HDMI Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 4/10/2023
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5.2. Source Interfaces

The table lists the port interfaces of the source.
Table 37.  HDMI Source Interfaces N is the number of pixels per clock.

Interface

Port Type

Clock Domain

Port

Direction

Description

Reset Reset reset Input Main asynchronous reset input.
Reset reset_vid Input Reset input for the video domain.
Note: This signal is only available when Support FRL = 0.
Reset axi4s_reset Input Reset to AXI4-stream to clocked video converter.
Note: This signal is only applicable when Enable Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full
Clock Clock ls_clk Input Link speed clock input.

The out_c(3), out_r(2), out_g(1), and out_b(0)TMDS encoded data outputs run at this clock frequency.

ls_clk frequency = data rate per lane/ 20

This signal connects to the transceiver output clock only if TMDS bit rate is above the minimum transceiver data rate, which means no oversampling is required.

This signal should connect to a PLL output clock that supplies the ls_clk frequency if the TMDS bit rate is below the minimum transceiver data rate, which means oversampling is required.

In TMDS mode, data rate per lane is a function of pixel frequency and color depth ratio.

Data rate per lane = Pixel frequency x 10 x Color depth ratio.

  • 8 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1
  • 10 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1.25
  • 12 bpc: Color depth ratio = 1.5
  • 16 bpc: Color depth ratio = 2
Note: This port is not available when the SUPPORT_FRL parameter is enabled.
Clock vid_clk Input

Video data clock input.

When Support FRL = 0, vid_clk frequency = data rate per lane/transceiver width/color depth ratio.

  • For RGB and YCbCr 4:4:4/4:2:2 transport: vid_clk frequency = (data rate per lane/transceiver width)/color depth ratio.
  • For YCbCr 4:2:0 transport: vid_clk frequency = ((data rate per lane/transceiver width)/color depth ratio)/2.
  • vid_clk needs to be synchronous to ls_clk.

When Support FRL = 1,vid_clk frequency can be a fixed clock frequency. Intel recommends to use 225 MHz for the vid_clk.

  • vid_clk runs at the maximum frequency across all resolutions and FRL rates.
  • The video data is qualified by the vid_valid signal.
  • vid_clk can be asynchronous to ls_clk and frl_clk.

Refer to Table 41 for more details.

Clock tx_clk Input

Transceiver recovered clock. Connect this signal to the output clock of the TX transceiver output clock.

Clock frl_clk Input

Clock supplied to the FRL path.

FRL clock frequency = (data rate * number of lane)s / (FRL characters per clock * 18).

frl_clk needs to be synchronous to tx_clk.

Note: The number of lanes is always 4. For FRL rates 3, 4, 5, and 6, all 4 FRL lanes are used to transmit data. For FRL rates 1 and 2, only 3 FRL lanes are used to transmit data, and the 4th lane is unused.

In Intel® Arria® 10 devices, FRL characters per clock is 16.

In Intel® Stratix® 10 devices, FRL characters per clock is 8.

Clock audio_clk Input

Audio clock input. Connect this signal to ls_clk when Support FRL = 0 or to vid_clk when Support FRL = 1 by qualifying the slower frequency of audio_data with audio_de.

If you connect this signal to a clock at actual audio sample frequency, you must tie audio_de to 1.

For audio channels greater than 8, do not drive audio_clk at actual audio sample clock; instead drive audio_clk with ls_clk when Support FRL = 0 or to vid_clk when Support FRL = 1, and qualify audio_data with audio_de.

Note: Applicable only when you turn on the Support auxiliary and Support audio parameters.
Clock mgmt_clk Input

Free-running system clock input (100 MHz). This clock connects to the I2C master and HPD debouncing logic.

Note: This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
Clock axi4s_clk Input

Clock for AXI4-stream interface. The clock frequency shall be equal or greater than vid_clk frequency.

Note: This signal is only applicable when Enable Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full
Video Data Port Conduit vid_clk vid_data[N*48-1:0] Input

Video 48-bit pixel data input port. For N pixels per clock, this port accepts N 48-bit pixels per clock.

Conduit vid_clk vid_de[N-1:0] Input Video data enable input that indicates active picture region.
Conduit vid_clk vid_hsync[N-1:0] Input Video horizontal sync input.
Conduit vid_clk vid_vsync[N-1:0] Input Video vertical sync input.
Conduit vid_clk vid_ready Output

Indicates if the TX core is ready to process new data. When vid_ready is asserted, the TX core is ready to process new data.

Note: This signal is only available when Support FRL = 1.

vid_ready is always high for 8 bits per component (BPC). This signal toggles for different color depths.

Conduit vid_clk vid_valid Input

Indicates if the video data is valid. When vid_clk is running at the actual pixel clock, this signal should always be asserted.

Note: This signal is only available when Support FRL = 1.

When you generate the video data at a frequency higher than the actual pixel clock, use vid_valid to qualify the validity of the video data. vid_valid and vid_clk guarantee the exact pixel clock rate.

Refer to Valid Video Data for more details.

Conduit vid_clk vid_overflow Output

Indicates if the FIFO clocking the data from the video path to the FRL path is overflowing.

Under normal operation, this signal is not expected to assert.

Reset HDMI TX core if this signal is asserted.

Applicable only for FRL mode.

TMDS/FRL Data Port Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

out_b[transceiver width-1:0] Output

When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded blue channel (0) output.

When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 0.

  • When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits.
  • When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits.
Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

out_g[transceiver width-1:0] Output

When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded green channel (1) output.

When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 1.

  • When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits.
  • When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits.
Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

out_r[transceiver width-1:0] Output

When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded red channel (2) output.

When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 2.

  • When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits.
  • When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits.
Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

out_c[transceiver width-1:0] Output

When in TMDS mode, this signal is TMDS encoded clock channel (3) output.

When in FRL mode, this signal is FRL lane 3.

  • When Support FRL = 0, transceiver width is configured to 20 bits.
  • When Support FRL = 1, transceiver width is configured to 40 bits.
Note: For TMDS mode, only the 20 bits from the least significant bits are used. For FRL mode, all 40 bits are used.
Conduit - in_lock Input

When asserted, the HDMI TX core begins to operate.

Synchronize this signal to the same clock domain as reset port.

When Support FRL =0, in_lock, reset and reset_vid should run at same clock domain.
Encoder Control Port Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

mode Input Encoding mode input.
  • 0: DVI
  • 1: HDMI
Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

tmds_bit_clock_ratio Input

Indicates if TMDS Bit Rate is greater than 3.4 Gbps in TMDS mode.

  • 0: (TMDS Bit Rate) / (TMDS Clock Rate) ratio is 10
  • 1 = (TMDS Bit Rate) / (TMDS Clock Rate) ratio is 40
Conduit Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

scrambler_enable Input

Enables scrambling.

  • 0: Instructs the source device not to perform scrambling
  • 1: Instructs the source device to perform scrambling
Conduit Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

ctrl[N*6-1:0] Input DVI control side-band inputs to override the necessary control and synchronization data in the green and red channels.
Bit-Field n=0,1.....N-1

n*6+5

CTL3

n*6+4

CTL2

n*6+3

CTL1

n*6+2

CTL0

n*6+1

Reserved (0)

n*6

Reserved (0)

 
Link Training Control Port Conduit frl_clk scdc_frl_start Input
  • When set to 1, the TX core transmits normal video data.
  • When set to 0, the TX core transmits link training pattern data.
Conduit frl_clk scdc_frl_rate[3:0] Input

Specifies the FRL rate (link rate and number of lanes) that the TX core is running.

  • 0: Disable FRL
  • 1: Fixed rate link at 3 Gbps per lane on 3 lanes
  • 2: Fixed rate link at 6 Gbps per lane on 3 lanes
  • 3: Fixed rate link at 6 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes
  • 4: Fixed rate link at 8 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes
  • 5: Fixed rate link at 10 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes
  • 6: Fixed rate link at 12 Gbps per lane on 4 lanes
Conduit frl_clk scdc_frl_pattern[15:0] Input

Indicates the link training pattern that each lane on the TX core is transmitting .

  • scdc_frl_pattern[3:0]: Link training pattern for lane 0
  • scdc_frl_pattern[7:4]: Link training pattern for lane 1
  • scdc_frl_pattern[11:8]: Link training pattern for lane 2
  • scdc_frl_pattern[15:12]: Link training pattern for lane 3
  • 4’d0: No link training pattern
  • 4’d1: All 1’s pattern
  • 4’d2: All 0’s pattern
  • 4’d3: Nyquist clock pattern
  • 4’d4: TxFFE Compliance Test Pattern
  • 4’d5: LFSR 0
  • 4’d6: LFSR 1
  • 4’d7: LFSR 2
  • 4’d8: LFSR 3
Auxiliary Data Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary parameter) 5 Conduit aux_clk aux_ready Output Auxiliary data channel ready output. Asserted high to indicate that the core is ready to accept data.
Conduit aux_clk aux_valid Input Auxiliary data channel valid input to qualify the data.
Conduit aux_clk aux_data[71:0] Input Auxiliary data channel data input.

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Figure 22.

Conduit aux_clk aux_sop Input Auxiliary data channel start-of-packet input to mark the beginning of a packet.
Conduit aux_clk aux_eop Input Auxiliary data channel end-of-packet input to mark the end of a packet.
Auxiliary Control Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary parameter) 5 Conduit aux_clk gcp[5:0] Input General Control Packet user input.

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 23.

Conduit aux_clk

info_avi[122:0] (Support FRL = 1)

info_avi[112:0] (Support FRL = 0)

Input Auxiliary Video Information InfoFrame user input.

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 24.

Conduit aux_clk info_vsi[61:0] Input Vendor Specific Information InfoFrame user input.
For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 26.
Audio Port (Applicable only when you enable Support auxiliary and Support audio parameters) 5 Conduit audio_clk audio_CTS[19:0] Input Audio CTS value input.
Conduit audio_clk audio_N[19:0] Input Audio N value input.
Conduit audio_clk audio_data[255:0] Input Audio data input.

For audio channel values, refer to Table 40.

Conduit audio_clk audio_de Input Audio data valid input.
Conduit audio_clk audio_mute Input Audio mute input. No audio will be transmitted when this signal is asserted high.
Conduit aux_clk audio_info_ai[48:0] Input Audio InfoFrame user input.
Note: If you provide audio_info_ai [48:0] using audio_clk with actual audio sample frequency, you must synchronize the clock domain to ls_clk externally.

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 28.

Conduit aux_clk audio_metadata[165:0] Input Carries additional information related to 3D audio and MST audio.
Note: If you provide audio_metadata [165:0] using audio_clk with actual audio sample frequency, you must synchronize the clock domain to ls_clk externally.

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 29, Table 30, and Table 31.

Conduit audio_clk audio_format[4:0] Input Controls the transmission of the 3D audio and indicates the audio format to be transmitted.
Bit-Field Description
4 Assert to indicate the first 8 channels of each 3D audio sample.
3:0

For information about the bit-fields, refer to Table 27.

PHY Interface Control Port Conduit

Support FRL=1: tx_clk

Support FRL =0: ls_clk

os[1:0] Input

Oversampling control signal to control the oversampling factor.

Support FRL = 1
  • 0: No oversample. Send this when you are transmitting FRL.
  • 1: 2x oversampling: Send this when you are transmitting TMDS rate between 1 Gb/s < rate ≤ 6 Gb/s
  • 2: 8x oversampling: Send this when you are transmitting TMDS rate ≤ 1 Gb/s
Support FRL = 0
  • 0: No oversample. Send this when you are transmitting TMDS rate ≥ 1 Gb/s.
  • 1: 3x oversampling: Send this when you are transmitting data rate between 350 Mb/s ≤ rate < 500 Gb/s
  • 2: 4x oversampling: Send this when you are transmitting data rate between 300 Mb/s ≤ rate < 350 Gb/s
  • 3: 5x oversampling: Send this when you are transmitting data rate between 250 Mb/s ≤ rate < 300 Gb/s or data rate between 500 Mb/s ≤ rate < 1 Gb/s
Hot Plug Detect Conduit tx_hpd Input

Detects the Hot Plug Detect (HPD) status. This signal should be driven with the same signal to the HPD pin on the HDMI connector.

mgmt_clk tx_hpd_req Output

The core asserts the tx_hpd_req signal if the tx_hpd signal holds for more than 100 milliseconds, indicating a valid HPD. The tx_hpd_req signal deasserts if the tx_hpd signal is not detected.

I2C Master Interface Port Conduit i2c_scl Inout

The SCL signal from the I2C bus on the HDMI connector.

Note: This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
Conduit i2c_sda Inout

The SDA signal from the I2C bus on the HDMI connector.

Note: This signal is not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
Avalon MM mgmt_clk i2c_master_address[3:0] Input

The Avalon® memory-mapped interface signals to the I2C master. Connect these signals to an Avalon® memory-mapped master such as the Nios® processor to perform read and write operations to the EDID block.

Note: These signals are not available if you turn off the Include I2C parameter.
Avalon MM mgmt_clk i2c_master_write Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk i2c_master_read Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk i2c_master_writedata[31:0] Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk i2c_master_readdata[31:0] Output

AXI4-Stream Video

(Only applicable when Enable Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full)
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_vid_in_tvalid Input AXI4-Stream video interface. The transfer protocol follows AXI4-Stream format (full variant) as indicated in Intel FPGA Streaming Video Protocol Specification. Refer the link in Related Information.
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_vid_in_tready Output
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_vid_in_tlast Input
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_vid_in_tuser Input
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_vid_in_tdata Input

AXI4-Stream Auxiliary

(Only applicable when Enable Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full)
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_aux_in_tvalid Input AXI4-Stream auxiliary interface. Refer to section TX AXI4-Stream Auxiliary Bridge for the AXI4-Stream auxiliary transfer protocol.
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_ aux _in_tready Output
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_ aux _in_tlast Input
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_ aux _in_tuser Input
AXI4 Stream axi4s_clk axi4s_ aux _in_tdata Input
HDMI TX Avalon Memory-Mapped Control

(Only applicable when Enable Active Video Protocol = AXIS-VVP Full)

Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_write Input Avalon memory-mapped interface to access to HDMI TX core Avalon memory-mapped demultiplexer, which provide read or write acess to HDMI I2C master for DDC, HDMI TX registers, AXI4-stream to clocked video registers, HDCP (reserved for future use). The addressing mode for this Avalon Memory-Mapped interface is double-word addressing
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_read Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_address Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_writedata Output
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_readdata Output
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_waitrequest Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_debugaccess Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_lock Input
Avalon MM mgmt_clk av_mm_control_byteenable Input
HDCP Port (Applicable only when you enable Support HDCP 2.3 or Support HDCP 1.4 parameters) Reset hdcp_reset Input Main asynchronous reset.
Clock csr_clk Input

HDCP clock for control and status registers.

Typically, shares the Nios II processor clock (100 MHz).

crypto_clk Input

HDCP 2.3 clock for authentication and cryptographic layer.

You can use any clock with a frequency of up to 200 MHz.

Not applicable for HDCP 1.4.

Note: The clock frequency determines the authentication latency.
Avalon-MM csr_clk csr_addr[7:0] Input

The Avalon-MM slave port that provides access to internal control and status register, mainly for authentication messages transfer. This interface is expected to operate at Nios II processor clock domain.

Because of the extremely large bit portion of message, the IP transfers the message in burst mode with full handshaking mechanism.

Write transfers always have a wait time of 0 cycle while read transfers have a wait time of 1 cycle.

The addressing should be accessed as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow. For example, addressing of 4 in the Nios II software selects the address of 1 in the slave.

csr_wr Input
csr_rd Input
csr_wrdata[31:0] Input
csr_rddata[31:0] Output
Conduit (Key) crypto_clk

kmem_wait

Input

Always keep this signal asserted until the key is ready to be read. This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.

kmem_rdaddr[3:0] (HDCP 2.3)

kmem_rdaddr[9:4] (HDCP 1.4)

Output

Key read address bus.

[3:2] = Reserved. This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.

kmem_q[31:0] (HDCP 2.3)

kmem_q[87:32] (HDCP 1.4)

Input

32-bit (HDCP 2.3) or 56-bit (HDCP 1.4) data for read transfers.

Read transfer always have a wait time of 1 cycle.

This signal is not available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter.

Avalon-MM csr_clock hdcp1_kmem_wr Input

The Avalon® memory-mapped slave port provides write access to internal HDCP 1.4 key storage.

Write transfers always have a wait time of 0

The Avalon® memory-mapped master access the addressing as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow.

For example, addressing of 4 in the Avalon® memory-mapped master selects the address of 1 in the slave.

These signals are only available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter and the Support HDCP 1.4 parameter.

hdcp1_kmem_wrdata[31:0] Input
hdcp1_kmem_addr[6:0] Input
Avalon-MM csr_clk hdcp2_kmem_wr Input

The Avalon® memory-mapped slave port provides write access to internal HDCP 2.3 key storage.

Write transfers always have a wait time of 0

The Avalon® memory-mapped master access the addressing as word addressing in the Platform Designer flow.

For example, addressing of 4 in the Avalon® memory-mapped master selects the address of 1 in the slave.

These signals are only available if you turn on the Support HDCP Key Management parameter and the Support HDCP 2.3 parameter.

hdcp2_kmem_wrdata[31:0] Input
hdcp2_kmem_addr[3:0] Input
Conduit ls_clk hdcp1_enabled Output This signal is asserted by the IP if the outgoing video and auxiliary data are HDCP 1.4 encrypted.
hdcp2_enabled Output This signal is asserted by the IP if the outgoing video and auxiliary data are HDCP 2.3 encrypted.
csr_clk hdcp1_disable Input Assert this signal to disable the HDCP 1.4 IP.
Note: You must reset the HDCP IP (hdcp_reset) after toggling this signal. You must not call the software API hdcp_main() while this signal is asserted. You must call the software API hdcp_unauth() after deasserting this signal.
hdcp2_disable Input Assert this signal to disable the HDCP 2.3 IP.
Note: You must reset the HDCP IP (hdcp_reset) after toggling this signal. You must not call the software API hdcp_main() while this signal is asserted. You must call the software API hdcp_unauth() after deasserting this signal.
Table 38.  out_c Value for TMDS Bit Rate Less than 3.4 Gbps TMDS_Bit_clock_Ratio = 0 and out_c value is constant.
N out_c Value
1 10'b1111100000
2 20'b1111100000_1111100000
4 40'b1111100000_1111100000 1111100000_1111100000
Table 39.  out_c Value for TMDS Bit Rate Greater than 3.4 Gbps in TMDS Mode TMDS_Bit_clock_Ratio = 1 and out_c value is repeated indefinitely.
N out_c Value
t t+1 t+2 t+3
1 10’h000 10’h000 10’h3ff 10’h3ff
2 20’h00000 20’hfffff 20'h00000 20’hfffff
4 40’hfffff 00000 40’hfffff 00000 40’hfffff 00000 40’hfffff 00000
Table 40.  Audio Channels
Bit-Field Audio Channel
LPCM and 3D Audio (LPCM) MST Audio (LPCM)
255:224 8 or 16 or 24 or 32

Stream 4 right channel

223:192 7 or 15 or 23 or 31

Stream 4 left channel

191:160 6 or 14 or 22 or 30

Stream 3 right channel

159:128 5 or 13 or 21 or 29

Stream 3 left channel

127:96 4 or 12 or 20 or 28

Stream 2 right channel

95:64 3 or 11 or 19 or 27

Stream 2 left channel

63:32 2 or 10 or 18 or 26

Stream 1 right channel

31:0 1 or 9 or 17 or 25

Stream 1 left channel

5

aux_clk = ls_clk (Support FRL = 0)

aux_clk = vid_clk (Support FRL = 1)