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Display Timing Examples

The vertical output timing is shown in Figure 4–38. SMPTE 296M has a single active field 1 that is 720-lines high. This example shows the 716-line image window with an IMGVOFFn of 3 lines and also results in a nondata line at the end of the field.

The VBLNK and VSYNC signals are shown as they would be output for active- low operation. Note that only one of the two signals is actually available exter- nally. The VBLNK and VSYNC edges occur at the end of an active line so their XSTART/XSTOP values are set to 1280 (start of blanking). The field 2 vertical timing start and stop registers are programmed to a value greater than 750. Since this value is never reached by FLCOUNT, no extra VBLNK or VSYNC transitions occur. For true SMPTE 296M operation, neither VBLNK nor VSYNC would be used.

The FLD output is setup to transition low at the start of each frame. Since the FLD2YSTART value is never reached by FLCOUNT, the FLD output remains always low.

The ILCOUNT operation follows the description in section 4.1.2. ILCOUNT resets to 1 at the first displayed line (FLCOUNT = VBLNKSTOPx + IMGVOFFn) and stops counting at the last displayed pixel (IPCOUNT = IMGVSIZEx). The operation during nondisplay time is not a requirement, it could continue count- ing until the next FLCOUNT = VBLNKSTOPx + IMGVOFFn point or it could reset immediately after IMGVSIZEx or when FLCOUNT is reset.

The active horizontal output column shows the output data during the active portion of the horizontal line. It is assumed that the DVEN bit in VDCTL is set to enable the default output.

Video Display Port

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TMS320C64x DSP specifications

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Texas Instruments TMS320C64x DSP manual SPRU629

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SPRU629

TMS320C64x DSP specifications