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Version: BSP 7.x.y

Resistive Touch Screen (Linux)

General information​

Resistive touch works out-of-the-box in all Toradex modules. However, depending on your touchscreen, some calibration may be needed.

Colibri X1 connectorColibri function
14TSPX
16TSMX
18TSPY
20TSMY
Apalis X1 connectorApalis function
315AN1_TSPX
317AN1_TSMX
319AN1_TSPY
321AN1_TSMY

Apalis T30, Apalis iMX6, Colibri T30, Colibri iMX6​

The Apalis T30, Apalis iMX6, Colibri T30 and Colibri iMX6 offer a 4-wire resistive touch interface via ST Microelectronics STMPE811, which is connected to the SoC through I2C. The STMPE811 does not support 5-wire operation mode.

Please consult the Microelectronics STMPE811 documentation for more information.

Apalis TK1​

The Apalis TK1 offers a 4-wire resistive touch interface implemented via the K20 companion MCU.

Colibri iMX7, Colibri iMX6ULL, Colibri iMX8X​

The Colibri iMX7, Colibri iMX6ULL and Colibri iMX8X offer a 4-wire resistive touch interface using the Analog Device AD7879-1 Touchscreen Controller, which is connected to the SoC through I2C. The AD7879-1 does not support 5-wire operation mode.

Please consult the Analog Device AD7879-1 documentation for more information.

Colibri VF61, Colibri T20​

The Colibri VF61 and Colibri T20 offer a 4-wire resistive touch interface via the Wolfson WM9715L audio codec.

Please consult the Wolfson WM9715 documentation for more information.

Colibri VF50​

The touch interface is provided by using the internal ADC input of the Vybrid SoC.

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Make sure to check the modules datasheet for additional information.

Touch Calibration​

Read the dedicated articles:

Legacy Touch Calibration (BSP 1.x)

For BSP 1.x to automatically apply the calibration settings upon boot proceed as follows:

root@colibri_t20:~# mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
root@colibri_t20:~# xinput_calibrator
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "wm97xx touchscreen" id=6
        current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=3991, max_x=58 and min_y=3932, max_y=351

Doing dynamic recalibration:
        Setting new calibration data: 3999, 74, 4016, 296

--> Making the calibration permanent <--
  copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf'
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "calibration"
        MatchProduct    "wm97xx touchscreen"
        Option  "Calibration"   "3999 74 4016 296"
EndSection

Now just create the 99-calibration.conf file according to the xinput_calibrator output above:

root@colibri_t20:~# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf
:i
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "calibration"
        MatchProduct    "wm97xx touchscreen"
        Option  "Calibration"   "3999 74 4016 296"
EndSection
~
:wq
root@colibri_t20:~#
Alternative way to make Touch Calibration Persistent (BSP 1.x)​

To automatically apply the calibration settings upon boot one can also proceed as follows:

System - Preferences - Startup Applications
Add
Name: Touch Calibration
Command: xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 3995 88 3861 304
Comment: Apply touch calibration

As command one can just use the xinput command as output by the xinput_calibrator application. Alternatively if you require more than one xinput command for proper calibration (e.g. due to swapped axes) you can create a script /usr/bin/touch.sh and use this as above command:

#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=:0
xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axes Swap" 8 1
xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 3957 148 197 3295
xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 137 4130 3147 179

Colibri Evaluation Board with Toradex 4.3" Sharp WQVGA Touch TFT (V1.0a)​

Note (BSP 1.x): Somehow due to swapped axes the calibration needs to be run twice in order to get the desired result.

root@colibri_t20:~# export DISPLAY=:0
root@colibri_t20:~# xinput_calibrator
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "wm97xx touchscreen" id=6
        current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=3995, max_x=88 and min_y=3861, max_y=304

Doing dynamic recalibration:
        Swapping X and Y axis...
        Setting new calibration data: 3957, 148, 197, 3295
Making the calibration permanent (EvalBoard with WQVGA BSP 1.x)​

If you have the 'xinput' tool installed, a simple way is to create a script that starts with your X session, containing the following command(s):

    xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axes Swap" 8 1
    xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 3957 148 197 3295

If you have evdev version 2.3.0 or higher, there are 2 more ways: the traditional way (xorg.conf) and the new way (udev rule):

xorg.conf: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add in the 'Section "InputDevice"' of your device:
    Option      "Calibration"           "3957 148 197 3295"
    Option      "SwapAxes"      "1" # unless it was already set to 1
udev rule: create the file '/etc/udev/rules.d/99_touchscreen.rules' with:
    ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ATTRS{product}!="wm97xx touchscreen", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ENV{x11_options.calibration}="3957 148 197 3295"
    ENV{x11_options.swapxy}="1"
    LABEL="xorg_touchscreen_end"

Iris with EDT ET070080DH6​


root@colibri_t20:~# export DISPLAY=:0
root@colibri_t20:~# xinput_calibrator
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "wm97xx touchscreen" id=6
        current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=350, max_x=3900 and min_y=320, max_y=3750

Doing dynamic recalibration:
        Setting new calibration data: 3995, 88, 3861, 304
Making the calibration permanent (Iris with EDT BSP 1.x)​

If you have the 'xinput' tool installed, a simple way is to create a script that starts with your X session, containing the following command(s):

    xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 3995 88 3861 304

If you have evdev version 2.3.0 or higher, there are 2 more ways: the traditional way (xorg.conf) and the new way (udev rule):

xorg.conf: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add in the 'Section "InputDevice"' of your device:
    Option      "Calibration"           "3995 88 3861 304"
udev rule: create the file '/etc/udev/rules.d/99_touchscreen.rules' with:
    ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ATTRS{product}!="wm97xx touchscreen", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ENV{x11_options.calibration}="3995 88 3861 304"
    LABEL="xorg_touchscreen_end"

MECS Tellurium with Ampire 5.7" LED VGA Touch TFT​

Please note that instead of PWM A the Tellurium uses PWM C aka PWFM2 for back light control requiring a custom kernel to be built with MECS_TELLURIUM being defined (see arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-colibri_t20-panel.c).


root@colibri_t20:~# export DISPLAY=:0
root@colibri_t20:~# xinput_calibrator
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "wm97xx touchscreen" id=6
        current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=350, max_x=3900 and min_
y=320, max_y=3750

Doing dynamic recalibration:
        Setting new calibration data: 107, 3959, 3939, 137
Making the calibration permanent (MECS with Ampire BSP 1.x)​

If you have the 'xinput' tool installed, a simple way is to create a script that starts with your X session, containing the following command(s):

    xinput set-int-prop "wm97xx touchscreen" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 107 3959 3939 137

If you have evdev version 2.3.0 or higher, there are 2 more ways: the traditional way (xorg.conf) and the new way (udev rule):

xorg.conf: edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add in the 'Section "InputDevice"' of your device:
    Option      "Calibration"           "107 3959 3939 137"
udev rule: create the file '/etc/udev/rules.d/99_touchscreen.rules' with:
    ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ATTRS{product}!="wm97xx touchscreen", GOTO="xorg_touchscreen_end"
    ENV{x11_options.calibration}="107 3959 3939 137"
    LABEL="xorg_touchscreen_end"

Colibri T20​

[    6.865817] wm97xx-ts 0-0:WM9711,WM9712,WM9715: detected a wm9712 codec
[    6.880561] input: wm97xx touchscreen as /devices/platform/tegra-ac97/0-0:WM9711,WM9712,WM9715/input/input2

Colibri VF61​

The Colibri VF61 uses the Wolfson WM9712 AC97 audio codec for resistive touch support. The driver has several kernel parameters which can be tuned:

ParameterData typeDescription
rpuintSet internal pull up resistor for pen detect.
pilintSet current used for pressure measurement.
pressureintSet threshold for pressure measurement.
delayintSet adc sample delay.
abs_xarray of intTouchscreen absolute X min, max, fuzz
abs_yarray of intTouchscreen absolute X min, max, fuzz
abs_parray of intTouchscreen absolute Pressure min, max, fuzz

The source file in drivers/input/touchscreen/wm9712.c has some more hints to the exact meaning of the values.

The WM9712 driver module is built-in, to set a module parameter the kernel command line needs to be altered. Use the module name wm97xx-ts as prefix so set a parameter:

setenv defargs wm97xx-ts.pil=1


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