,189,113,18,36,17,165,100,165,198,16,32,17,149,196,240,128,161,16,164,38,
54,240,0,209,72,130,15,38,125,48,66,82,30,76,19,31,172,103,46,139,24,255,4,227,157,
204,156,51,115,102,206,231,239,220,5,170,94,129,137,75,194,216,98,94,103,117,115,121,
76,131,177,125,89,125,82,123,60,243,58,142,242,204,185,243,188,118,156,227,155,203,
238,238,195,251,205,229,71,92,28,169,190,184,84,143,113,137,53,244,103,181,237,87,
253,113,137,233,48,12,198,165,181,104,139,25,84,253,155,114,74,191,0,54,138,163,12,
62,131,207,129,23,217,34,91,31,128,65,246,163,175,213,8,147,213,107,35,203,94,108,
3,111,40,171,83,24,15,165,177,222,116,97,23,188,140,206,150,42,102,181,87,78,86,182,
170,134,215,241,121,26,243,252,2,76,115,217,139,222,206,173,136,132,81,61,35,185,
39,113,23,46,199,76,178,54,151,183,224,0,40,189,28,149,182,58,131,79,152,30,76,34,98,
234,162,216,133,141,102,39,170,40,192,101,53,201,146,191,37,77,44,177,209,74,211,
5,206,187,5,6,216,47,53,96,123,22,50,103,251,192,84,17,74,227,185,56,106,51,91,161,
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235,216,103,111,239,245,92,10,175,194,40,44,58,125,5,59,112,50,103,245,4,78,192,5,
156,194,51,60,191,134,75,110,173,237,46,192,121,156,192,115,184,218,120,67,63,115,
46,11,102,10,97,232,50,235,114,182,148,118,178,41,188,12,135,77,202,124,12,96,238,35,
161,234,189,129,23,249,212,139,230,25,53,48,205,52,93,163,117,53,154,170,81,85,163,
178,70,69,66,167,241,14,46,241,1,226,136,152,179,197,59,184,148,254,49,132,48,15,
176,137,192,76,131,196,105,104,162,86,81,160,165,255,26,173,162,137,86,145,210,183,
192,55,175,194,211,60,91,120,230,184,174,27,41,131,155,40,224,29,87,179,232,16,55,55,
7,165,147,81,23,165,49,101,54,224,75,180,81,108,18,29,226,69,225,110,175,224,42,212,
25,47,130,193,110,234,192,215,252,56,74,162,24,46,251,174,54,106,68,245,14,9,155,
160,22,120,207,104,240,29,90,178,140,28,24,220,47,166,112,61,251,208,192,111,56,239,
238,93,255,251,62,99,32,193,75,61,190,235,123,229,110,218,194,85,79,225,59,98,20,
238,227,235,220,11,221,149,25,180,116,194,159,111,96,192,24,213,59,139,179,156,215,
69,230,19,24,35,135,117,206,171,206,162,67,129,234,61,235,11,104,103,84,64,223,167,
254,40,163,101,92,84,43,150,46,249,219,205,7,116,11,91,104,61,57,75,223,8,48,25,28,
119,252,222,113,49,86,249,74,180,211,156,181,61,215,168,157,7,251,199,150,242,250,91,
58,132,94,121,7,53,151,139,98,6,165,153,69,214,32,110,211,100,101,31,89,45,81,98,
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20,217,250,41,250,137,58,177,90,57,79,51,108,233,20,253,194,187,49,222,205,114,141,
96,48,175,219,107,54,111,138,22,154,103,108,79,58,252,179,178,79,164,195,2,153,36,
39,170,199,201,167,197,85,106,8,59,177,81,46,56,2,230,75,114,17,55,112,188,65,208,
137,77,114,10,115,55,58,208,197,173,122,87,6,140,110,42,208,124,163,70,108,241,104,
18,245,98,214,187,134,53,42,221,22,182,133,211,116,148,177,194,209,192,85,90,199,58,
55,203,2,229,19,137,187,161,228,154,112,203,145,125,244,188,220,118,228,41,201,181,
41,195,144,215,183,51,80,250,21,217,16,217,200,235,109,227,188,122,218,142,60,170,
224,112,240,184,130,229,224,113,5,223,148,163,80,165,183,130,187,132,116,64,238,161,
85,220,115,139,205,98,227,244,29,102,125,7,37,243,123,223,11,26,92,63,243,116,61,
191,138,123,244,160,84,186,74,31,5,174,247,119,135,199,248,253,135,242,97,102,145,190,
144,14,85,238,221,231,193,158,48,205,25,120,248,15,220,29,158,9,70,185,30,103,229,
33,254,23,237,160,172,62,193,90,222,224,232,14,200,56,90,104,142,227,120,110,6,21,
211,203,65,150,99,151,220,247,87,164,50,159,49,239,234,58,142,0,109,108,123,18,79,
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242,125,248,64,194,255,223,127,242,83,11,255,2,70,214,226,128,0,0,26,255,255,255,
20,33,48,0,4,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,26,255,255,255,32,32,48,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};

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Re: FT813 Touch screen response
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2019, 04:57:43 PM »

Hi John,

We're very pleased that it helped and that it's working well now,

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