topic Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal in Other NXP Products

imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Paolo3C — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:49:59 GMT

Hi,

I enabled with success the MIPI DSI interface for ILI9881C display driver. The interface work with 2 lanes and clock. After boot, the kernel initialize drm and dsi with success and connect the ili9881c with dsi. All the two lanes are driven with signals that I checked with oscilloscope, but clock lines remain static a 200mV, no clock signal on both P and N pins.

I'm using Compulab BSP Release ucm-imx93 3.0 25.02 based on NXP i.MX Release Distro 6.6-scarthgap ucm-imx93 ttyLP0

{

dsi_backlight: dsi_backlight {

compatible = "pwm-backlight";

pwms = <&tpm4 2 50000 0>;

brightness-levels = <0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100>;

default-brightness-level = <98>;

status = "okay";

};

&iomuxc {

pinctrl_tpm4: tpm4grp {

fsl,pins = <

MX93_PAD_GPIO_IO13__TPM4_CH20x59e

};

&tpm4 {

pinctrl-names = "default";

pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_tpm4>;

status = "okay";

};

&ldb {

status = "disabled";

};

&ldb_phy {

status = "disabled";

};

&lcdif {

assigned-clock-rates = <300000000>, <100000000>, <400000000>, <133333333>;

status = "okay";

};

&dsi {

#address-cells = <1>;

#size-cells = <0>;

status = "okay";

panel@0 {

compatible = "bananapi,lhr050h41", "ilitek,ili9881c";

backlight = <&dsi_backlight>;

enable-gpios = <&gpio1 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;

reset-gpios = <&gpio1 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;

reg = <0>;

dsi-lanes = <2>;

video-mode = <2>;

panel-width-mm = <87>;

panel-height-mm = <87>;

status = "okay";

panel-timing {

clock-frequency = <50000000>; /* LCM_PCLK */

/* X */

hsync-len = <24>; /* LCM_HSA */

hback-porch = <100>; /* LCM_HBP */

hactive = <800>; /* LCM_HACT */

hfront-porch = <50>; /* LCM_HFP */

/* Y */

vsync-len = <4>; /* LCM_VSA */

vback-porch = <20>; /* LCM_VBP */

vactive = <800>; /* LCM_VACT */

vfront-porch = <8>; /* LCM_VFP */

};

port {

panel_in: endpoint {

remote-endpoint = <&dsi_out>;

};

ports {

#address-cells = <1>;

#size-cells = <0>;

port@0 {

reg = <0>;

dsi_input: endpoint {

};

port@1 {

reg = <1>;

dsi_out: endpoint {

remote-endpoint = <&panel_in>;

};

&dphy {

status = "okay";

};

Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Chavira — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:07:14 GMT

Hi @Paolo3C!

Could you please confirm whether the baseboard you're using is from CompuLab or if it's a custom design?

Also, are you certain that the measurements are being taken at the correct test points?

Is the display functioning properly, or have you noticed any issues?

Best regards,
Chavira

回复： imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

5454ty — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:55:37 GMT

HI,

I hava a look the message by you

My problem was solved and the reason is the resistance

Finally ,i deteleted the resistance and get the solving

回复： imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Paolo3C — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:22:35 GMT

Hi, thank you for your quick reply.Are you referring to the series resistance?

Also, my hardware designer placed a 22Ω series resistor on all lanes and the clock signal.

I will try removing all of them

thank you

Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Paolo3C — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:25:44 GMT

I’m using a custom board.

The hardware designer placed a 22Ω resistor in series on all lanes and the clock signal.

Could this be the problem?

Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Paolo3C — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:10:32 GMT

I removed all resistors, but nothing change, the 2 mipi dsi lanes are ok, the clock is not present.

I never seen the display active. If I stop Weston service and run modetest I can see the pattern of data on all lanes but clock P and N remain at 200mV.

Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Chavira — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:56:45 GMT

Hi @Paolo3C!

I've observed the same behavior on my side, and I believe it's due to the following reason:

To properly measure MIPI signals, you need specialized equipment. Here are some key recommendations:

Use a high bandwidth oscilloscope, ideally, one that supports at least 4 times the frequency of your target signal.
Use a differential probe, these are essential for MIPI signals due to their high impedance and low capacitance, which help preserve signal integrity.
If the drivers are correctly loaded but you're still not seeing an image, you may need to debug the driver and configuration settings to ensure the display is properly initialized.

Best regards,
Chavira

Re: imx93 MIPI DSI no clock signal

Paolo3C — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 09:04:35 GMT

Hi @Chavira ,

I removed all the resistors and checked the connector connections; now the display shows images. However, there is a strange error across all views: the display shows two lines on and two lines off. I tried changing the number of lanes from 2 to 3 and adjusting the clock frequency, but the issue persists. Please see the attached image.

Could this be related to incorrect wire impedance? There are also some other artifacts, especially on white color bar, but I believe they all originate from the same problem

Thank you,

Paolo