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14 years ago

HDMI/DVI Tx in Cyclone III family device

Hi all, The idea is to embed a HDMI transmitter inside the Cyclone 3 FPGA. I need to investigate electrical/logical interfaces as well as any needed IP core or driver support. Xilinx offers em...
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14 years ago

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One of challenges is that HDMI needs up to 10.6 Gbps bitrate @ 350 MHz while Cyclone III can achieve up to 875 Mbps (in their high-speed I/O banks).

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I'm unable to relate this statement to the HDMI specification. I wonder where you got it from? The HDMI physical layer is covered by Cyclone 3 LVDS transmitters as far as I see.