Video and Image Processing Suite User Guide

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Date 4/04/2022
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7.8. Timing Constraints

You need to constrain the Clocked Video Input II and Clocked Video Output II IPs.

For these IPs, the .sdc files are automatically included by their respective .qip files. After adding the Platform Designer system to your design in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, verify that the alt_vip_cvi_core.sdc or alt_vip_cvo_core.sdc has been included.

When you apply the .sdc file, you may see some warning messages similar to the format below:

  • Warning: At least one of the filters had some problems and could not be matched.
  • Warning: * could not be matched with a keeper.

You should expect these warnings, because in certain configurations the Intel® Quartus® Prime software optimizes unused registers and they no longer remain in your design.

Intel recommends that you place a frame buffer in any CVI to CVO system. Because the CVO II IP generates sync signals for a complete frame, even when video frames end early, the CVO II IP can continually generate backpressure to the CVI II IP so that it keeps ending packets early.

Placing a frame buffer may not be appropriate if the system requires latency lower than 1 frame. In this case, enable the Low Latency mode when you configure the CVO II IP.