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cbarb2747
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March 21, 2026
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Display Is Blank With FreeRTOS And TouchGFX

  • March 21, 2026
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I created a GUI with TouchGFX, enabled UART and created a custom task in freeRTOS in STMCubeMX.  When running the code the display is just blank when I add this code inside of my custom task

if(xQueueReceive(queueHandle, &message, 0) == pdPASS)
{
 printf("Message received");
}

If I comment this code out the gui displays.  However, I found something interesting that if I debug and set a breakpoint at the for(;;) loop statement on line 729 in main in the UART_Task and another breakpoint on the print message and then press play to continue, the GUI displays and when I tap a button on my GUI I get to the breakpoint on the printf message which is exactly what I'm trying to do and it works perfectly.  I'm not sure why it works when I first breakpoint there, but won't work just loading the program onto the board.  Here is the main code

/* USER CODE BEGIN Header */
/**
 ******************************************************************************
 * @file : main.c
 * @brief : Main program body
 ******************************************************************************
 * @attention
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2023 STMicroelectronics.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is licensed under terms that can be found in the LICENSE file
 * in the root directory of this software component.
 * If no LICENSE file comes with this software, it is provided AS-IS.
 *
 ******************************************************************************
 */
/* USER CODE END Header */
/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "main.h"
#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "queue.h"
#include "cmsis_os2.h"
#include "app_touchgfx.h"
#include "stdio.h"

/* Private includes ----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN Includes */

/* USER CODE END Includes */

/* Private typedef -----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PTD */

/* USER CODE END PTD */

/* Private define ------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PD */

/* USER CODE END PD */

/* Private macro -------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN PM */

/* USER CODE END PM */

/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/

CRC_HandleTypeDef hcrc;

DMA2D_HandleTypeDef hdma2d;

GPU2D_HandleTypeDef hgpu2d;

I2C_HandleTypeDef hi2c1;

JPEG_HandleTypeDef hjpeg;
DMA_HandleTypeDef handle_HPDMA1_Channel1;
DMA_HandleTypeDef handle_HPDMA1_Channel0;

LTDC_HandleTypeDef hltdc;

UART_HandleTypeDef huart7;

/* Definitions for defaultTask */
osThreadId_t defaultTaskHandle;
const osThreadAttr_t defaultTask_attributes = {
 .name = "defaultTask",
 .stack_size = 128 * 4,
 .priority = (osPriority_t) osPriorityNormal,
};
/* Definitions for TouchGFXTask */
osThreadId_t TouchGFXTaskHandle;
const osThreadAttr_t TouchGFXTask_attributes = {
 .name = "TouchGFXTask",
 .stack_size = 4096 * 4,
 .priority = (osPriority_t) osPriorityNormal,
};
/* Definitions for UARTTask */
osThreadId_t UARTTaskHandle;
const osThreadAttr_t UARTTask_attributes = {
 .name = "UARTTask",
 .stack_size = 128 * 4,
 .priority = (osPriority_t) osPriorityBelowNormal,
};
/* Definitions for messageQueue */
osMessageQueueId_t messageQueueHandle;
const osMessageQueueAttr_t messageQueue_attributes = {
 .name = "messageQueue"
};
/* USER CODE BEGIN PV */

/* USER CODE END PV */

/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
static void MPU_Config(void);
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void);
static void MX_HPDMA1_Init(void);
static void MX_LTDC_Init(void);
static void MX_CRC_Init(void);
static void MX_DMA2D_Init(void);
static void MX_JPEG_Init(void);
static void MX_FLASH_Init(void);
static void MX_I2C1_Init(void);
static void MX_GPU2D_Init(void);
static void MX_ICACHE_GPU2D_Init(void);
static void MX_UART7_Init(void);
void StartDefaultTask(void *argument);
extern void TouchGFX_Task(void *argument);
void UART_Task(void *argument);

/* USER CODE BEGIN PFP */

/* USER CODE END PFP */

/* Private user code ---------------------------------------------------------*/
/* USER CODE BEGIN 0 */

/* USER CODE END 0 */

/**
 * @brief The application entry point.
 * @retval int
 */
int main(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN 1 */

 /* USER CODE END 1 */

 /* MPU Configuration--------------------------------------------------------*/
 MPU_Config();

 /* Enable the CPU Cache */

 /* Enable I-Cache---------------------------------------------------------*/
 SCB_EnableICache();

 /* Enable D-Cache---------------------------------------------------------*/
 SCB_EnableDCache();

 /* MCU Configuration--------------------------------------------------------*/

 /* Update SystemCoreClock variable according to RCC registers values. */
 SystemCoreClockUpdate();

 /* Reset of all peripherals, Initializes the Flash interface and the Systick. */
 HAL_Init();

 /* USER CODE BEGIN Init */

 /* USER CODE END Init */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN SysInit */

 /* USER CODE END SysInit */

 /* Initialize all configured peripherals */
 MX_GPIO_Init();
 MX_HPDMA1_Init();
 MX_LTDC_Init();
 MX_CRC_Init();
 MX_DMA2D_Init();
 MX_JPEG_Init();
 MX_FLASH_Init();
 MX_I2C1_Init();
 MX_GPU2D_Init();
 MX_ICACHE_GPU2D_Init();
 MX_UART7_Init();
 MX_TouchGFX_Init();
 /* Call PreOsInit function */
 MX_TouchGFX_PreOSInit();
 /* USER CODE BEGIN 2 */

 /* USER CODE END 2 */

 /* Init scheduler */
 osKernelInitialize();

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_MUTEX */
 /* add mutexes, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_MUTEX */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_SEMAPHORES */
 /* add semaphores, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_SEMAPHORES */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_TIMERS */
 /* start timers, add new ones, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_TIMERS */

 /* Create the queue(s) */
 /* creation of messageQueue */
 messageQueueHandle = osMessageQueueNew (16, sizeof(uint16_t), &messageQueue_attributes);

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_QUEUES */
 /* add queues, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_QUEUES */

 /* Create the thread(s) */
 /* creation of defaultTask */
 defaultTaskHandle = osThreadNew(StartDefaultTask, NULL, &defaultTask_attributes);

 /* creation of TouchGFXTask */
 TouchGFXTaskHandle = osThreadNew(TouchGFX_Task, NULL, &TouchGFXTask_attributes);

 /* creation of UARTTask */
 UARTTaskHandle = osThreadNew(UART_Task, NULL, &UARTTask_attributes);

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_THREADS */
 /* add threads, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_THREADS */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN RTOS_EVENTS */
 /* add events, ... */
 /* USER CODE END RTOS_EVENTS */

 /* Start scheduler */
 osKernelStart();

 /* We should never get here as control is now taken by the scheduler */

 /* Infinite loop */
 /* USER CODE BEGIN WHILE */
 while (1)
 {
 /* USER CODE END WHILE */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */
 }
 /* USER CODE END 3 */
}

/**
 * @brief CRC Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_CRC_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN CRC_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END CRC_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN CRC_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END CRC_Init 1 */
 hcrc.Instance = CRC;
 hcrc.Init.DefaultPolynomialUse = DEFAULT_POLYNOMIAL_ENABLE;
 hcrc.Init.DefaultInitValueUse = DEFAULT_INIT_VALUE_ENABLE;
 hcrc.Init.InputDataInversionMode = CRC_INPUTDATA_INVERSION_NONE;
 hcrc.Init.OutputDataInversionMode = CRC_OUTPUTDATA_INVERSION_DISABLE;
 hcrc.InputDataFormat = CRC_INPUTDATA_FORMAT_BYTES;
 if (HAL_CRC_Init(&hcrc) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN CRC_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END CRC_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief DMA2D Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_DMA2D_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN DMA2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END DMA2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN DMA2D_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END DMA2D_Init 1 */
 hdma2d.Instance = DMA2D;
 hdma2d.Init.Mode = DMA2D_R2M;
 hdma2d.Init.ColorMode = DMA2D_OUTPUT_RGB888;
 hdma2d.Init.OutputOffset = 0;
 if (HAL_DMA2D_Init(&hdma2d) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN DMA2D_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END DMA2D_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief FLASH Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_FLASH_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN FLASH_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END FLASH_Init 0 */

 FLASH_OBProgramInitTypeDef pOBInit = {0};

 /* USER CODE BEGIN FLASH_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END FLASH_Init 1 */
 HAL_FLASHEx_OBGetConfig(&pOBInit);
 if ((pOBInit.USERConfig1 & OB_IWDG_SW) != OB_IWDG_SW||
(pOBInit.USERConfig1 & OB_XSPI1_HSLV_ENABLE) != OB_XSPI1_HSLV_ENABLE||
(pOBInit.USERConfig1 & OB_XSPI2_HSLV_ENABLE) != OB_XSPI2_HSLV_ENABLE||
(pOBInit.USERConfig2 & OB_I2C_NI3C_I2C) != OB_I2C_NI3C_I2C)
 {
 if (HAL_FLASH_Unlock() != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_FLASH_OB_Unlock() != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 pOBInit.OptionType = OPTIONBYTE_USER;
 pOBInit.USERType = OB_USER_IWDG_SW|OB_USER_XSPI1_HSLV
 |OB_USER_XSPI2_HSLV|OB_USER_I2C_NI3C;
 pOBInit.USERConfig1 = OB_IWDG_SW|OB_XSPI1_HSLV_ENABLE
 |OB_XSPI2_HSLV_ENABLE;
 pOBInit.USERConfig2 = OB_I2C_NI3C_I2C;
 if (HAL_FLASHEx_OBProgram(&pOBInit) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_FLASH_OB_Lock() != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_FLASH_Lock() != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN FLASH_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END FLASH_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief GPU2D Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_GPU2D_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN GPU2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END GPU2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN GPU2D_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END GPU2D_Init 1 */
 hgpu2d.Instance = GPU2D;
 if (HAL_GPU2D_Init(&hgpu2d) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN GPU2D_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END GPU2D_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief HPDMA1 Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_HPDMA1_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN HPDMA1_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END HPDMA1_Init 0 */

 /* Peripheral clock enable */
 __HAL_RCC_HPDMA1_CLK_ENABLE();

 /* HPDMA1 interrupt Init */
 HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(HPDMA1_Channel0_IRQn, 5, 0);
 HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(HPDMA1_Channel0_IRQn);
 HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(HPDMA1_Channel1_IRQn, 5, 0);
 HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(HPDMA1_Channel1_IRQn);

 /* USER CODE BEGIN HPDMA1_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END HPDMA1_Init 1 */
 /* USER CODE BEGIN HPDMA1_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END HPDMA1_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief I2C1 Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_I2C1_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN I2C1_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END I2C1_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN I2C1_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END I2C1_Init 1 */
 hi2c1.Instance = I2C1;
 hi2c1.Init.Timing = 0x00E063FF;
 hi2c1.Init.OwnAddress1 = 0;
 hi2c1.Init.AddressingMode = I2C_ADDRESSINGMODE_7BIT;
 hi2c1.Init.DualAddressMode = I2C_DUALADDRESS_DISABLE;
 hi2c1.Init.OwnAddress2 = 0;
 hi2c1.Init.OwnAddress2Masks = I2C_OA2_NOMASK;
 hi2c1.Init.GeneralCallMode = I2C_GENERALCALL_DISABLE;
 hi2c1.Init.NoStretchMode = I2C_NOSTRETCH_DISABLE;
 if (HAL_I2C_Init(&hi2c1) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }

 /** Configure Analogue filter
 */
 if (HAL_I2CEx_ConfigAnalogFilter(&hi2c1, I2C_ANALOGFILTER_ENABLE) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }

 /** Configure Digital filter
 */
 if (HAL_I2CEx_ConfigDigitalFilter(&hi2c1, 0) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN I2C1_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END I2C1_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief ICACHE_GPU2D Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_ICACHE_GPU2D_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 1 */

 /** Enable instruction cache (default 2-ways set associative cache)
 */
 if (HAL_ICACHE_Enable() != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END ICACHE_GPU2D_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief JPEG Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_JPEG_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN JPEG_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END JPEG_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN JPEG_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END JPEG_Init 1 */
 hjpeg.Instance = JPEG;
 if (HAL_JPEG_Init(&hjpeg) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN JPEG_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END JPEG_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief LTDC Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_LTDC_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 0 */

 LTDC_LayerCfgTypeDef pLayerCfg = {0};

 /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 1 */
 hltdc.Instance = LTDC;
 hltdc.Init.HSPolarity = LTDC_HSPOLARITY_AL;
 hltdc.Init.VSPolarity = LTDC_VSPOLARITY_AL;
 hltdc.Init.DEPolarity = LTDC_DEPOLARITY_AL;
 hltdc.Init.PCPolarity = LTDC_PCPOLARITY_IPC;
 hltdc.Init.HorizontalSync = 4;
 hltdc.Init.VerticalSync = 4;
 hltdc.Init.AccumulatedHBP = 12;
 hltdc.Init.AccumulatedVBP = 12;
 hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveW = 812;
 hltdc.Init.AccumulatedActiveH = 492;
 hltdc.Init.TotalWidth = 820;
 hltdc.Init.TotalHeigh = 506;
 hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
 hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Green = 0;
 hltdc.Init.Backcolor.Red = 0;
 if (HAL_LTDC_Init(&hltdc) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 pLayerCfg.WindowX0 = 0;
 pLayerCfg.WindowX1 = 800;
 pLayerCfg.WindowY0 = 0;
 pLayerCfg.WindowY1 = 480;
 pLayerCfg.PixelFormat = LTDC_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB565;
 pLayerCfg.Alpha = 255;
 pLayerCfg.Alpha0 = 0;
 pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor1 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR1_CA;
 pLayerCfg.BlendingFactor2 = LTDC_BLENDING_FACTOR2_CA;
 pLayerCfg.FBStartAdress = 0;
 pLayerCfg.ImageWidth = 800;
 pLayerCfg.ImageHeight = 480;
 pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Blue = 0;
 pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Green = 0;
 pLayerCfg.Backcolor.Red = 0;
 if (HAL_LTDC_ConfigLayer(&hltdc, &pLayerCfg, 0) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN LTDC_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END LTDC_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief UART7 Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_UART7_Init(void)
{

 /* USER CODE BEGIN UART7_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE END UART7_Init 0 */

 /* USER CODE BEGIN UART7_Init 1 */

 /* USER CODE END UART7_Init 1 */
 huart7.Instance = UART7;
 huart7.Init.BaudRate = 115200;
 huart7.Init.WordLength = UART_WORDLENGTH_8B;
 huart7.Init.StopBits = UART_STOPBITS_1;
 huart7.Init.Parity = UART_PARITY_NONE;
 huart7.Init.Mode = UART_MODE_TX_RX;
 huart7.Init.HwFlowCtl = UART_HWCONTROL_NONE;
 huart7.Init.OverSampling = UART_OVERSAMPLING_16;
 huart7.Init.OneBitSampling = UART_ONE_BIT_SAMPLE_DISABLE;
 huart7.Init.ClockPrescaler = UART_PRESCALER_DIV1;
 huart7.AdvancedInit.AdvFeatureInit = UART_ADVFEATURE_NO_INIT;
 if (HAL_UART_Init(&huart7) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_UARTEx_SetTxFifoThreshold(&huart7, UART_TXFIFO_THRESHOLD_1_8) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_UARTEx_SetRxFifoThreshold(&huart7, UART_RXFIFO_THRESHOLD_1_8) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 if (HAL_UARTEx_DisableFifoMode(&huart7) != HAL_OK)
 {
 Error_Handler();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN UART7_Init 2 */

 /* USER CODE END UART7_Init 2 */

}

/**
 * @brief GPIO Initialization Function
 * None
 * @retval None
 */
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void)
{
 GPIO_InitTypeDef GPIO_InitStruct = {0};
 /* USER CODE BEGIN MX_GPIO_Init_1 */
 /* USER CODE END MX_GPIO_Init_1 */

 /* GPIO Ports Clock Enable */
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOF_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOG_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOB_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOE_CLK_ENABLE();
 __HAL_RCC_GPIOA_CLK_ENABLE();

 /*Configure GPIO pin Output Level */
 HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOF, FRAME_RATE_Pin|RENDER_TIME_Pin|MCU_ACTIVE_Pin|VSYNC_FREQ_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);

 /*Configure GPIO pin Output Level */
 HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_EN_GPIO_Port, LCD_EN_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);

 /*Configure GPIO pin Output Level */
 HAL_GPIO_WritePin(LCD_BL_CTRL_GPIO_Port, LCD_BL_CTRL_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);

 /*Configure GPIO pins : FRAME_RATE_Pin RENDER_TIME_Pin VSYNC_FREQ_Pin */
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = FRAME_RATE_Pin|RENDER_TIME_Pin|VSYNC_FREQ_Pin;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Speed = GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_MEDIUM;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(GPIOF, &GPIO_InitStruct);

 /*Configure GPIO pin : MCU_ACTIVE_Pin */
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = MCU_ACTIVE_Pin;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Speed = GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_LOW;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(MCU_ACTIVE_GPIO_Port, &GPIO_InitStruct);

 /*Configure GPIO pin : LCD_EN_Pin */
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = LCD_EN_Pin;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Speed = GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_LOW;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(LCD_EN_GPIO_Port, &GPIO_InitStruct);

 /*Configure GPIO pin : TP_IRQ_Pin */
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = TP_IRQ_Pin;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_IT_FALLING;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_PULLDOWN;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(TP_IRQ_GPIO_Port, &GPIO_InitStruct);

 /*Configure GPIO pin : LCD_BL_CTRL_Pin */
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = LCD_BL_CTRL_Pin;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
 GPIO_InitStruct.Speed = GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_LOW;
 HAL_GPIO_Init(LCD_BL_CTRL_GPIO_Port, &GPIO_InitStruct);

 /* EXTI interrupt init*/
 HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(TP_IRQ_EXTI_IRQn, 5, 0);
 HAL_NVIC_EnableIRQ(TP_IRQ_EXTI_IRQn);

 /* USER CODE BEGIN MX_GPIO_Init_2 */
 /* USER CODE END MX_GPIO_Init_2 */
}

/* USER CODE BEGIN 4 */

/* USER CODE END 4 */

/* USER CODE BEGIN Header_StartDefaultTask */
/**
 * @brief Function implementing the defaultTask thread.
 * argument: Not used
 * @retval None
 */
/* USER CODE END Header_StartDefaultTask */
void StartDefaultTask(void *argument)
{
 /* USER CODE BEGIN 5 */
 /* Infinite loop */
 for(;;)
 {
 osDelay(1);
 }
 /* USER CODE END 5 */
}

/* USER CODE BEGIN Header_UART_Task */
/**
* @brief Function implementing the UARTTask thread.
* argument: Not used
* @retval None
*/
extern QueueHandle_t queueHandle;
extern unsigned char message;
/* USER CODE END Header_UART_Task */
void UART_Task(void *argument)
{
 /* USER CODE BEGIN UART_Task */
 /* Infinite loop */
 for(;;)
 {
	osDelay(1);
	if(xQueueReceive(queueHandle, &message, 0) == pdPASS)
	{
		printf("Message received");
	}
 }
 /* USER CODE END UART_Task */
}

 /* MPU Configuration */

static void MPU_Config(void)
{
 MPU_Region_InitTypeDef MPU_InitStruct = {0};

 /* Disables the MPU */
 HAL_MPU_Disable();

 /* Disables all MPU regions */
 for(uint8_t i=0; i<__MPU_REGIONCOUNT; i++)
 {
 HAL_MPU_DisableRegion(i);
 }

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Enable = MPU_REGION_ENABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER0;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x0;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_4GB;
 MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x87;
 MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL0;
 MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_NO_ACCESS;
 MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER1;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x70000000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_128MB;
 MPU_InitStruct.SubRegionDisable = 0x0;
 MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL1;
 MPU_InitStruct.AccessPermission = MPU_REGION_FULL_ACCESS;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_SHAREABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_CACHEABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_BUFFERABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER2;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_2MB;
 MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_ENABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER3;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x90000000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_32MB;
 MPU_InitStruct.DisableExec = MPU_INSTRUCTION_ACCESS_DISABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_BUFFERABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER4;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x20000000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_64KB;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER5;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x24000000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_512KB;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsShareable = MPU_ACCESS_SHAREABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_CACHEABLE;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsBufferable = MPU_ACCESS_BUFFERABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER6;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x2406c000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_16KB;
 MPU_InitStruct.TypeExtField = MPU_TEX_LEVEL0;
 MPU_InitStruct.IsCacheable = MPU_ACCESS_NOT_CACHEABLE;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);

 /** Initializes and configures the Region and the memory to be protected
 */
 MPU_InitStruct.Number = MPU_REGION_NUMBER7;
 MPU_InitStruct.BaseAddress = 0x24070000;
 MPU_InitStruct.Size = MPU_REGION_SIZE_8KB;

 HAL_MPU_ConfigRegion(&MPU_InitStruct);
 /* Enables the MPU */
 HAL_MPU_Enable(MPU_PRIVILEGED_DEFAULT);

}

/**
 * @brief Period elapsed callback in non blocking mode
 * @note This function is called when TIM6 interrupt took place, inside
 * HAL_TIM_IRQHandler(). It makes a direct call to HAL_IncTick() to increment
 * a global variable "uwTick" used as application time base.
 * htim TIM handle
 * @retval None
 */
void HAL_TIM_PeriodElapsedCallback(TIM_HandleTypeDef *htim)
{
 /* USER CODE BEGIN Callback 0 */

 /* USER CODE END Callback 0 */
 if (htim->Instance == TIM6) {
 HAL_IncTick();
 }
 /* USER CODE BEGIN Callback 1 */

 /* USER CODE END Callback 1 */
}

/**
 * @brief This function is executed in case of error occurrence.
 * @retval None
 */
void Error_Handler(void)
{
 /* USER CODE BEGIN Error_Handler_Debug */
 /* User can add his own implementation to report the HAL error return state */
 __disable_irq();
 while (1)
 {
 }
 /* USER CODE END Error_Handler_Debug */
}
#ifdef USE_FULL_ASSERT
/**
 * @brief Reports the name of the source file and the source line number
 * where the assert_param error has occurred.
 * file: pointer to the source file name
 * line: assert_param error line source number
 * @retval None
 */
void assert_failed(uint8_t *file, uint32_t line)
{
 /* USER CODE BEGIN 6 */
 /* User can add his own implementation to report the file name and line number,
 ex: printf("Wrong parameters value: file %s on line %d\r\n", file, line) */
 /* USER CODE END 6 */
}
#endif /* USE_FULL_ASSERT */

 

And here is the code from my main display and I'm sending a message through a xQueue from my display to the freeRTOS entry task

#include <gui/maindisplay_screen/MainDisplayView.hpp>
#include "stdio.h"
#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "queue.h"

extern "C"
{
	unsigned char message[8] = { "hello" };
	QueueHandle_t queueHandle;
}

MainDisplayView::MainDisplayView()
{
	queueHandle = xQueueCreate(10, sizeof(unsigned char));
}

void MainDisplayView::setupScreen()
{
 MainDisplayViewBase::setupScreen();
}

void MainDisplayView::tearDownScreen()
{
 MainDisplayViewBase::tearDownScreen();
}

void MainDisplayView::advertiseBLE() {
	xQueueSend(queueHandle, &message, 0);
}



Best answer by cbarb2747

I figured it out.  I added a bigger delay in my UART_Task of osDelay(200) and it works like a charm. 

1 reply

cbarb2747
cbarb2747AuthorBest answer
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March 22, 2026

I figured it out.  I added a bigger delay in my UART_Task of osDelay(200) and it works like a charm.