October 25Oct 25 Hi, I'm working on bringing back support for the original LeMaker LCD panels on the Banana Pi Pro (LeMaker Banana Pro, A20) with current Armbian kernels. The old script.bin / fex files only worked with sunxi-3.4, so I ported the settings to device tree overlays: - 3.5" RGB 320x240 (BL035-RGB-002, already in panel-simple) - 5" RGB 800x480 (panel-dpi) - 7" LVDS 1024x600 (panel-lvds) - FT5x06 touch for all three (edt-ft5x06 driver) Repository: https://github.com/cyryllo/fex_configuration The overlays compile and apply cleanly to sun7i-a20-bananapro.dtb (kernel 6.18). I'm now building a Debian 13 (trixie) minimal image with the Armbian build framework that includes the overlays and the edt-ft5x06 module, and I'll test it on my 5" and 7" panels. I don't have the 3.5" panel, so testers are welcome. Plan once it's tested: - enable CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_EDT_FT5X06=m in the sunxi kernel config - submit the overlays, so the panels work on standard images I've also applied to become the maintainer of this board, as it currently has none. Feedback and test reports are very welcome.
October 26Oct 26 Author Quick update: the LeMaker panels work on current kernels! I've tested the 5" and 7" panels on real hardware, and both work on the Banana Pi Pro as well as on the original Banana Pi (non-Pro), using the same image (Armbian Debian 13 trixie, kernel 6.18). The picture appears as soon as the kernel starts, the backlight works too. The 3.5" panel is still untested since I don't have it, but it shares almost everything with the 5" one, so it will most likely work as well. The minimal image has no desktop, so I couldn't check touch yet. I'm now preparing an image with the XFCE desktop, which also includes a simple script to switch panels after boot (sudo lemaker-lcd 5 / 7 / 35 / off), so a single image will work with every panel. I'll post soon whether touch works too. Overlays, build scripts and images: https://github.com/cyryllo/fex_configuration
Monday at 10:19 PM5 days Author Update: touch works now! The LeMaker 7" panel works completely on the Banana Pi Pro with a current kernel (Armbian Debian 13 trixie, kernel 6.18): display, backlight and touch. The 5" panel works too (display confirmed, touch uses exactly the same controller and wiring as the 7"), and the same image also runs on the original Banana Pi. Getting touch to work needed two fixes. First, the pin called ctp_wakeup in the old fex files (PH7) is actually the RESET line of the FT5x06 controller. Described as a "wake" pin, the edt-ft5x06 driver only waits 5 ms after power-up, and the controller doesn't answer yet. Described as reset-gpios, the driver waits 300 ms and the controller responds. Second, at boot the driver's first probe always fails with an I2C bus error (mv64xxx Ctlr Error, status 0x0, error -11), while the same probe a moment later succeeds. For now a small systemd service retries binding the driver after boot, so touch works right away. If anyone has an idea what causes that first I2C error on the A20, I'd be happy to hear it. There's now a single image for all panels with the XFCE desktop. The 7" panel is enabled by default, and you can switch panels with sudo lemaker-lcd 5 (or 35, 7, off) followed by a reboot, or by uncommenting one line in /boot/armbianEnv.txt. Image, overlays and build scripts: https://github.com/cyryllo/fex_configuration/releases https://photos.app.goo.gl/pM8WR9rU6tHn9ESh9 Edited Monday at 10:20 PM5 days by Cyryl Sochacki
Tuesday at 04:24 PM5 days Thank you for sharing your results Which other armbian boards would be compatible with the LeMaker LCD?
Tuesday at 08:32 PM5 days Author @robertoj only boards with A20. I know they work with Banana Pi , Banana PRO (From lemaker) and Banana M1 and M1+ (from SINOVOIP). Edited Tuesday at 08:55 PM5 days by Cyryl Sochacki
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