Video Display Registers

Table 4–7. Video Display Control Register (VDCTL) Field Descriptions (Continued)

 

 

 

 

Description

Bit

field

symval

Value

BT.656 and Y/C Mode

Raw Data Mode

6

FRAME

 

 

Display frame bit.

 

 

 

NONE

0

Do not display frame.

 

 

 

FRMDIS

1

Display frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

DF2

 

 

Display field 2 bit.

 

 

 

NONE

0

Do not display field 2.

 

 

 

FLDDIS

1

Display field 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

DF1

 

 

Display field 1 bit.

 

 

 

NONE

0

Do not display field 1.

 

 

 

FLDDIS

1

Display field 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Reserved

0

Reserved. The reserved bit location is always read as 0. A value

 

 

 

 

written to this field has no effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2–0

DMODE

 

 

Display mode select bit.

 

 

 

BT656B

0

Enables 8-bit BT.656 mode.

 

 

 

BT656D

1h

Enables 10-bit BT.656 mode.

 

 

 

RAWB

2h

Enables 8-bit raw data mode.

 

 

 

RAWD

3h

Enables 10-bit raw data mode.

 

 

 

YC16

4h

Enables 8-bit Y/C mode.

 

 

 

YC20

5h

Enables 10-bit Y/C mode.

 

 

 

RAW16

6h

Enables 16-bit raw data mode.

 

 

 

RAW20

7h

Enables 20-bit raw data mode.

 

For CSL implementation, use the notation VP_VDCTL_field_symval

For complete encoding of these bits, see Table 4–4.

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