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Video Display Registers

4.12 Video Display Registers

The registers for controlling the video display mode of operation are listed in Table 4–5. See the device-specific datasheet for the memory address of these registers.

Table 4–5. Video Display Control Registers

Acronym	Register Name	Section
VDSTAT	Video Display Status Register	4.12.1
VDCTL	Video Display Control Register	4.12.2
VDFRMSZ	Video Display Frame Size Register	4.12.3
VDHBLNK	Video Display Horizontal Blanking Register	4.12.4
VDVBLKS1	Video Display Field 1 Vertical Blanking Start Register	4.12.5
VDVBLKE1	Video Display Field 1 Vertical Blanking End Register	4.12.6
VDVBLKS2	Video Display Field 2 Vertical Blanking Start Register	4.12.7
VDVBLKE2	Video Display Field 2 Vertical Blanking End Register	4.12.8
VDIMGOFF1	Video Display Field 1 Image Offset Register	4.12.9
VDIMGSZ1	Video Display Field 1 Image Size Register	4.12.10
VDIMGOFF2	Video Display Field 2 Image Offset Register	4.12.11
VDIMGSZ2	Video Display Field 2 Image Size Register	4.12.12
VDFLDT1	Video Display Field 1 Timing Register	4.12.13
VDFLDT2	Video Display Field 2 Timing Register	4.12.14
VDTHRLD	Video Display Threshold Register	4.12.15
VDHSYNC	Video Display Horizontal Synchronization Register	4.12.16
VDVSYNS1	Video Display Field 1 Vertical Synchronization Start Register	4.12.17
VDVSYNE1	Video Display Field 1 Vertical Synchronization End Register	4.12.18
VDVSYNS2	Video Display Field 2 Vertical Synchronization Start Register	4.12.19
VDVSYNE2	Video Display Field 2 Vertical Synchronization End Register	4.12.20
VDRELOAD	Video Display Counter Reload Register	4.12.21
VDDISPEVT	Video Display Display Event Register	4.12.22
VDCLIP	Video Display Clipping Register	4.12.23

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Video Display Port

SPRU629

TMS320C64x DSP specifications

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Texas Instruments TMS320C64x DSP manual Video Display Registers, Video Display Control Registers

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4.12 Video Display Registers

Table 4–5. Video Display Control Registers

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TMS320C64x DSP specifications