Re: HDMI Video/Audio Card

[Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet>]

On 18/01/2012 12:51 AM, Steve wrote:

>   Or is the TFP410 able to convert to a standard
> > frame format?
>
> Not that im aware of.

No, you need a frame buffer to do that. The TFP410 simply takes a parallel 
digital RGB signal and multiplexes it onto the HDMI bus; data and sync 
signals included.

FWIW the project I'm working on atm (@work) uses a TFP410. It's a 
proprietary video mixer card with two (2) FPGAs and VGA/DVI output. Ideal 
for mucking about with FPGA emulations of old micros and games... we 
actually convinced the client to add 'development' build options so we could 
power them in stand-alone mode (didn't take much convincing). I kid you not 
- we tested the video output during bring-up by porting Space Invaders to it! :)

Anyway, my point was, I've had some experience with it. We have it hooked up 
with I2C enabled, driven by the FPGA. But to be honest, with that chip 
there's not much you need to configure - it's a set-and-forget type deal...

Regards,

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