HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference 2. HDMI Overview 3. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started 4. HDMI Hardware Design Examples 5. HDMI Source 6. HDMI Sink 7. HDMI Parameters 8. HDMI Simulation Example 9. Registers 10. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives 11. Document Revision History for the HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
1. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference x
1.1. Terms and Acronyms
2. HDMI Overview x
2.1. Release Information 2.2. Device Family Support 2.3. Feature Support 2.4. Resource Utilization
3. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 3.2. Specifying IP Parameters and Options
3.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
3.1.1. Intel FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
4. HDMI Hardware Design Examples x
4.1. HDMI Hardware Design Examples for Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX, Stratix® 10, and Intel Agilex® 7 F-Tile Devices 4.2. HDCP Over HDMI Design Example for Arria® 10 and Stratix® 10 Devices 4.3. HDMI Hardware Design Examples for Arria V and Stratix V Devices
4.3. HDMI Hardware Design Examples for Arria V and Stratix V Devices x
4.3.1. HDMI Hardware Design Components 4.3.2. HDMI Hardware Design Requirements 4.3.3. Design Walkthrough
4.3.1. HDMI Hardware Design Components x
4.3.1.1. Transceiver Native PHY (RX) 4.3.1.2. PLL Intel FPGA IP Cores 4.3.1.3. PLL Reconfig Intel FPGA IP Core 4.3.1.4. Multirate Reconfig Controller (RX) 4.3.1.5. Oversampler (RX) 4.3.1.6. DCFIFO 4.3.1.7. Sink Display Data Channel (DDC) & Status and Control Data Channel (SCDC) 4.3.1.8. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller 4.3.1.9. VIP Bypass and Audio, Auxiliary and InfoFrame Buffers 4.3.1.10. Transceiver Native PHY (TX) 4.3.1.11. Transceiver PHY Reset Controller 4.3.1.12. Oversampler (TX) 4.3.1.13. Clock Enable Generator 4.3.1.14. Platform Designer System
4.3.1.14. Platform Designer System x
4.3.1.14.1. VIP Passthrough for HDMI Video Stream 4.3.1.14.2. Source SCDC Controller 4.3.1.14.3. Source Reconfiguration Controller
4.3.3. Design Walkthrough x
4.3.3.1. Set Up the Hardware 4.3.3.2. Copy the Design Files 4.3.3.3. Build and Compile the Design 4.3.3.4. View the Results
4.3.3.4. View the Results x
4.3.3.4.1. Push Buttons, DIP Switches and LED Functions
5. HDMI Source x
5.1. Source Functional Description 5.2. Source Interfaces 5.3. Source Clock Tree 5.4. Link Training Procedure 5.5. FRL Clocking Scheme 5.6. Valid Video Data 5.7. Source Deep Color Implementation When Support FRL = 0 5.8. Source Deep Color Implementation When Support FRL = 1 5.9. Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
5.1. Source Functional Description x
5.1.1. Source Scrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Encoder 5.1.2. Source Video Resampler 5.1.3. Source Window of Opportunity Generator 5.1.4. Source Auxiliary Packet Encoder 5.1.5. Source Auxiliary Packet Generators 5.1.6. Source Auxiliary Data Path Multiplexers 5.1.7. Source Auxiliary Control Port 5.1.8. Source Audio Encoder 5.1.9. HDCP 1.4 TX Architecture 5.1.10. HDCP 2.3 TX Architecture 5.1.11. FRL Packetizer 5.1.12. FRL Character Block and Super Block Mapping 5.1.13. Reed-Solomon (RS) Forward Error Correction (FEC) Generation and Insertion 5.1.14. FRL Scrambler and Encoder 5.1.15. Source FRL Resampler 5.1.16. TX Core-PHY Interface 5.1.17. I2C Controller 5.1.18. Pixel Repetition 5.1.19. AXI4-Stream to Clocked Video Converter (AXI2CV) 5.1.20. AXI4-Stream to Clocked Video Converter (AXI2CV) Remap 5.1.21. Avalon Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer 5.1.22. HDMI TX Register 5.1.23. HDMI TX Interrupt 5.1.24. TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Bridge 5.1.25. TX Auxiliary User Packet 5.1.26. TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Arbiter 5.1.27. TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Packetizer 5.1.28. TX Avalon-ST Auxiliary Arbiter
5.1.7. Source Auxiliary Control Port x
5.1.7.1. Source General Control Packet (GCP) 5.1.7.2. Source Auxiliary Video Information (AVI) InfoFrame Bit-Fields 5.1.7.3. Source HDMI Vendor Specific InfoFrame (VSI)
5.1.8. Source Audio Encoder x
5.1.8.1. Audio InfoFrame (AI) Bundle Bit-Fields 5.1.8.2. Audio Metadata Bundle Bit-Fields
5.1.16. TX Core-PHY Interface x
5.1.16.1. TX Oversampler 5.1.16.2. Clock Enable Generator
6. HDMI Sink x
6.1. Sink Functional Description 6.2. Sink Interfaces 6.3. Sink Clock Tree 6.4. Link Training Procedure 6.5. Sink Deep Color Implementation When Support FRL = 0 6.6. Sink Deep Color Implementation When Support FRL = 1
6.1. Sink Functional Description x
6.1.1. Sink Word Alignment and Channel Deskew 6.1.2. Sink Descrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Decoder 6.1.3. Sink Auxiliary Decoder 6.1.4. Sink Auxiliary Packet Capture 6.1.5. Sink Video Resampler 6.1.6. Sink Auxiliary Data Port 6.1.7. Sink Audio Decoder 6.1.8. Status and Control Data Channel (SCDC) Interface 6.1.9. HDCP 1.4 RX Architecture 6.1.10. HDCP 2.3 RX Architecture 6.1.11. FRL Depacketizer 6.1.12. Sink FRL Character Block and Super Block Demapper 6.1.13. Sink FRL Descrambler and Decoder 6.1.14. Sink FRL Resampler 6.1.15. RX Core-PHY Interface 6.1.16. I2C Target 6.1.17. I2C and EDID RAM Blocks 6.1.18. Pixel De-repetition 6.1.19. Clocked Video to AXI4-Stream (CV2AXI) Remap 6.1.20. Clocked Video to AXI4-Stream Converter (CV2AXI) 6.1.21. Avalon Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer 6.1.22. HDMI RX Register 6.1.23. HDMI RX Interrupt 6.1.24. RX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Bridge 6.1.25. RX Auxiliary Packet Filter 6.1.26. RX Auxiliary User Packetizer 6.1.27. Variable Refresh Rate(VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)
6.1.6. Sink Auxiliary Data Port x
6.1.6.1. Sink General Control Packet (GCP) 6.1.6.2. Sink Auxiliary Video Information (AVI) InfoFrame Bit-Fields 6.1.6.3. Sink HDMI Vendor Specific InfoFrame (VSI)
6.1.7. Sink Audio Decoder x
6.1.7.1. Audio InfoFrame (AI) Bundle Bit-Fields 6.1.7.2. Audio Metadata Bundle Bit-Fields
6.1.15. RX Core-PHY Interface x
6.1.15.1. RX Oversampler
7. HDMI Parameters x
7.1. HDMI Source Parameters 7.2. HDMI Sink Parameters
8. HDMI Simulation Example x
8.1. Simulation Walkthrough
9. Registers x
9.1. HDMI Source Register 9.2. HDMI Source AXI2CV Register 9.3. HDMI Sink Register 9.4. HDMI Sink CV2AXI Register
9.1. HDMI Source Register x
9.1.1. HDMI Source Core Register Summary
9.1.1. HDMI Source Core Register Summary x
9.1.1.1. STATUS_CONTROL (0x00) 9.1.1.2. IRQ_STATUS (0x01) 9.1.1.3. IRQ_MASK (0x02) 9.1.1.4. VIDEO_FORMAT (0x03) 9.1.1.5. AVI_CONTROL (0x08) 9.1.1.6. AVI_PACKET_DATA0 (0x09) 9.1.1.7. AVI_PACKET_DATA1 (0x0A) 9.1.1.8. AVI_PACKET_DATA2 (0x0B) 9.1.1.9. AVI_PACKET_DATA3 (0x0C) 9.1.1.10. VSI_CONTROL (0x0D) 9.1.1.11. VSI_PACKET_HEADER (0x0E) 9.1.1.12. VSI_PACKET_DATA0 (0x0F) 9.1.1.13. VSI_PACKET_DATA1 (0x10) 9.1.1.14. USER_PACKET_STATUS_CONTROL (0x12) 9.1.1.15. USER_PACKET_HEADER (0x013) 9.1.1.16. USER_PACKET_DATA0 (0x014) 9.1.1.17. USER_PACKET_DATA1 (0x015) 9.1.1.18. USER_PACKET_DATA2 (0x016) 9.1.1.19. USER_PACKET_DATA3 (0x017) 9.1.1.20. USER_PACKET_DATA4 (0x018) 9.1.1.21. USER_PACKET_DATA5 (0x019) 9.1.1.22. USER_PACKET_DATA6 (0x01A) 9.1.1.23. USER_PACKET_DATA7 (0x01B) 9.1.1.24. AUDIO_INFOFRAME_CONTROL (0x20) 9.1.1.25. AUDIO_INFOFRAME_PACKET_DATA0 (0x21) 9.1.1.26. AUDIO_INFOFRAME_PACKET_DATA1 (0x22) 9.1.1.27. AUDIO_METADATA_CONTROL (0x24) 9.1.1.28. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_HEADER (0x025) 9.1.1.29. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA0 (0x026) 9.1.1.30. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA1 (0x027) 9.1.1.31. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA2 (0x028) 9.1.1.32. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA3 (0x029) 9.1.1.33. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA4 (0x02A) 9.1.1.34. AUDIO_METADATA_PACKET_DATA5 (0x02B) 9.1.1.35. SCDC_FRL_CONTROL (0x031)
9.2. HDMI Source AXI2CV Register x
9.2.1. HDMI Source AXI2CV Register Summary 9.2.2. HDMI Source AXI2CV Register Description
9.2.2. HDMI Source AXI2CV Register Description x
9.2.2.1. STATUS (0x50) 9.2.2.2. VIDEO_MODE_MATCH (0x51) 9.2.2.3. VIDEO_MODE_BANK_SELECT (0x53) 9.2.2.4. VIDEO_MODE_CONTROL (0x54) 9.2.2.5. VIDEO_MODE_SAMPLE_COUNT(0x55) 9.2.2.6. VIDEO_MODE_F0_LINE_COUNT (0x56) 9.2.2.7. VIDEO_MODE_F1_LINE_COUNT (0x57) 9.2.2.8. VIDEO_MODE_HORIZONTAL_FRONT_PORCH (0x58) 9.2.2.9. VIDEO_MODE_HORIZONTAL_SYNC_LENGTH (0x59) 9.2.2.10. VIDEO_MODE_HORIZONTAL_BLANKING (0x5A) 9.2.2.11. VIDEO_MODE_VERTICAL_FRONT_PORCH (0x5B) 9.2.2.12. VIDEO_MODE_VERTICAL_SYNC_LENGTH (0x5C) 9.2.2.13. VIDEO_MODE_VERTICAL_BLANKING (0x5D) 9.2.2.14. VIDEO_MODE_F0_VERTICAL_FRONT_PORCH (0x5E) 9.2.2.15. VIDEO_MODE_F0_VERTICAL_SYNC_LENGTH (0x5F) 9.2.2.16. VIDEO_MODE_F0_VERTICAL_BLANKING (0x60) 9.2.2.17. VIDEO_MODE_ACTIVE_PICTURE_LINE (0x61) 9.2.2.18. VIDEO_MODE_F0_VERTICAL_RISING (0x62) 9.2.2.19. VIDEO_MODE_FIELD_RISING (0x63) 9.2.2.20. VIDEO_MODE_FIELD_FALLING (0x64) 9.2.2.21. VIDEO_MODE_HORIZONTAL_SYNC_POLARITY (0x6B) 9.2.2.22. VIDEO_MODE_VERTICAL_SYNC_POLARITY (0x6C) 9.2.2.23. VIDEO_MODE_VALID (0x6D)
9.3. HDMI Sink Register x
9.3.1. HDMI Sink Register Summary
9.3.1. HDMI Sink Register Summary x
9.3.1.1. STATUS (0x01) 9.3.1.2. IRQ_STATUS (0x02) 9.3.1.3. IRQ_MASK (0x03) 9.3.1.4. HOTPLUG (0x04) 9.3.1.5. LINK_MODE (0x05) 9.3.1.6. VIDEO_COLOR (0x06) 9.3.1.7. AVI_PACKET_DATA0 (0x0C) 9.3.1.8. AVI_PACKET_DATA1 (0x0D) 9.3.1.9. AVI_PACKET_DATA2 (0x0E) 9.3.1.10. AVI_PACKET_DATA3 (0x0F) 9.3.1.11. USER_PACKET_FILTER (0x10) 9.3.1.12. USER_BUFFER_STATUS_CONTROL (0x11) 9.3.1.13. USER_BUFFER_LEVEL (0x12) 9.3.1.14. USER_BUFFER_DATA (0x13) 9.3.1.15. AUX_PACKET_FILTER (0x14) 9.3.1.16. AUDIO_INFOFRAME_PACKET_DATA0 (0x21) 9.3.1.17. AUDIO_INFOFRAME _PACKET_DATA1 (0x22) 9.3.1.18. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_HEADER (0x25) 9.3.1.19. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA0 (0x26) 9.3.1.20. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA1 (0x27) 9.3.1.21. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA2 (0x28) 9.3.1.22. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA3 (0x29) 9.3.1.23. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA4 (0x2A) 9.3.1.24. AUDIO_METADATA _PACKET_DATA5 (0x2B) 9.3.1.25. VSI_PACKET_DATA0 (0x2C) 9.3.1.26. VSI_PACKET_DATA1 (0x2D) 9.3.1.27. SCDC_FRL_STATUS (0x2E) 9.3.1.28. SCDC_FRL_CONTROL (0x2F)
9.4. HDMI Sink CV2AXI Register x
9.4.1. HDMI Sink CV2AXI Register Summary 9.4.2. HDMI Sink CV2AXI Register Description
9.4.2. HDMI Sink CV2AXI Register Description x
9.4.2.1. STATUS (0x50) 9.4.2.2. ACTIVE SAMPLE COUNT (0x52) 9.4.2.3. F0_ACTIVE_LINE_COUNT (0x53) 9.4.2.4. F1_ACTIVE_LINE_COUNT (0x54) 9.4.2.5. TOTAL_SAMPLE_COUNT (0x55) 9.4.2.6. F0_TOTAL_LINE_COUNT (0x56) 9.4.2.7. F1_TOTAL_LINE_COUNT (0x57) 9.4.2.8. COLOR_PATTERN (0x5C) 9.4.2.9. CONTROL (0x64)
1. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Quick Reference
2. HDMI Overview
3. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP Getting Started
4. HDMI Hardware Design Examples
5. HDMI Source
6. HDMI Sink
7. HDMI Parameters
8. HDMI Simulation Example
9. Registers
10. HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide Archives
11. Document Revision History for the HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

5.1. Source Functional Description

The HDMI source core provides direct connection to the Transceiver Native PHY through a 20-bit or 40-bit parallel data path. The clock domains for the auxiliary and audio ports, and the internal modules are different for Support FRL = 1 and Support FRL = 0.
Figure 13. HDMI Source Signal Flow Diagram for TMDS (Support FRL = 0) DesignThe figure below shows the flow of the HDMI source signals. The figure shows the various clocking domains used within the core.

The source core provides four 20-bit parallel data paths corresponding to the 3 color channels and the clock channel.

The source core accepts video, audio, and auxiliary channel data streams. The core produces a scrambled and TMDS/TERC4 encoded data stream that would typically connect to the high-speed transceiver parallel data inputs.
Note: The scrambled data only applies for HDMI 2.0b stream with TMDS Bit Rate higher than 3.4 Gbps.

Central to the core is the Scrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Encoder. The encoder processes either video or auxiliary data.

Figure 14. HDMI Source Signal Flow Diagram for Support FRL = 1 Design and Active Video Protocol = None
For FRL path design, the video resampler and WOP generator operating at video clock domain accept video data running in the video clock (vid_clk) domain. The auxiliary data port, audio data port, and the auxiliary sideband signals also run in the video clock domain.
  • A DCFIFO clocks the HDMI data stream from the WOP generator in the video clock domain to the scrambler, TMDS/TERC4 encoder in the transceiver recovered clock (tx_clk) domain to create a TMDS data stream.
  • The HDMI data stream is also fed into the FRL path in FRL clock (frl_clk) domain to create an FRL data stream.
The multiplexer selects either TMDS data stream or FRL data stream as output data for lanes 0–3 based on the FRL rate.
  • If FRL rate is 0, the multiplexer selects TMDS data streams as output.
  • If FRL rate is non-zero, the multiplexer selects FRL data streams as output.
Figure 15. HDMI Source Signal Flow Diagram for Support FRL =1 and Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full

Section Content
Source Scrambler, TMDS/TERC4 Encoder
Source Video Resampler
Source Window of Opportunity Generator
Source Auxiliary Packet Encoder
Source Auxiliary Packet Generators
Source Auxiliary Data Path Multiplexers
Source Auxiliary Control Port
Source Audio Encoder
HDCP 1.4 TX Architecture
HDCP 2.3 TX Architecture
FRL Packetizer
FRL Character Block and Super Block Mapping
Reed-Solomon (RS) Forward Error Correction (FEC) Generation and Insertion
FRL Scrambler and Encoder
Source FRL Resampler
TX Core-PHY Interface
I2C Controller
Pixel Repetition
AXI4-Stream to Clocked Video Converter (AXI2CV)
AXI4-Stream to Clocked Video Converter (AXI2CV) Remap
Avalon Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer
HDMI TX Register
HDMI TX Interrupt
TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Bridge
TX Auxiliary User Packet
TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Arbiter
TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Packetizer
TX Avalon-ST Auxiliary Arbiter

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