Video and Vision Processing Suite Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
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. 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP 9. AXI-Stream Broadcaster Intel® FPGA IP 10. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Intel FPGA IP 11. Chroma Key Intel® FPGA IP 12. Chroma Resampler Intel® FPGA IP 13. Clipper Intel® FPGA IP 14. Clocked Video Input Intel® FPGA IP 15. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Intel® FPGA IP 16. Clocked Video Output Intel® FPGA IP 17. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP 18. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP 19. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP 20. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 21. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP 22. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP 23. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP 24. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP 25. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP 26. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP 27. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP 28. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP 29. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP 30. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP 31. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 32. Switch Intel® FPGA IP 33. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP 34. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP 35. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP 36. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP 37. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP 38. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP 39. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP 40. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP 41. Warp Intel® FPGA IP 42. Design Security 43. Document Revision History for Video and Vision Processing Suite User Guide
1. About the Video and Vision Processing Suite x
1.1. Video and Vision Processing IPs Features 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. Video and Vision Processing IPs Release Information 1.4. Lite versus Full IP Variants 1.5. Glossary of Video and Vision Terminology
2. Getting Started with the Video and Vision Processing IPs x
2.1. Video and Vision Processing IP Evaluation Time-out Behavior 2.2. Generating a Video and Vision Processing IP 2.3. Simulating the Video and Vision Processing IPs
3. Video and Vision Processing IPs Functional Description x
3.1. Auxiliary Control Packets 3.2. Latency 3.3. IP Debugging Features 3.4. Stall Behavior and Error Recovery 3.5. Avalon Streaming Video Protocol Versus Intel FPGA Streaming Video Protocol
5. Video and Vision Processing IP Registers x
Parameterization registers Control and debug registers IP-specific registers IPs without a memory-mapped control interface 5.1. Video and Vision Processing IP Control Examples
7. Protocol Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
7.1. About the Protocol Converter IP 7.2. Protocol Converter IP Parameters 7.3. Protocol Converter IP Functional Description 7.4. Protocol Converter IP Interfaces 7.5. Protocol Converter IP Registers 7.6. Protocol Converter IP Software API
7.1. About the Protocol Converter IP x
7.1.1. Protocol Converter IP Performance and Resources
8. 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP x
8.1. About the 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP 8.2. 3D LUT IP Parameters 8.3. 3D LUT IP Block Description 8.4. 3D LUT IP Registers 8.5. 3D LUT IP Software API
8.1. About the 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP x
8.1.1. 3D LUT IP Features 8.1.2. 3D LUT IP Performance IP and Resource Information
8.3. 3D LUT IP Block Description x
8.3.1. 3D LUT IP Interfaces 8.3.2. 3D LUT IP Latency
9. AXI-Stream Broadcaster Intel® FPGA IP x
9.1. About the AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP 9.2. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Parameters 9.3. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Interfaces
9.1. About the AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP x
9.1.1. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Features 9.1.2. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Performance and Resources
10. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Intel FPGA IP x
10.1. About the Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP 10.2. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Parameters 10.3. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Interfaces
10.1. About the Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP x
10.1.1. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Performance and Resources
11. Chroma Key Intel® FPGA IP x
11.1. About the Chroma Key IP 11.2. Chroma Key IP Parameters 11.3. Chroma Key IP Interfaces 11.4. Chroma Key Replacement 11.5. Chroma Key IP Registers 11.6. Chroma Key IP Software API
11.1. About the Chroma Key IP x
11.1.1. Chroma Key IP Performance and Resources
12. Chroma Resampler Intel® FPGA IP x
12.1. About the Chroma Resampler IP 12.2. Chroma Resampler IP Parameters 12.3. Chroma Resampler IP Functional Description 12.4. Chroma Resampler IP Registers 12.5. Chroma Resampler IP Software API
12.1. About the Chroma Resampler IP x
12.1.1. Chroma Resampler Performance and Resources
12.3. Chroma Resampler IP Functional Description x
12.3.1. Chroma Resampler IP Interfaces
13. Clipper Intel® FPGA IP x
13.1. About the Clipper IP 13.2. Clipper IP Parameters 13.3. Clipper IP Interfaces 13.4. Clipper IP Registers 13.5. Clipper IP Software API
13.1. About the Clipper IP x
13.1.1. Clipper IP Performance and Resources
14. Clocked Video Input Intel® FPGA IP x
14.1. About the Clocked Video Input IP 14.2. Initializing the Clocked Video Input IP 14.3. Clocked Video Input IP Parameters 14.4. Clocked Video Input IP Interfaces 14.5. Clocked Video Input IP Registers 14.6. Clocked Video Input IP Software API
14.1. About the Clocked Video Input IP x
14.1.1. Clocked Video Input IP Features 14.1.2. Clocked Video Input IP Performance and Resources
15. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
15.1. About the Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter IP 15.2. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Parameters 15.3. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Block Description 15.4. Clocked Video Converter to Full-Raster IP Registers
15.1. About the Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter IP x
15.1.1. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Features 15.1.2. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Performance and Resources
15.3. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Block Description x
15.3.1. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Interfaces
16. Clocked Video Output Intel® FPGA IP x
16.1. About the Clocked Video Output IP 16.2. Clocked Video Output IP Parameters 16.3. Clocked Video Output IP Functional Description 16.4. Clocked Video Output IP Interfaces 16.5. Clocked Video Output IP Registers 16.6. Clocked Video Output IP Software API
16.1. About the Clocked Video Output IP x
16.1.1. Clocked Video Output IP Performance and Resources 16.1.2. Clocked Video Output IP Features
17. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
17.1. About the Color Space Converter IP 17.2. Color Space Converter IP Parameters 17.3. Color Space Converter IP Functional Description 17.4. Color Space Converter IP Registers 17.5. Color Space Converter IP Software API
17.1. About the Color Space Converter IP x
17.1.1. Color Space Converter IP Features 17.1.2. Color Space Converter IP Performance and Resources
17.3. Color Space Converter IP Functional Description x
17.3.1. Color Space Converter IP Interfaces
18. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP x
18.1. About the Deinterlacer IP 18.2. Deinterlacer Parameters 18.3. Deinterlacer Interfaces 18.4. Deinterlacer IP Registers 18.5. Deinterlacer IP Software API
18.1. About the Deinterlacer IP x
18.1.1. Deinterlacer Performance and Resources
19. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP x
19.1. About the FIR Filter 19.2. FIR Filter Parameters 19.3. FIR Filter IP Operation 19.4. FIR Filter Interfaces 19.5. FIR Filter Registers 19.6. FIR Filter IP Software API
19.1. About the FIR Filter x
19.1.1. FIR Filter IP Performance and Resources
19.3. FIR Filter IP Operation x
19.3.1. FIR Filter Processing 19.3.2. FIR Filter Precision 19.3.3. FIR Coefficient Specification 19.3.4. FIR Filter Symmetry 19.3.5. Result to Output Data Type Conversion
19.3.4. FIR Filter Symmetry x
19.3.4.1. No Symmetry 19.3.4.2. Horizontal Symmetry 19.3.4.3. Vertical Symmetry 19.3.4.4. Horizontal and Vertical Symmetry 19.3.4.5. Diagonal Symmetry
20. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP x
20.1. About the Frame Cleaner IP 20.2. Frame Cleaner IP Parameters 20.3. Frame Cleaner IP Functional Description 20.4. Frame Cleaner IP Interfaces 20.5. Frame Cleaner IP Registers 20.6. Frame Cleaner IP Software API
20.1. About the Frame Cleaner IP x
20.1.1. Frame Cleaner IP Performance and Resources
21. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
21.1. About the Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter 21.2. Full Raster to Clocked Video Converter Parameters 21.3. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Block Description 21.4. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Registers
21.1. About the Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter x
21.1.1. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Features 21.1.2. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Performance and Resource Utilization
21.3. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Block Description x
21.3.1. Full Raster to Clocked Video Converter Interfaces
22. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
22.1. About the Full-Raster to Streaming Converter IP 22.2. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Parameters 22.3. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Block Description
22.1. About the Full-Raster to Streaming Converter IP x
22.1.1. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Features 22.1.2. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Performance and Resources
22.3. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Block Description x
22.3.1. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Interfaces
23. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
23.1. About the Genlock Controller IP 23.2. Genlock Controller IP Parameters 23.3. Genlock Controller IP Functional Description 23.4. Using Genlock Controller IP Software 23.5. Genlock Controller IP Registers 23.6. Genlock Controller IP Software API
23.1. About the Genlock Controller IP x
23.1.1. Genlock Controller IP Performance and Resources
23.3. Genlock Controller IP Functional Description x
23.3.1. Genlock Controller IP Interfaces
23.4. Using Genlock Controller IP Software x
23.4.1. Achieving Genlock Controller Free Running (for Initialization or from Lock to Reference Clock N) 23.4.2. Locking to Reference Clock N (from Genlock Controller IP free running) 23.4.3. Setting the VCXO hold over 23.4.4. Restarting the Genlock Controller IP 23.4.5. Locking to Reference Clock N New (from Locking to Reference Clock N Old) 23.4.6. Changing to Reference Clock or VCXO Base Frequencies (switch between p50 and p59.94 video formats and vice-versa) 23.4.7. Disturbing a Reference Clock (a cable pull)
24. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP x
24.1. About the Generic Crosspoint IP 24.2. Generic Crosspoint IP Parameters 24.3. Generic Crosspoint IP Interfaces 24.4. Generic Crosspoint IP Registers 24.5. Generic Crosspoint IP Software API
24.1. About the Generic Crosspoint IP x
24.1.1. Generic Crosspoint IP Features 24.1.2. Generic Crosspoint Performance and Resources
25. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP x
25.1. About the Genlock Signal Router IP 25.2. Genlock Signal Router IP Parameters 25.3. Genlock Signal Router IP Interfaces 25.4. Genlock Signal Router IP Registers 25.5. Genlock Signal Router IP Software API
25.1. About the Genlock Signal Router IP x
25.1.1. Genlock Signal Router IP Features 25.1.2. Genlock Signal Router IP Performance and Resources
26. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP x
26.1. About the Guard Bands IP 26.2. Guard Bands IP Parameters 26.3. Guard Bands IP Interfaces 26.4. Guard Bands IP Registers 26.5. Guard Bands IP Software API
26.1. About the Guard Bands IP x
26.1.1. Guard Bands IP Performance and Resources
27. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP x
27.1. About the Interlacer IP 27.2. Interlacer IP Parameters 27.3. Interlacer IP Functional Description 27.4. Interlacer IP Registers 27.5. Interlacer IP Software API
27.1. About the Interlacer IP x
27.1.1. Interlacer IP Performance and Resources
27.3. Interlacer IP Functional Description x
27.3.1. Interlacer IP Interfaces
28. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP x
28.1. About the Mixer IP 28.2. Mixer IP Parameters 28.3. Mixer IP Functional Description 28.4. Mixer IP Registers 28.5. Mixer IP Software API
28.1. About the Mixer IP x
28.1.1. Mixer IP Performance and Resources
28.3. Mixer IP Functional Description x
28.3.1. Mixer IP Interfaces
29. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
29.1. About the Pixels in Parallel Converter IP 29.2. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Parameters 29.3. Pixels in Parallel Converter Interfaces 29.4. Pixels in Parallel Converter Registers 29.5. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Software API
29.1. About the Pixels in Parallel Converter IP x
29.1.1. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Performance and Resources
30. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP x
30.1. About the Scaler 30.2. Scaler IP Parameters 30.3. Scaler IP Functional Description 30.4. Scaler IP Registers 30.5. Scaler IP Software API
30.1. About the Scaler x
30.1.1. Scaler IP Performance and Resources
30.2. Scaler IP Parameters x
30.2.1. Scaler Maximum Resolution
30.3. Scaler IP Functional Description x
30.3.1. Coefficient Selection 30.3.2. Coefficient Quantization 30.3.3. Filter Behavior at Edge Boundaries 30.3.4. Partial Frame Scaling 30.3.5. 422 and 420 Chroma Sampled Data Scaling 30.3.6. Scaler IP Interfaces
30.3.1. Coefficient Selection x
30.3.1.1. Updating Scaler IP Runtime Coefficients
31. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP x
31.1. About the Stream Cleaner IP 31.2. Stream Cleaner IP Parameters 31.3. Stream Cleaner IP Functional Description
31.1. About the Stream Cleaner IP x
31.1.1. Stream Cleaner IP Performance and Resources
31.3. Stream Cleaner IP Functional Description x
31.3.1. Stream Cleaner IP Interfaces
32. Switch Intel® FPGA IP x
32.1. About the Switch IP 32.2. Switch IP Parameters 32.3. Switch IP Functional Description 32.4. Switch IP Registers 32.5. Switch IP Software API
32.1. About the Switch IP x
32.1.1. Switch IP Performance and Resources
32.3. Switch IP Functional Description x
32.3.1. Switch IP Latency 32.3.2. Switch IP Interfaces
33. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP x
33.1. About the Tone Mapping Operator IP 33.2. TMO IP Parameters 33.3. TMO IP Block Description 33.4. TMO IP Registers 33.5. TMO IP Software API
33.1. About the Tone Mapping Operator IP x
33.1.1. TMO IP Features 33.1.2. TMO IP Performance and Resource Utilization
33.3. TMO IP Block Description x
33.3.1. TMO IP Interfaces 33.3.2. TMO IP Latency
34. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP x
34.1. About the Test Pattern Generator IP 34.2. Test Pattern Generator IP Parameters 34.3. Test Pattern Generator IP Functional Description 34.4. Test Pattern Generator IP Registers 34.5. Test Pattern Generator IP Software API
34.1. About the Test Pattern Generator IP x
34.1.1. Test Pattern Generator IP Performance and Resources
34.3. Test Pattern Generator IP Functional Description x
34.3.1. Test Pattern Generator IP Interfaces
35. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP x
35.1. About the Video and Vision Monitor IP 35.2. Video and Vision Monitor IP Parameters 35.3. Video and Vision Monitor IP Functional Description 35.4. Video and Vision Monitor IP Registers 35.5. Video and Vision Monitor Software API
35.1. About the Video and Vision Monitor IP x
35.1.1. Video and Vision Monitor IP Performance and Resources
35.3. Video and Vision Monitor IP Functional Description x
35.3.1. Video and Vision Monitor IP Interfaces
36. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP x
36.1. About the Video Frame Buffer IP 36.2. Video Frame Buffer IP Parameters 36.3. Video Frame Buffer IP Functional Description 36.4. Video Frame Buffer IP Registers 36.5. Video Frame Buffer IP Software API
36.1. About the Video Frame Buffer IP x
36.1.1. Video Frame Buffer Performance and Resources
36.3. Video Frame Buffer IP Functional Description x
36.3.1. Video Frame Buffer IP Interfaces
37. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP x
37.1. About the Video Frame Reader IP 37.2. Video Frame Reader IP Parameters 37.3. Video Frame Reader IP Functional Description 37.4. Video Frame Reader IP Registers 37.5. Video Frame Reader IP Software API
37.1. About the Video Frame Reader IP x
37.1.1. Video Frame Reader IP Performance and Resources
37.3. Video Frame Reader IP Functional Description x
37.3.1. Video Frame Reader IP Interfaces
38. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP x
38.1. About the Video Buffer Writer IP 38.2. Video Frame Writer IP Parameters 38.3. Video Frame Writer IP Functional Description 38.4. Video Frame Writer IP Registers 38.5. Video Frame Writer IP Software API
38.1. About the Video Buffer Writer IP x
38.1.1. Video Frame Writer IP Performance and Resources
38.3. Video Frame Writer IP Functional Description x
38.3.1. Video Frame Writer IP Interfaces
39. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP x
39.1. About the Video Streaming FIFO IP 39.2. Video Streaming FIFO IP Parameters 39.3. Video Streaming FIFO IP Interfaces
39.1. About the Video Streaming FIFO IP x
39.1.1. Video Streaming FIFO IP Performance and Resources
40. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP x
40.1. About the Video Timing Generator IP 40.2. Video Timing Generator IP Parameters 40.3. Video Timing Generator IP Functional Description 40.4. Video Timing Generator IP Interfaces 40.5. Video Timing Generator IP Registers 40.6. Video Timing Generator IP Software API
40.1. About the Video Timing Generator IP x
40.1.1. Video Timing Generator IP Features 40.1.2. Video Timing Generator IP Performance and Resources
41. Warp Intel® FPGA IP x
41.1. About the Warp IP 41.2. Warp IP Parameters 41.3. Warp IP Block Description 41.4. Warp IP Registers 41.5. Warp IP Software API
41.1. About the Warp IP x
41.1.1. Warp IP Features 41.1.2. Warp IP Performance and Resource Utilization
41.3. Warp IP Block Description x
41.3.1. Block Cache Tool 41.3.2. Warp IP Interfaces 41.3.3. Warp IP Latency 41.3.4. External Memory for Warp IP
41.5. Warp IP Software API x
41.5.1. Using Warp IP Software 41.5.2. Warp IP Software Code Examples
42. Design Security x
42.1. Memory Subsystems 42.2. Considering Design Security
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. 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP
9. AXI-Stream Broadcaster Intel® FPGA IP
10. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Intel FPGA IP
11. Chroma Key Intel® FPGA IP
12. Chroma Resampler Intel® FPGA IP
13. Clipper Intel® FPGA IP
14. Clocked Video Input Intel® FPGA IP
15. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Intel® FPGA IP
16. Clocked Video Output Intel® FPGA IP
17. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP
18. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP
19. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP
20. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP
21. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP
22. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP
23. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP
24. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP
25. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP
26. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP
27. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP
28. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP
29. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP
30. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP
31. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP
32. Switch Intel® FPGA IP
33. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP
34. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP
35. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP
36. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP
37. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP
38. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP
39. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP
40. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP
41. Warp Intel® FPGA IP
42. Design Security
43. Document Revision History for Video and Vision Processing Suite User Guide

5. Video and Vision Processing IP Registers

Each IP has an optional memory-mapped control agent interface. When you turn Memory-mapped control interface on in the GUI, the interface connects to your host processor via an Avalon memory-mapped host interface (or via an AXI4 memory-mapped bus through conversion in Platform Designer). It provides a unified method of controlling the IPs.

Every IP has a standard address map when you turn on Memory-mapped control interface. If you turn off Memory-mapped control interface, the IP always processes video data when it is available.

Generally, video and vision processing IP register maps have these distinctive areas:

  • A common area, which contains parameterization information. You can read from IPs to determine their parameters, which allows portability of software and binaries between different video and vision processing platforms.
  • An IP-specific video and vision processing area, which contains functional configuration information for the specific IP.
  • An optional control and debug register area, which allows you to write video field information in lite variants, read video field information in full variants, and to perform other control functions.

Control interfaces use Avalon memory-mapped interfaces. Platform Designer natively supports AXI4-Lite protocols and can automatically adapt to and from Avalon memory-mapped interfaces. Memory interfaces also use Avalon memory-mapped interfaces.

Table 8.  Register Map for Full Variant Video and Vision Processing IPsWith some exceptions (for example coefficient banks) in lite variants, register writes usually take effect at the start of the next field.
Address Register
Parameterization Registers
0x0000 VID_ID
0x0004 VERSION
0x0008 to 0x00FF IP-specific parameterization registers.
0x0100 to 0x011F Reserved for future use.

Reserved for optional Control and debug registers

0x0120 IMG_INFO_WIDTH
0x0124 IMG_INFO_HEIGHT
0x0128 IMG_INFO_INTERLACE
0x012C Reserved for future use.
0x0130 IMG_INFO_COLORSPACE
0x0134 IMG_INFO_SUBSAMPLING
0x0138 IMG_INFO_COSITING
0x013C IMG_INFO_FIELD_COUNT
IP-specific registers
Read-only registers
0x0140 STATUS
0x0144 to RW_BASE Optional additional read-only registers
Read-write registers
RW_BASE Optional COMMIT register (must be present if any other read-write registers are present)
RW_BASE+4 onwards Optional additional read-write registers

Parameterization registers

The parameterization registers address space occupies from the base address of the IP to a maximum address of 0x011F. The first two registers in this section are the product ID and version registers, so you can identify the IP and the structure of its register map.

The next registers are an optional set of further parameterization information which IPs may populate to inform software on how to control the IP.

For example, a clipper describes clipping using either offsets from the edge of the video or using a top-left corner offset with required height and width. Control software can interrogate the Clipper IP’s parameterization registers to determine which is correct and drive clipping control register accesses accordingly. You can use the same control software across different video pipeline configurations.

The parameterization registers section is followed by an unused area from 0x0100 to 0x011F.

Control and debug registers

You control the IPs in two ways:

  • Provide the input video field information. For example the type of video packets you send to the IP with respect to height, width, or interlacing.
  • Instruct the IP. For example which clipper offsets, mixer offsets, or scaling behavior to apply.

Full variants send image information packets down the video processing pipeline to communicate video field information. Image information packets handle the communication of any resolution changes to downstream IPs. You can control IP functions for full variants via the IP-specific registers.

Communicate video field information and control IP functions for lite variants via the control and IP-specific registers, using the register interface.

Registers 0x0120 to 0x0138 (IMG_INFO_WIDTH to IMG_INFO_COSITING) are the image information registers. For lite variants, write to these to set the dimensions and properties of incoming video fields. For full variants, ignore these registers. However, if you turn on debug features, you can read these registers to retrieve details of the image information fields that the IP receives via the last received image information packet.

Register 0x013C is the IMG_INFO_FIELD_COUNT register. Read this register for full variants when you turn on Debug features for the field count field of the last received image information packet.

Register 0x0140 is the STATUS register. IPs hold the LSB of this register high while they process video packets. The LSB returns low in-between video fields. Bit 1 of this register is the pending register updates bit. The IP sets this bit when you make writes to the IP's register map. The IP automatically clears this bit.

The COMMIT register is at address RW_BASE or later. Write to this register after writing new values to any of the registers in the IP-specific portion of the address map. The IP sets the pending register updates bit of the STATUS register in response and clears it when the new settings take effect.

IP-specific registers

This section of the register map is different for every IP and comprises read and write registers required to control the IP, such as clipping, mixing offsets, color space, or scaling coefficients.

IPs without a memory-mapped control interface

If you turn off Memory-mapped control interface, the IP always processes video data when it is available.


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