Video Port Control Registers

2.7.1Video Port Control Register (VPCTL)

The video port control register (VPCTL) determines the basic operation of the video port. The VPCTL is shown in Figure 2–3 and described in Table 2–5.

Not all combinations of the port control bits are unique. The control bit encoding is shown in Table 2–6. Additional mode options are selected using the video capture channel A control register (VCACTL) and video display control register (VDCTL).

Figure 2–3. Video Port Control Register (VPCTL)

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R-0

 

 

 

 

15

14

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VPRST

VPHLT

 

 

 

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R/WS-0

R/WC-1

 

 

 

 

R-0

 

 

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCLK2P

VCT3P

VCT2P

VCT1P

 

Reserved

 

TSI

DISP

DCHNL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R/W-0

R/W-0

R/W-0

R/W-0

 

R-0

 

R/W-0

R/W-0

R/W-0

Legend: R = Read only; R/W = Read/Write; WC = Write a 1 to clear; WS = Write 1 to set, write of 0 has no effect; -n= value after reset

Table 2–5. Video Port Control Register (VPCTL) Field Descriptions

Bit

field

symval

Value

Description

31–16

Reserved

0

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

 

 

 

 

value written to this field has no effect.

 

 

 

 

 

15

VPRST

 

 

Video port software reset enable bit. VPRST is set by writing a

 

 

 

 

1. Writing 0 has no effect.

 

 

NO

0

 

 

 

RESET

1

Flush all FIFOs and set all port registers to their initial values.

 

 

 

 

VCLK1 and VCLK2 are configured as inputs and all VDATA

 

 

 

 

and VCTL pins are placed in high impedance. Auto-cleared

 

 

 

 

after reset is complete.

For CSL implementation, use the notation VP_VPCTL_field_symval

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Texas Instruments TMS320C64x DSP manual Video Port Control Register Vpctl Field Descriptions, Bit, Value Description

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