Receiver

The HDMI receiver (HDMIRX) receives video from a HDMI source device. The core consists of two main layers; the system controller (SC) and link layer (LNK). The system controller is responsible for communication with the upstream HDMI source device and bring up the link. The link layer handles the (video) data transport.

The HDMIRX parameters are shown in the table below:
Name Type Description Values
P_VENDOR String Vendor LSC
P_BEAT Integer Beat value 50
P_SPL Integer Symbols per lane 2, 4
P_PPC Integer Pixels per clock 2, 4
P_BPC Integer Bits per component 8
The HDMIRX signals are shown in the table below:
Name Clock Description Width
SYS_RST_IN SYS_CLK System reset 1
SYS_CLK_IN SYS_CLK System clock (50 MHz) 1
HOST_IF SYS_CLK Host interface APB
HOST_IRQ_OUT SYS_CLK Host interrupt 1
CB_IN SYS_CLK Cable Detect 1
HPD_OUT SYS_CLK Hot Plug Detect 1
HB_OUT SYS_CLK Heartbeat 1
DDC_SCL_INOUT SYS_CLK Display Data Communication Clock 1
DDC_SDA_INOUT SYS_CLK Display Data Communication Data 1
TMDS_CLK_IN - TMDS clock input 1
LNK_CLK_IN LNK_CLK Link clock 1
LNK_DAT_IN LNK_CLK Link data 3 * P_SPL * 10
VID_VS_OUT LNK_CLK Video vertical sync P_PPC
VID_HS_OUT LNK_CLK Video horizontal sync P_PPC
VID_DAT_OUT LNK_CLK Video data 3 * P_PPC * P_BPC
VID_G_OUT LNK_CLK Video green P_PPC * P_BPC
VID_B_OUT LNK_CLK Video blue P_PPC * P_BPC
VID_DE_OUT LNK_CLK Video data enable P_PPC

Clocking

The core uses two clock domains. The system clock (SYS_CLK, 50 MHz) drives the system controller and the host interface (APB). The link clock (LNK_CLK) drives the video and link interfaces and is derived from the pixel clock divided by the number of pixels per clock. The video interface therefore runs synchronously with the link layer.

Link Interface (LNK)

The link interface connects the HDMIRX with the FPGA serdes. The link interface signals have the prefix LNK_. The link clock (LNK_CLK_IN) is generated by the FPGA serdes. The link clock frequency depends on the actual video resolution. The link data (LNK_DAT_IN) is directly coming from the FPGA serdes.

Video Interface (VID)

The HDMIRX has a native video interface. The interface can support 2 or 4 pixels per clock. The video interface signals listed in the signal table have the prefix VID_. The pixel mapping of the video interface for each supported color space (RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:4:4 and YCbCr 4:2:2) is described in the HDMI Mapping section.

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