Video and Vision Processing Suite Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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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 Plane Manager Intel® FPGA IP 21. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP 22. Defective Pixel Correction Intel® FPGA IP 23. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP 24. Demosaic Intel® FPGA IP 25. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP 26. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 27. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP 28. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP 29. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP 30. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP 31. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP 32. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP 33. Histogram Statistics Intel® FPGA IP 34. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP 35. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP 36. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP 37. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP 38. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP 39. Switch Intel® FPGA IP 40. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP 41. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP 42. Unsharp Mask Intel® FPGA IP 43. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP 44. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP 45. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP 46. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP 47. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP 48. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP 49. Vignette Correction Intel® FPGA IP 50. Warp Intel® FPGA IP 51. White Balance Correction Intel® FPGA IP 52. White Balance Statistics Intel® FPGA IP 53. Design Security 54. 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
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. 1D LUT Intel® FPGA IP x
8.1. About the 1D LUT IP 8.2. 1D LUT IP Parameters 8.3. 1D LUT IP Interfaces 8.4. 1D LUT IP Registers 8.5. 1D LUT IP Software API
8.1. About the 1D LUT IP x
8.1.1. 1D LUT IP Performance and Resources
9. 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP x
9.1. About the 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP 9.2. 3D LUT IP Parameters 9.3. 3D LUT IP Block Description 9.4. 3D LUT IP Registers 9.5. 3D LUT IP Software API
9.1. About the 3D LUT Intel® FPGA IP x
9.1.1. 3D LUT IP Features 9.1.2. 3D LUT IP Performance IP and Resource Information
9.3. 3D LUT IP Block Description x
9.3.1. 3D LUT IP Interfaces 9.3.2. 3D LUT IP Latency
10. AXI-Stream Broadcaster Intel® FPGA IP x
10.1. About the AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP 10.2. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Parameters 10.3. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Interfaces
10.1. About the AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP x
10.1.1. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Features 10.1.2. AXI-Stream Broadcaster IP Performance and Resources
11. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Intel FPGA IP x
11.1. About the Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP 11.2. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Parameters 11.3. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Interfaces 11.4. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Registers 11.5. Bits per Color Sample Adapter Software API
11.1. About the Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP x
11.1.1. Bits per Color Sample Adapter IP Performance and Resources
12. Black Level Correction Intel® FPGA IP x
12.1. About the Black Level Correction IP 12.2. Black Level Correction IP Parameters 12.3. Black Level Correction IP Functional Description 12.4. Black Level Correction IP Registers 12.5. Black Level Correction IP Software API
12.1. About the Black Level Correction IP x
12.1.1. Black Level Correction IP Performance and Resources
12.3. Black Level Correction IP Functional Description x
12.3.1. Black Level Correction IP Interfaces
13. Black Level Statistics Intel® FPGA IP x
13.1. About the Black Level Statistics IP 13.2. Black Level Statistics IP Parameters 13.3. Black Level Statistics IP Interfaces 13.4. Black Level Statistics IP Registers 13.5. Black Level Statistics IP Software API
13.1. About the Black Level Statistics IP x
13.1.1. Black Level Statistics IP Performance and Resources
14. Chroma Key Intel® FPGA IP x
14.1. About the Chroma Key IP 14.2. Chroma Key IP Parameters 14.3. Chroma Key IP Interfaces 14.4. Chroma Key Replacement 14.5. Chroma Key IP Registers 14.6. Chroma Key IP Software API
14.1. About the Chroma Key IP x
14.1.1. Chroma Key IP Performance and Resources
15. Chroma Resampler Intel® FPGA IP x
15.1. About the Chroma Resampler IP 15.2. Chroma Resampler IP Parameters 15.3. Chroma Resampler IP Functional Description 15.4. Chroma Resampler IP Registers 15.5. Chroma Resampler IP Software API
15.1. About the Chroma Resampler IP x
15.1.1. Chroma Resampler Performance and Resources
15.3. Chroma Resampler IP Functional Description x
15.3.1. Chroma Resampler IP Interfaces
16. Clipper Intel® FPGA IP x
16.1. About the Clipper IP 16.2. Clipper IP Parameters 16.3. Clipper IP Interfaces 16.4. Clipper IP Registers 16.5. Clipper IP Software API
16.1. About the Clipper IP x
16.1.1. Clipper IP Performance and Resources
17. Clocked Video Input Intel® FPGA IP x
17.1. About the Clocked Video Input IP 17.2. Initializing the Clocked Video Input IP 17.3. Clocked Video Input IP Parameters 17.4. Clocked Video Input IP Interfaces 17.5. Clocked Video Input IP Registers 17.6. Clocked Video Input IP Software API
17.1. About the Clocked Video Input IP x
17.1.1. Clocked Video Input IP Features 17.1.2. Clocked Video Input IP Performance and Resources
18. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
18.1. About the Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter IP 18.2. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Parameters 18.3. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Block Description 18.4. Clocked Video Converter to Full-Raster IP Registers
18.1. About the Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter IP x
18.1.1. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Features 18.1.2. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Performance and Resources
18.3. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Block Description x
18.3.1. Clocked Video to Full-Raster Converter Interfaces
19. Clocked Video Output Intel® FPGA IP x
19.1. About the Clocked Video Output IP 19.2. Clocked Video Output IP Parameters 19.3. Clocked Video Output IP Functional Description 19.4. Clocked Video Output IP Interfaces 19.5. Clocked Video Output IP Registers 19.6. Clocked Video Output IP Software API
19.1. About the Clocked Video Output IP x
19.1.1. Clocked Video Output IP Performance and Resources 19.1.2. Clocked Video Output IP Features
20. Color Plane Manager Intel® FPGA IP x
20.1. About the Color Plane Manager IP 20.2. Color Plane Manager IP Parameters 20.3. Color Plane Manager IP Functional Description 20.4. Color Plane Manager IP Registers 20.5. Color Plane Manager Software API
20.1. About the Color Plane Manager IP x
20.1.1. Color Plane Manager IP Performance and Resources
20.3. Color Plane Manager IP Functional Description x
20.3.1. Color Plane Manager IP Interfaces
21. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
21.1. About the Color Space Converter IP 21.2. Color Space Converter IP Parameters 21.3. Color Space Converter IP Functional Description 21.4. Color Space Converter IP Registers 21.5. Color Space Converter IP Software API
21.1. About the Color Space Converter IP x
21.1.1. Color Space Converter IP Features 21.1.2. Color Space Converter IP Performance and Resources
21.3. Color Space Converter IP Functional Description x
21.3.1. Color Space Converter IP Interfaces
22. Defective Pixel Correction Intel® FPGA IP x
22.1. About the Defective Pixel Correction IP 22.2. Defective Pixel Correction IP Parameters 22.3. Defective Pixel Correction IP Functional Description 22.4. Defective Pixel Correction IP Registers 22.5. Defective Pixel Correction IP Software API
22.1. About the Defective Pixel Correction IP x
22.1.1. Defective Pixel Correction IP Performance and Resources
22.3. Defective Pixel Correction IP Functional Description x
22.3.1. Defective Pixel Correction IP Interfaces
23. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP x
23.1. About the Deinterlacer IP 23.2. Deinterlacer Parameters 23.3. Deinterlacer Interfaces 23.4. Deinterlacer IP Registers 23.5. Deinterlacer IP Software API
23.1. About the Deinterlacer IP x
23.1.1. Deinterlacer Performance and Resources
24. Demosaic Intel® FPGA IP x
24.1. About the Demosaic IP 24.2. Demosaic IP Parameters 24.3. Demosaic IP Functional Description 24.4. Demosaic IP Registers 24.5. Demosaic IP Software API
24.1. About the Demosaic IP x
24.1.1. Demosaic IP Performance and Resources
24.3. Demosaic IP Functional Description x
24.3.1. Demosaic IP Interfaces
25. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP x
25.1. About the FIR Filter 25.2. FIR Filter Parameters 25.3. FIR Filter IP Operation 25.4. FIR Filter Interfaces 25.5. FIR Filter Registers 25.6. FIR Filter IP Software API
25.1. About the FIR Filter x
25.1.1. FIR Filter IP Performance and Resources
25.3. FIR Filter IP Operation x
25.3.1. FIR Filter Processing 25.3.2. FIR Filter Precision 25.3.3. FIR Coefficient Specification 25.3.4. FIR Filter Symmetry 25.3.5. Result to Output Data Type Conversion
25.3.4. FIR Filter Symmetry x
25.3.4.1. No Symmetry 25.3.4.2. Horizontal Symmetry 25.3.4.3. Vertical Symmetry 25.3.4.4. Horizontal and Vertical Symmetry 25.3.4.5. Diagonal Symmetry
26. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP x
26.1. About the Frame Cleaner IP 26.2. Frame Cleaner IP Parameters 26.3. Frame Cleaner IP Functional Description 26.4. Frame Cleaner IP Interfaces 26.5. Frame Cleaner IP Registers 26.6. Frame Cleaner IP Software API
26.1. About the Frame Cleaner IP x
26.1.1. Frame Cleaner IP Performance and Resources
27. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
27.1. About the Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter 27.2. Full Raster to Clocked Video Converter Parameters 27.3. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Block Description 27.4. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Registers
27.1. About the Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter x
27.1.1. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Features 27.1.2. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Performance and Resource Utilization
27.3. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Block Description x
27.3.1. Full Raster to Clocked Video Converter Interfaces
28. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
28.1. About the Full-Raster to Streaming Converter IP 28.2. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Parameters 28.3. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Block Description
28.1. About the Full-Raster to Streaming Converter IP x
28.1.1. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Features 28.1.2. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Performance and Resources
28.3. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Block Description x
28.3.1. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Interfaces
29. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
29.1. About the Genlock Controller IP 29.2. Genlock Controller IP Parameters 29.3. Genlock Controller IP Functional Description 29.4. Using Genlock Controller IP Software 29.5. Genlock Controller IP Registers 29.6. Genlock Controller IP Software API
29.1. About the Genlock Controller IP x
29.1.1. Genlock Controller IP Performance and Resources
29.3. Genlock Controller IP Functional Description x
29.3.1. Genlock Controller IP Interfaces
29.4. Using Genlock Controller IP Software x
29.4.1. Achieving Genlock Controller Free Running (for Initialization or from Lock to Reference Clock N) 29.4.2. Locking to Reference Clock N (from Genlock Controller IP free running) 29.4.3. Setting the VCXO hold over 29.4.4. Restarting the Genlock Controller IP 29.4.5. Locking to Reference Clock N New (from Locking to Reference Clock N Old) 29.4.6. Changing to Reference Clock or VCXO Base Frequencies (switch between p50 and p59.94 video formats and vice-versa) 29.4.7. Disturbing a Reference Clock (a cable pull)
30. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP x
30.1. About the Generic Crosspoint IP 30.2. Generic Crosspoint IP Parameters 30.3. Generic Crosspoint IP Interfaces 30.4. Generic Crosspoint IP Registers 30.5. Generic Crosspoint IP Software API
30.1. About the Generic Crosspoint IP x
30.1.1. Generic Crosspoint IP Features 30.1.2. Generic Crosspoint Performance and Resources
31. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP x
31.1. About the Genlock Signal Router IP 31.2. Genlock Signal Router IP Parameters 31.3. Genlock Signal Router IP Interfaces 31.4. Genlock Signal Router IP Registers 31.5. Genlock Signal Router IP Software API
31.1. About the Genlock Signal Router IP x
31.1.1. Genlock Signal Router IP Features 31.1.2. Genlock Signal Router IP Performance and Resources
32. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP x
32.1. About the Guard Bands IP 32.2. Guard Bands IP Parameters 32.3. Guard Bands IP Interfaces 32.4. Guard Bands IP Registers 32.5. Guard Bands IP Software API
32.1. About the Guard Bands IP x
32.1.1. Guard Bands IP Performance and Resources
33. Histogram Statistics Intel® FPGA IP x
33.1. About the Histogram Statistics IP 33.2. Histogram Statistics IP Parameters 33.3. Histogram Statistics IP Interfaces 33.4. Histogram Statistics IP Registers 33.5. Histogram Statistics IP Software API
33.1. About the Histogram Statistics IP x
33.1.1. Histogram Statistics IP Performance and Resources
34. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP x
34.1. About the Interlacer IP 34.2. Interlacer IP Parameters 34.3. Interlacer IP Functional Description 34.4. Interlacer IP Registers 34.5. Interlacer IP Software API
34.1. About the Interlacer IP x
34.1.1. Interlacer IP Performance and Resources
34.3. Interlacer IP Functional Description x
34.3.1. Interlacer IP Interfaces
35. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP x
35.1. About the Mixer IP 35.2. Mixer IP Parameters 35.3. Mixer IP Functional Description 35.4. Mixer IP Registers 35.5. Mixer IP Software API
35.1. About the Mixer IP x
35.1.1. Mixer IP Performance and Resources
35.3. Mixer IP Functional Description x
35.3.1. Mixer IP Interfaces
36. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP x
36.1. About the Pixels in Parallel Converter IP 36.2. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Parameters 36.3. Pixels in Parallel Converter Interfaces 36.4. Pixels in Parallel Converter Registers 36.5. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Software API
36.1. About the Pixels in Parallel Converter IP x
36.1.1. Pixels in Parallel Converter IP Performance and Resources
37. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP x
37.1. About the Scaler 37.2. Scaler IP Parameters 37.3. Scaler IP Functional Description 37.4. Scaler IP Registers 37.5. Scaler IP Software API
37.1. About the Scaler x
37.1.1. Scaler IP Performance and Resources
37.2. Scaler IP Parameters x
37.2.1. Scaler Maximum Resolution
37.3. Scaler IP Functional Description x
37.3.1. Coefficient Selection 37.3.2. Coefficient Quantization 37.3.3. Filter Behavior at Edge Boundaries 37.3.4. Partial Frame Scaling 37.3.5. 422 and 420 Chroma Sampled Data Scaling 37.3.6. Scaler IP Interfaces
37.3.1. Coefficient Selection x
37.3.1.1. Updating Scaler IP Runtime Coefficients
38. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP x
38.1. About the Stream Cleaner IP 38.2. Stream Cleaner IP Parameters 38.3. Stream Cleaner IP Functional Description
38.1. About the Stream Cleaner IP x
38.1.1. Stream Cleaner IP Performance and Resources
38.3. Stream Cleaner IP Functional Description x
38.3.1. Stream Cleaner IP Interfaces
39. Switch Intel® FPGA IP x
39.1. About the Switch IP 39.2. Switch IP Parameters 39.3. Switch IP Functional Description 39.4. Switch IP Registers 39.5. Switch IP Software API
39.1. About the Switch IP x
39.1.1. Switch IP Performance and Resources
39.3. Switch IP Functional Description x
39.3.1. Switch IP Latency 39.3.2. Switch IP Interfaces
40. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP x
40.1. About the Tone Mapping Operator IP 40.2. TMO IP Parameters 40.3. TMO IP Block Description 40.4. TMO IP Registers 40.5. TMO IP Software API
40.1. About the Tone Mapping Operator IP x
40.1.1. TMO IP Features 40.1.2. TMO IP Performance and Resource Utilization
40.3. TMO IP Block Description x
40.3.1. TMO IP Interfaces 40.3.2. TMO IP Latency
41. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP x
41.1. About the Test Pattern Generator IP 41.2. Test Pattern Generator IP Parameters 41.3. Test Pattern Generator IP Functional Description 41.4. Test Pattern Generator IP Registers 41.5. Test Pattern Generator IP Software API
41.1. About the Test Pattern Generator IP x
41.1.1. Test Pattern Generator IP Performance and Resources
41.3. Test Pattern Generator IP Functional Description x
Bars pattern Constant color SDI Pathological Zone plate Output subsampling and color space Updating settings at run time Full Variants Lite mode 41.3.1. Test Pattern Generator IP Interfaces
42. Unsharp Mask Intel® FPGA IP x
42.1. About the Unsharp Mask IP 42.2. Unsharp Mask IP Parameters 42.3. Unsharp Mask IP Functional Description 42.4. Unsharp Mask IP Registers 42.5. Unsharp Mask IP Software API
42.1. About the Unsharp Mask IP x
42.1.1. Unsharp Mask IP Performance and Resources
42.3. Unsharp Mask IP Functional Description x
42.3.1. Unsharp Mask IP Interfaces
43. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP x
43.1. About the Video and Vision Monitor IP 43.2. Video and Vision Monitor IP Parameters 43.3. Video and Vision Monitor IP Functional Description 43.4. Video and Vision Monitor IP Registers 43.5. Video and Vision Monitor Software API
43.1. About the Video and Vision Monitor IP x
43.1.1. Video and Vision Monitor IP Performance and Resources
43.3. Video and Vision Monitor IP Functional Description x
43.3.1. Video and Vision Monitor IP Interfaces
44. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP x
44.1. About the Video Frame Buffer IP 44.2. Video Frame Buffer IP Parameters 44.3. Video Frame Buffer IP Functional Description 44.4. Video Frame Buffer IP Registers 44.5. Video Frame Buffer IP Software API
44.1. About the Video Frame Buffer IP x
44.1.1. Video Frame Buffer Performance and Resources
44.3. Video Frame Buffer IP Functional Description x
44.3.1. Video Frame Buffer IP Interfaces
45. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP x
45.1. About the Video Frame Reader IP 45.2. Video Frame Reader IP Parameters 45.3. Video Frame Reader IP Functional Description 45.4. Video Frame Reader IP Registers 45.5. Video Frame Reader IP Software API
45.1. About the Video Frame Reader IP x
45.1.1. Video Frame Reader IP Performance and Resources
45.3. Video Frame Reader IP Functional Description x
45.3.1. Video Frame Reader IP Interfaces
46. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP x
46.1. About the Video Buffer Writer IP 46.2. Video Frame Writer IP Parameters 46.3. Video Frame Writer IP Functional Description 46.4. Video Frame Writer IP Registers 46.5. Video Frame Writer IP Software API
46.1. About the Video Buffer Writer IP x
46.1.1. Video Frame Writer IP Performance and Resources
46.3. Video Frame Writer IP Functional Description x
46.3.1. Video Frame Writer IP Interfaces
47. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP x
47.1. About the Video Streaming FIFO IP 47.2. Video Streaming FIFO IP Parameters 47.3. Video Streaming FIFO IP Interfaces
47.1. About the Video Streaming FIFO IP x
47.1.1. Video Streaming FIFO IP Performance and Resources
48. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP x
48.1. About the Video Timing Generator IP 48.2. Video Timing Generator IP Parameters 48.3. Video Timing Generator IP Functional Description 48.4. Video Timing Generator IP Interfaces 48.5. Video Timing Generator IP Registers 48.6. Video Timing Generator IP Software API
48.1. About the Video Timing Generator IP x
48.1.1. Video Timing Generator IP Features 48.1.2. Video Timing Generator IP Performance and Resources
49. Vignette Correction Intel® FPGA IP x
49.1. About the Vignette Correction IP 49.2. Vignette Correction IP Parameters 49.3. Vignette Correction IP Interfaces 49.4. Vignette Correction IP Registers 49.5. Vignette Correction IP Software API
49.1. About the Vignette Correction IP x
49.1.1. Vignette Correction IP Performance and Resources
50. Warp Intel® FPGA IP x
50.1. About the Warp IP 50.2. Warp IP Parameters 50.3. Warp IP Block Description 50.4. Warp IP Registers 50.5. Warp IP Software API
50.1. About the Warp IP x
50.1.1. Warp IP Features 50.1.2. Warp IP Performance and Resource Utilization
50.3. Warp IP Block Description x
50.3.1. Block Cache Tool 50.3.2. Warp IP Interfaces 50.3.3. Warp IP Latency 50.3.4. External Memory for Warp IP
50.5. Warp IP Software API x
50.5.1. Using Warp IP Software 50.5.2. Warp IP Software Code Examples
51. White Balance Correction Intel® FPGA IP x
51.1. About the White Balance Correction IP 51.2. White Balance Correction IP Parameters 51.3. White Balance Correction IP Functional Description 51.4. White Balance Correction IP Registers 51.5. White Balance Correction IP Software API
51.1. About the White Balance Correction IP x
51.1.1. White Balance Correction IP Performance and Resources
51.3. White Balance Correction IP Functional Description x
51.3.1. White Balance Correction IP Interfaces
52. White Balance Statistics Intel® FPGA IP x
52.1. About the White Balance Statistics IP 52.2. White Balance Statistics IP Parameters 52.3. White Balance Statistics IP Interfaces 52.4. White Balance Statistics IP Registers 52.5. White Balance Statistics IP Software API
52.1. About the White Balance Statistics IP x
52.1.1. White Balance Statistics IP Performance and Resources
53. Design Security x
53.1. Memory Subsystems 53.2. 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. 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 Plane Manager Intel® FPGA IP
21. Color Space Converter Intel® FPGA IP
22. Defective Pixel Correction Intel® FPGA IP
23. Deinterlacer Intel® FPGA IP
24. Demosaic Intel® FPGA IP
25. FIR Filter Intel® FPGA IP
26. Frame Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP
27. Full-Raster to Clocked Video Converter Intel® FPGA IP
28. Full-Raster to Streaming Converter Intel® FPGA IP
29. Genlock Controller Intel® FPGA IP
30. Generic Crosspoint Intel® FPGA IP
31. Genlock Signal Router Intel® FPGA IP
32. Guard Bands Intel® FPGA IP
33. Histogram Statistics Intel® FPGA IP
34. Interlacer Intel® FPGA IP
35. Mixer Intel® FPGA IP
36. Pixels in Parallel Converter Intel® FPGA IP
37. Scaler Intel® FPGA IP
38. Stream Cleaner Intel® FPGA IP
39. Switch Intel® FPGA IP
40. Tone Mapping Operator Intel® FPGA IP
41. Test Pattern Generator Intel® FPGA IP
42. Unsharp Mask Intel® FPGA IP
43. Video and Vision Monitor Intel FPGA IP
44. Video Frame Buffer Intel® FPGA IP
45. Video Frame Reader Intel FPGA IP
46. Video Frame Writer Intel FPGA IP
47. Video Streaming FIFO Intel® FPGA IP
48. Video Timing Generator Intel® FPGA IP
49. Vignette Correction Intel® FPGA IP
50. Warp Intel® FPGA IP
51. White Balance Correction Intel® FPGA IP
52. White Balance Statistics Intel® FPGA IP
53. Design Security
54. Document Revision History for Video and Vision Processing Suite User Guide

41.3. Test Pattern Generator IP Functional Description

The Test Pattern Generator Intel FPGA IP enables you to choose between different test patterns, either at run time or compile time.
  • Bars pattern
    • Color bars
    • Grayscale bars
    • Black and white bars
    • Mixed bars
  • Constant color
  • SDI pathological
  • Zone plate
  • Digital clock

Bars pattern

If you select Bars Pattern, the IP produces a test pattern with 8 vertical bars, each covering approximately 1/8th of each output video line. The bars contain either a sequence of changing colors (color bars), a sequence of greyscale tones with decreasing brightness (greyscale bars), or a sequence of alternating black and white bars. Mixed bars change the pattern in the vertical direction, with the first 1/8th of the lines showing the black and white bars, the next 1/8th showing the greyscale bars, and the final ¾ showing the color bars. If you select bars pattern (and turn on the Avalon memory-mapped control agent interface), a value in the register map selects at run time which variant of the bars pattern to display. If you do not turn on Avalon memory-mapped control agent, the fixed bars mode parameter controls which variant of the bars pattern to display, and you cannot change it at run time.

For all test patterns, each bar is approximately 1/8th of the width of the output frame, but this width is not exact. The actual width of each color bar is affected by the field width and the horizontal subsampling.

When the width of the field is not divisible by eight, the remainder pixels from the division are spread as evenly as possible across the bars. The first bar, on the left-hand side of the field, always has floor(field_width/8) pixels. A single remainder pixel is added to the width of each subsequent bar until all the remainder pixels are exhausted. The width of each bar cannot be less than the number of pixels transmitted per beat at the output interface (pixels in parallel). If the field width is set to less than 8 x pixels in parallel, as many bars as possible display with pixels in parallel pixels per bar, but fewer than 8 bars display. When the output is horizontally subsampled (4:2:2 or 4:2:0), the pixel-width of each color bar is a multiple of two and we alter the methods described above to ensure this is always the case.

The tables define the values of the color components in each bar for each of the three basic modes. The values are the actual output values if you set bits per color plane to 8 bits. If bits per color is greater than 8 bits, the internal logic upshifts the value by the required number of bits, with zeros added in the LSBs.

Table 728.  Output values for each color plane in both the RGB and YCbCr color spaces for the color bars test pattern
Color RGB YCbCr
White (left) (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
Yellow (180, 180, 16) (162, 44, 142)
Cyan (16, 180, 180) (131, 156, 44)
Green (16, 180, 16) (112, 72, 58)
Magenta (180, 16, 180) (84, 184, 198)
Red (180, 16, 16) (65, 100, 212)
Blue (16, 16, 180) (35, 212, 114)
Black (right) (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)
Table 729.   Output values for each color plane in both the RGB and YCbCr color spaces for the greyscale bars test pattern
Color RGB YCbCr
0 (left) (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
1 (162, 162, 162) (162, 128, 128)
2 (131, 131, 131) (131, 128, 128)
3 (112, 112, 112) (112, 128, 128)
4 (84, 84, 84) (84, 128, 128)
5 (65, 65, 65) (65, 128, 128)
6 (35, 35, 35) (35, 128, 128)
7 (right) (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)
Table 730.  Output values for each color plane in both the RGB and YCbCr color spaces for the black and white bars test pattern
Color RGB YCbCr
0 (left) (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
1 (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)
2 (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
3 (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)
4 (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
5 (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)
6 (180, 180, 180) (180, 128, 128)
7 (right) (16, 16, 16) (16, 128, 128)

Constant color

The constant color test pattern is a complete field or frame of a constant color. This test pattern has limited value for testing, but you can use the pattern to form a background layer for a mixer. Set the RGB or YCbCr values for the desired color as either fixed, compile-time-set parameters or run-time controlled values through the Avalon memory-mapped control agent interface.

SDI Pathological

The SDI pathological test pattern is specifically designed to stress test the SDI equalizer and PLL performance. The test pattern consists of a static test image with the top half of the lines filled with a shade of magenta, and the bottom half of the lines filled with a shade of gray.

Zone plate

The zone plate test pattern is an arbitrarily sized, arbitrarily placed set of concentric rings that get wider and narrower the further from the origin. If Avalon memory-mapped control agent is off, the origin is always at the center of the display. If Avalon memory-mapped control agent is on, you can configure the origin by writing to the ZONE_X_ORIGIN and ZONE_Y_ORIGIN register map values.

Set the Coarse scaling coefficient bits in the ZONE_POWER_FACTOR register to set the initial size of the zone plate so that it is visible with the current resolution. Set the fine tune scaling coefficient bit in the ZONE_FINE_FACTOR register for incremental changes to the size that smoothly resize the plate. If Avalon memory-mapped control agent is on. you can configure these values by writing to the respective registers, otherwise these values are fixed at compile time.

The following equation shows how the Coarse scaling coefficient, c and the fine tune scaling coefficient, k, relate to the zone plate, where r is the radius away from the origin.
Equation 9. Coarse and Fine scaling Equation

Because of the position of k in the equation, increasing k causes a decrease in the size of the zone plate (decreased zoom). Increasing k causes an increase in the size of the zone plate (increased zoom).

Figure 105. Example of zone plate on a 1920x1080 screenWith origin set to (960, 540), c = 14, k = 1 (register value 0b0000_0001_0000_0000)
Figure 106. Example of zone plate on a 1920x1080 screenWith origin set to (500, 300), c = 14, k = 10 (register value 0b0000_0100_0110_0000)
Figure 107. Example of zone plate on a 3840x2160 screenWith origin set to (2880, 1620), c = 17, k = 1 (register value 0b0000_0100_0110_0000)

Digital clock

The digital clock pattern consists of a digital display with format HH:MM:SS,FC, where FC is field count. The time is not precise but is a function of frames per second and field count.

You can customize the size of the display. The original dimensions of the display are 88x8 pixels. If Avalon memory-mapped control agent is on, the value of Fixed clock scale factor is a scalar multiple to both dimensions. If Avalon memory-mapped control agent is off, the value of the Scale factor bit in the CLOCK_SCALE_FACTOR register is a scalar multiple to both dimensions.

Set the background or font color and location at either compile time if Avalon memory-mapped control agent is off, or at run time via the register map.

Output subsampling and color space

You can configure the output subsampling and color space to either be fixed and set at compile time, or to be variable at run time using the Avalon memory-mapped control agent interface.

The Output Format parameter sets the subsampling option:

  • 4:4:4. Output is fixed at full sampling for each color plane (can be RGB or YCbCr). Each pixel has 3 color planes.
  • 4:2:2. Output is fixed at full sampling on the Y plane and horizontal subsampling on the Cb and Cr planes (RGB data is not supported in 4:2:2 mode). Each pixel has 2 color planes.
  • 4:2:0. Output is fixed at full sampling on the Y plane and horizontal and vertical subsampling on the Cb and Cr planes (RGB data is not supported in 4:2:0 mode). Each pixel has 3 color planes.
  • Monochrome. Output has only 1 color plane per pixel and represents only a fully sampled Y plane.
  • Variable. Output can be configured at run time to be 4:4:4 RGB, 4:4:4 YCbCr, 4:2:2 YCbCr, or 4:2:0 YCbCr. Each pixel has 3 color planes.

The IP allows you to select up to 8 different test pattern configurations to switch between at run time:

  • Each configuration is a combination of 1 of the 3 available patterns and a formatting option.
  • Each test pattern configuration is fixed in one particular output format. However, by selecting between the patterns, you can vary the overall output format at run time.

For example, you may include 4 different configurations, all of which use the bars pattern, but with the first configuration set to 4:4:4 RGB, the second set to 4:4:4 YCbCr, the third set to 4:2:2 YCbCr, and the fourth set to 4:2:0 YCbCr. With this setting, you can validate all the possible configurations of an HDMI 2.0 output.

Updating settings at run time

If you turn on the Avalon memory-mapped control agent interface, the resolution, interlace settings and test pattern configuration can be adjusted at run time via the register map. The model for executing settings changes at run time differs depending on whether the test pattern generator is parameterized to output the full or lite variant of the Intel FPGA streaming video protocol.

Full Variants

When you turn off Lite mode, you can edit any of the test pattern generator settings at any time. The IP does not apply the settings until the start of the next frame after a write to the COMMIT register (address 0x014C). The IP can complete a change to the settings that requires writes to multiple registers without the risk of applying the earlier writes in the sequence one frame before the later writes in the sequence.

The full sequence for register updates for full variants is:

  1. Make the required edits to any subset of the test pattern generator settings in the register map (addresses 0x120 to 0x0128 and addresses 0x0150 and 0x015C to 0x0168).
  2. After the first write to update a setting, the IP asserts bit 1 of the STATUS register (address 0x0140) in the return data for any read to this address.
  3. Write any value to the COMMIT register (address 0x014C) to commit the changes as a coherent set.
  4. Do not make any further edits to the settings until the IP deasserts bit 1 of the STATUS register at the next field boundary after the write to the COMMIT register. If the IP has any updates to the test pattern settings (address 0x0120 to 0x0128, and 0x0150), at this point the field index is reset to 0. The field index is a count of the number of frames since the last update. The interlace sequence is reset to start at F0 or F1, as specified in the register map.
  5. When the IP deasserts bit 1 of the STATUS register, you may make further settings updates.

The COMMIT mode register gates the application of updates to all registers except the CONTROL register (address 0x0148). The CONTROL register allows you to stop and start the IP output at frame boundaries. The IP applies updates to the CONTROL register at the next field boundary, regardless of whether you write to the COMMIT register.

Lite mode

If you turn on Lite mode the IP has no COMMIT register functionality. The recommended flow for updating the test pattern generator settings is:

  1. Write 0 to the CONTROL register (address 0x0148) to stop the test pattern generator at the next field boundary.
  2. Read the STATUS register (address 0x0140) until bit 0 is de-asserted, indicating that the test pattern generator is in an idle state between fields.
  3. Make the required edits to any subset of the test pattern generator settings in the register map (addresses 0x120 to 0x0128 and addresses 0x0150 and 0x015C to 0x0168).
  4. Write 1 to the CONTROL register to restart the test pattern generator with the new settings. If the IP has any updates to the test pattern settings (address 0x0120 to 0x0128, and 0x0150), at this point the field index is reset to 0. The interlace sequence is reset to start at F0 or F1, as specified in the register map.

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