Video and Vision Processing Suite Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 12/31/2023
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Document Table of Contents
1. About the Video and Vision Processing Suite 2. Getting Started with the Video and Vision Processing IPs 3. Video and Vision Processing IPs Functional Description 4. Video and Vision Processing IP Interfaces 5. Video and Vision Processing IP Registers 6. Video and Vision Processing IPs Software Programming Model 7. Protocol Converter Intel® FPGA IP 8. 1D LUT Intel® FPGA IP 9. 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP 10. AXI-Stream Broadcaster Intel® FPGA IP 11. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Intel FPGA IP 12. Black Level Correction Intel® FPGA IP 13. Black Level Statistics Intel® FPGA IP 14. Chroma Key Intel® FPGA IP 15. Chroma Resampler Intel® FPGA IP 16. Clipper Intel® FPGA IP 17. Clocked Video Input Intel® FPGA IP 18. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Intel® FPGA IP 19. Clocked Video Output Intel® FPGA IP 20. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP 21. Defective Pixel Correction Intel® FPGA IP 22. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP 23. Demosaic Intel® FPGA IP 24. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP 25. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 26. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP 27. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP 28. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP 29. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP 30. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP 31. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP 32. Histogram Statistics Intel® FPGA IP 33. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP 34. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP 35. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP 36. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP 37. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 38. Switch Intel® FPGA IP 39. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP 40. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP 41. Unsharp Mask Intel® FPGA IP 42. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP 43. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP 44. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP 45. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP 46. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP 47. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP 48. Vignette Correction Intel® FPGA IP 49. Warp Intel® FPGA IP 50. White Balance Correction Intel® FPGA IP 51. White Balance Statistics Intel® FPGA IP 52. Design Security 53. Document Revision History for Video and Vision Processing Suite User Guide

42.5. Video and Vision Monitor Software API

The IP includes software for run-time control. The IP does not fit any of the generic device models provided by the Nios II HAL and it exposes a set of dedicated accessors to the control and status registers. The IP driver structure inherits the base driver structure so all common methods defined in Video and Vision Processing IPs Software API are applicable.

Register definition header file: intel_vvp_snoop_regs.h

Include file: intel_vvp_snoop.h

Table 740.  Video and Vision Monitor IP Software API
Name Description
intel_vvp_snoop_init Initialize the Video and Vision Monitor instance
intel_vvp_core_* Accessors defined in Video and Vision Processing IPs Software Programming Model . Writable when Lite is on. Readable when Lite is off and Debug features is on.
intel_vvp_snoop_get_lite_mode Returns if Lite mode is on
intel_vvp_snoop_get_debug_enabled Returns if Debug features is on
intel_vvp_snoop_get_pixels_in_parallel Returns the number of pixels streamed in parallel
intel_vvp_snoop_is_running Returns if the IP is currently processing video data
intel_vvp_snoop_get_status Reads the status register
intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_good_fields Returns the numbers of valid fields processed
intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_broken_fields Returns the numbers of broken fields processed (full variant)
intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_mismatch_fields EReturns the numbers of invalid/mismatched fields processed
intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_num_lines Returns the number of lines in the last processed field
intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_min_width Returns the width of the smallest line in the last processed field
intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_max_width Returns the width of the largest line in the last processed field
intel_vvp_snoop_reset_counters Resets all debug counters

intel_vvp_snoop_init

Prototype
int intel_vvp_snoop_init(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance, intel_vvp_core_base base);
Description

Initializes a Video and Vision Monitor instance. The initialization stops early if the vendor ID or product ID read at the base address are not a match or if the register map version is not supported. Otherwise, the function proceeds to read and store the IP compile-time parameterization. The instance is not fully initialized and the application should not use it further if returning a non-zero error code.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

base - base address of the register map

Returns

kIntelVvpCoreOk (0) in case of success, a negative error code in case of error

kIntelVvpCoreVidErr if the vendor id of the core is not the IntelFPGA vendor ID (0x6AF7).

kIntelVvpCorePidErr if the product_id does not match with the Video and Vision Monitor product ID

kIntelVvpCoreInstanceErr if the instance is a null pointer

kIntelVvpSnoopRegMapVersionErr if the register map is not supported

intel_vvp_snoop_get_lite_mode

Prototype
bool intel_vvp_snoop_get_lite_mode(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance);
Description

Returns the value of the LITE_MODE register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

true if the IP is parameterized in lite mode

intel_vvp_snoop_get_debug_enabled

Prototype
 bool intel_vvp_snoop_get_debug_enabled(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance);
Description

Returns the value of the DEBUG_ENABLED register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

true if the IP is parameterized with debug features enabled

intel_vvp_snoop_get_pixels_in_parallel

Prototype
 uint8_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_pixels_in_parallel(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance);
Description

Returns the value of the PIXELS_IN_PARALLEL register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the number of pixels streamed in parallel in the monitored Video and Vision stream interface

intel_vvp_snoop_is_running

Prototype
 bool intel_vvp_snoop_is_running(intel_vvp_snoop_instance* instance);
Description

Reads and returns the running bit of the STATUS register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

True is the IP is currently receiving/storing an input field, false when between two input fields

intel_vvp_snoop_get_status

Prototype
 uint32_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_status(intel_vvp_snoop_instance* instance);
Description

Reads the STATUS register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

The content of the STATUS register

intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_good_fields

Prototype
 uint16_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_good_fields(intel_vvp_snoop_instance* instance);
Description

Reads the NUM_GOOD_FIELDS register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the number of valid fields processed so far

intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_broken_fields

Prototype
 uint16_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_broken_fields(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance);
Description

Reads the NUM_BROKEN_FIELDS register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized and configured in lite variant.

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the number of broken fields processed so far (counted using the broken flag in EOF packets in full variant)

intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_mismatch_fields

Prototype
 uint16_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_num_mismatch_fields(intel_vvp_snoop_instance* instance);
Description

Reads the NUM_MISMATCH_FIELDS register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the number of invalid fields processed so far, counted by looking for discrepencies between the image information and the number of pixels/lines received

intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_num_lines

Prototype
 uint32_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_num_lines(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance)
Description

Reads the LAST_NUM_LINES register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the number of lines in the last processed field

intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_min_width

Prototype
uint32_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_min_width(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance)
Description

Reads the LAST_MIN_WIDTH register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the width of the smallest line in the last processed field

intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_max_width

Prototype
 uint32_t intel_vvp_snoop_get_last_max_width(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance)
Description

Reads the LAST_MAX_WIDTH register. The instance must be a valid intel_vvp_snoop_instance fully initialized

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

the width of the largest line in the last processed field

intel_vvp_snoop_reset_counters

Prototype
 int intel_vvp_snoop_reset_counters(intel_vvp_snoop_instance *instance)
Description

Resets all debug counters to zero

Arguments

instance - pointer to the intel_vvp_snoop_instance software driver instance structure

Returns

kIntelVvpCoreOk for success, negative error code in case of failures

kIntelVvpCoreInstanceErr if the instance is invalid