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Altera_Forum
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16 years agoCVO and PAL - How?
Hi all, I am trying to generate a PAL video output using the VIP suite. At the moment my device (A cyclone 2c35) only has the test pattern generator and the clocked video output. I...
Altera_Forum
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16 years agoKevin - you are a star :)
Those values give me a nice 50Hz sync with the video starting correctly! I see the reason why I have been going wrong. It is with the Vsync front/back porch - I thought this just defined the '6,5,5 & 5,5,4' equalisation pulses, but It appears it has a big influence over the frame timing. The IP does not 'do' half lines so I just rounded the half lines - my field 0 vertical front porch is set to 3 and back porch to 19. So for anyone needing the values - here is what I am now using: (If anyone else uses these values, check they are correct for you, I have not measured all the timing yet) --------------------------------- Pixel clock @ 13.5Mhz, 720x576i PAL Seperate syncs 24bit RGB in and out: Preset conversion: PAL Image width: 720 Image height: 576 Bits per pixel per colour plane:8 Number of planes: 3 Colour plane transmission format: Parrallel Interlaced video box: Ticked (on) Pixel fifo size: 720 Fifo level at which to start output: 719 Video in out use same clock? : NO Use control port?: NO Sync signals: on seperate wires Active picture line: 23 (I am using V9.1 sp2 IP so this box works) Field 1 parameters: Horizontal sync: 63 pixels H front porch: 12 pixels H back porch: 69 pixels Vertical sync: 3 lines Vertical front porch:2 lines Vertical back porch: 19 lines Field 0 parameters: F rising edge line: 313 F falling edge line: 312 Vertical blanking edge line: 311 Vertical sync: 3 lines Vertical front porch: 3 lines Vertical back porch: 19 lines Thanks again Kevin!